03/08/2009 Skipton International Puppet Festival!

We are pleased to be able to announce that our Shadow Suitcase Show, Jabberwocky, will be at this years Skipton International Puppet Festival on Sunday the 27th of September. For more information, take a look at the festival website here.

03/08/2009 Website Update

After a period of quiet online here at RMT, you may have noticed a slight facelift to the site. We’ve updated many of the articles and added a window on the Alice page so that you can watch the trailer video of Alice in Wonderland without going to YouTube. Enjoy!

05/10/08New performance at Leeds and promotional video online!

It’s dejavu at Rough Magic Theatre as our return performance of Alice in Wonderland at The Carriageworks Theatre in Leeds (25/10/08) sells out once again! As before, a second performance has now been arranged at 3pm to meet demand. Please see the venue website for details.

Theatres and performance spaces that wish to book the show for our 2009 tour may be interested to know that a short promotional video for Alice is now online. Go to the Alice page to see the show in action!

24/08/08Time and venue for Sedbergh Fringe.

We are now pleased to confirm the details of our next showing of “Alice in Wonderland”. We will be on stage at Sedbergh’s People’s Hall on Saturday the 13th of September at 4.30pm. For booking and information please visit the .

21/07/08NEW SHOWINGS!

Alice In Wonderland will now be showing at The Victoria Institute, Low Bentham, N. Yorkshire on the 11th of August at 1pm. Tickets are available from the High Bentham Community Centre (015242 61800) and on the door.

We are also due to perform at the Sedbergh Festival of Books and Drama on the 13th of September. Time and venue tbc.

10/06/08RMT sells out; Alice on the road!

Rough Magic Theatre’s Alice In Wonderland premiered to packed houses at The Carriageworks Theatre in Leeds on the 31st of May 2008. Having sold out both showings, we have been invited back to perform the show again in October, please see the venue’s website for details. The shows were extremely well received; “A really colourful and inventive show” said audience member Anita Spillane. “Wonderful,.. a real treat!” Edna Watt.

But there is bad news for those hoping to see us at the Harrogate International Festival; The festival’s family weekend, at which we were due to perform, has been cancelled due to funding issues and we will not be appearing at the event. But the show will be playing at other venues across the country in 2008 and into 2009 so keep an eye on our website for details of future showings!

14/04/08 New tour dates!

Due to popular demand, we have added a second performance to our Carriageworks date - the first performance having sold out 7 weeks early! The second performance will be at 3pm on the same day. Please contact the Carriageworks Theatre Box Office for tickets and information.

We are also proud to announce a performance of Alice in Wonderland at the Harrogate International Festival in July. For more information on the event please visit the festival website . All dates are listed on our page, more soon!

10/03/2008 Alice In Wonderland; premiere details!

Alice in Wonderland will premiere at the Carriageworks Theatre in Leeds on the 31st May 2008. The show will be hosted in the “Uptstairs @ The Carriageworks” space and ticket numbers are limited so please book early to avoid disappointment. For booking details please see the venue website . More gigs are being finalised and will be listed here in the next two weeks! keep your eyes peeled!

Meanwhile, new photo’s have now been posted on our , including Alice herself! Take a look!

13/7/2007Workshops Page.

We now have a page devoted to the workshops of Rough Magic Theatre. RMT undertakes workshops of all shapes and sizes so to see what we offer or follow the link from the page.

23/5/2007 Giant Jabberwocky terrorises town!

Along with our shadow puppet suitcase show Rough Magic also took our giant Jabberwocky puppet to the main parade at Blackpool’s “Puppet Up! 2007” festival. Built by RMT’s Collette Knowles for Bentham Theatre Group’s “Sleeping Beauty”, this massive puppet originally required six people to operate! After being renovated for “Puppet Up!” this was cut to two with the aid of a specially constructed backpack.

The Jabberwocky enjoyed his day out immensely, fighting with a knight in armour and terrorising the populace. In fact he enjoyed himself so much that he’s written a “blog” about it that can be found, along with photos of the event, at his MySpace page .

23/5/2007 Suitcase show goes down a storm!

Rough Magic Theatre’s travelling suitcase show “Jabberwocky!” has been on the road, delighting audiences of all ages in Leeds, Wakefield and Blackpool.

On the 14th of April we took the show to Leeds for , the festival celebrating women’s achievement in the arts. Our next stop was the on Sunday the 6th of May and finally , the Blackpool Festival of Puppetry and Visual Theatre on the 19th and 20th of May.

We had a great time entertaining the crowds and the feedback has been wonderful. For those who didn’t catch the show we have some photos in the . We hope to be on tour with the suitcase again very soon so keep your eyes on the News page!

01/04/2007.New for 2007! Children’s parties from RMT!

Experienced performer Tim Austin is taking to the road with his trusty Parrot, Jolly Rodger, in the latest venture from Rough Magic Theatre - Children’s parties! From April 15th Tim (or “Terrible Tim the Pirate!” A-haar!) will be available to hire for all manner of indoor and outdoor events as well as birthdays, weddings and much more!

Shows under development for late 2007/8!

1. Alice in Wonderland.

An original version of the old classic. Containing original music, a wealth of puppets and amazing costumes Starring Collette Knowles and Tim Austin in this truly fantastic new show.

2. Extreme Afternoon Tea

A hilarious street theatre show. Two contestants battle it out in the world championships of that well loved sport Extreme Afternoon Tea. Watch with baited breath as they struggle to keep their composure amidst gruelling terrain and against the elements. Containing slapstick, mayhem and cucumber sandwiches. Coming soon to a shopping centre near you!

More information soon on our Shows page!