Unlettered

The AUTUMN FESTIVAL of Norfolk & UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA presents 

UNLETTERED By RACHEL OSBORNE

Featuring SALLY PHILLIPS (Smack the Pony, I’m Alan Partridge, Bridget Jones’s Diary, Miranda) and KIRSTY BUSHELL (Motherland, Murder in Provence, The Dark Tower, King Lear – Duke of York Theatre)

Directed by NICKY ALLPRESS | Produced for UEA by STEVE WATERS 

Sunday 23rd November 2025 | 7.30pm | UEA DRAMA STUDIO  

In this new partnership project the festival and UEA have teamed up to launch a new platform for emerging authors, graduates and alumni.  

Written by Norfolk-born Rachel Osborne, this compelling character study is a brand new dark comedy from an all-female creative team. Unlettered receives its first rehearsed reading at UEA as a part of the Autumn Festival’s 15th anniversary.   

‘You’re not a visionary mystic. You’re a warmonger.’

Nina, a formidably caustic scriptwriter, is on the run, torn between seeking escape and inspiration in this vibrant Norfolk-based comedy. Debs - a seemingly stolid member of the rural community – is Nina’s unexpected AirBnB host, abounding in perceptive wit, and harbouring a long-held secret.

Directed by award-winning NICKY ALLPRESS | Credits include The Shape of Things, Ulster American, The Walworth Farce.

Tickets. £10/£7 Concs.

Book online, visit Norwich Theatre Royal box office in person

or call our dedicated festival booking line: 01603 598676

Sunday 23rd November

Drama Studio University of East Anglia, Norwich Research Park, NR4 7TJ

7.30PM - 9.30PM

Evening includes Q&A on script writing with the actors, author, director and producer.