Workshops for Adventurers Aged 18 - 1,800
Adventurers aged 18 and over in Norfolk are warmly invited to free fantasy worldbuilding workshops across the county. We especially welcome introverted and neurodivergent explorers, and anyone who is usually unable to afford creative activities.
From June 2025 to June 2026, we’ll be running 10, three-week adventures in 10 inspiring locations, each with its own fantastical theme influenced by the venue and its history. Together, we’ll draw new worlds, characters and stories.
Cauldrons and Coffee Shops: Creating Fantasy Worlds from History
For adults (18+)
📆 Dates and times:
Saturday 3, 10 and 17 January 2026, 10:30am - 1pm
📍 Location:
The Museum of Norwich at the Bridewell. 5 Bridewell Alley, Norwich NR2 1AQ. View on Google Maps here.
Design, draw and write about fantasy shops, characters and stories, inspired by the museum’s collection and Norwich’s industrial history.
What you create could be used for tabletop roleplaying games, like Dungeons & Dragons, or your own worlds and stories, but this isn’t essential. You may just want to try something new that’s not connected to an existing hobby or creative project.
Build detailed shops, trades and other establishments, inspired by Norwich’s history.
Create well-rounded business owners, customers and other characters that bring entertaining flavour and exciting side plots to your games and stories.
Plan stories for your new environments and characters.
Travel Bursaries
If you’re unable to afford the travel to and from the workshops, we may be able to cover the costs. We have a total of £200 to support participants’ travel for each three-week workshop series. This can include train and bus tickets, taxi fares, petrol costs or other costs from travelling to and from the workshops.
If you’d like a travel bursary, please complete the travel bursary question when signing-up for a workshop series.
Workshops Coming Soon
Each workshop series will be available to book one month before the first session. Please check this webpage, our social media and adult workshop email newsletters for updates.
Norwich Castle Museum & Art Gallery, Wednesday 4, 11 and 18 February 2026, 2:30 - 5pm.
The Shoebox in Norwich, Sunday 8, 15 and 22 March 2026, 10:30am - 1pm.
The Shoebox in Great Yarmouth, 17 and 24 April and 1 May 2026, 10:30am - 1pm.
The Adventurer’s Post
As part of our funded project, we're creating four new newspapers dedicated to fantasy worldbuilding, for ages 12 - 1,200.
We'll have four events over the next 12 months in the Forum Norwich, where you can pick up a free copy* and try the activities with us, or take it home to enjoy.
If you’re able to afford paying for a copy, you can subscribe to all four issues or pre-order our Summer 2025 issue. For every newspaper sold we'll donate a copy to someone who is unable to afford it.
Drop-in Newspaper Sessions
Dates and Times:
Saturday 7 February 2026, 10am - 4pm
Saturday 23 May 2026, 10am - 4pm
Location: the Forum, Bethel St, Millennium Plain, Norwich NR2 1BH
*Free copies will be limited to 150 copies per newspaper. Some will be donated to charities and community groups, and the rest will be available from the Forum drop-in events.
Free copies for charities, communities, groups and individuals
If you’re a charity, community group or individual who could benefit from free copies of our newspaper, please complete the form. We particularly encourage introverted and neurodivergent groups and individuals aged 18+ in Norfolk, UK, as we have Arts Council England funding to donate a minimum of 100 of each issue to adults in the county.
Additional donated copies for the rest of the UK will come from our generous community who buy, pre-order or subscribe to the newspaper. For every copy sold, another one will be donated.
For each issue, we’ll send out as many as we can, and if we become oversubscribed we’ll randomly select as many applications as possible. We aim to make it as fair as possible, and to donate as many as we can. If this form is difficult to use, please email greetings@waywardadventurers.co.uk with all the details in the form.
Who's the newspaper for?
The newspapers include creative, open-ended activities for aged 12+, and will compliment all skill levels, including beginners. They can be enjoyed on your own, with a friend or as a group.
They are ideal for:
Introverts and neurodivergent adventurers who enjoy quiet, creative activities with a fantasy theme.
People interested in drawing and inventing fantasy creatures, environments and items.
Artists, designers and other creatives seeking a new challenge.
Tabletop Roleplaying games masters, players and larpers looking to add new details to their games and characters.
These workshops are made possible with generous funding from Arts Council England, in-kind support and partnership with Norwich Forum Trust and Norwich Games Festival, and in-kind support from Norfolk Museum Services, Attleborough Library, the Bircham Centre and the Shoebox Enterprises.
