Before Christmas we started on putting together some puppets for a show trailer for a new Christmas show (for touring libraries, stately homes etc.). We hope to get the trailer finished very soon so we can advertise in time for Christmas 2024 (watch this space).
As to what it is about, I think I will invite you all to give your own educated guesses😉.
I also took it as an opportunity to have a bit of an experiment with the new Indonesian wayang kulit (shadow puppet) chisels. I am thinking that I am not likely to abandon using scalpel blades altogether but probably use a combination of chisels and scalpel. The chisels are certainly useful for creating certain types of cuts and shapes, (probably not faster though – but I had been warned). I have also yet to sort out suitable maintenance/sharpening tools for the chisels when I need them though I have been doing research on the best method and suppliers.
Do leave a comment or a question if you’d like to know more 😊.
On Saturday we visited Yorkshire Sculpture Park in Wakefield and while we were there we tried out some of the products from the Rough Magic Theatre merch Shop. Miranda is showing off how you can combine our kids premium t-shirts with other costume items for a fun Halloween outfit. Don’t forget we now have the “Happy Halloween” design too. There’s 20% off everything for the next 4 days so why not stock up now?
We also tried out the water bottle and thermal mug for our picnic, and I can confirm that the mug keeps hot drinks hot for a long time. It isn’t obvious in the pictures in the shop, but both of these items are actually made out of metal and are really good quality. The lid on the thermal mug allows you to open and close the hole that you drink through as well!
Spreadshirt Gift BoxGift card with stickers to dress up the figure on the frontPersonalised “Tempest” tote bag with a quotation by Caliban from the original Shakespearian text.
As a birthday present for my brother Peter who originally played both Caliban and Ferdinand in Rough Magic Theatre’s first production “The Tempest” I personalised this black “Tempest” tote bag with a quotation by Caliban from the original Shakespearian text. You can personalise the products in my Spreadshirt shop by pressing the pencil icon. You can add your own text in different fonts, sizes, colours and positions. You could put someone’s name on or add any other message/text that you like. This personalisation option is available on all of the different products in the shop.
If it is a gift for someone you can choose an option for the product to be gift-wrapped. It then comes in a cardboard box like with this colourful geometric design. If you ask for a gift card the middle photo shows what the card looks like (it comes with these cool “dress up the person” stickers). You can include a message of your choice inside the card too!
I have also updated our “Halloween Events” page so please take a look 🙂 we are available for bookings for shows and workshops.CLICK HERE to contact me.
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