Roll up,
roll up “We’re all mad here!”
The Castle Player’s
summer production of Alice in Wonderland in the grounds of the Bowes Museum, promises to be an extravaganza of colourful costumes, music and crazy
antics.
The
huge cast of 52 ranges from the ages of 8 to 80 and includes some familiar
faces and some new, all working hard to entertain us, supported by an army of
set builders, prop makers, costume designers and make-up artists.
One
of the youngest, 8-year-old Libby Forsyth, who is playing a canary in the
production, will be joined by great-uncle and oldest member Nick Perkins. He
will be playing the frustrated executioner to the Queen of Hearts and jokingly
says “I’m longing
to chop someone’s
head off but don’t
think I’m
going to get the opportunity!”
Tickets
are now on sale for the show which will feature characters from both Wonderland
and Through the Looking Glass, such as the bumbling ‘mad’
Hatter, the hookah-smoking Caterpillar, the Jabberwock with the ‘jaws
that bite and claws that catch’,
and the melancholy Mock Turtle who sings about ‘beau-ootiful
soo-oop’ and
dancing lobsters!
Director
Dawn Trevor says “I’m hoping that when people come to see
the show, whatever else is going on in their life, they forget about it for a
few hours, and enjoy 52 people making fools of themselves!”
The
show will run from July 10th - 13th and will include a Saturday matinee.
Tickets can be purchased online at www.castleplayers.co.uk, by telephone 01833-631107, or in
person at The Witham, Barnard Castle.
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