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Shadow Suitcase Shows at Norton Priory

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Had a lovely time at Norton Priory a few months back for their “Discover Sundays” event.

I had never been there before and discovered that it is an amazing place hidden away behind a housing estate. If you have never been I would definitely recommend it.

Wonderful interactive displays that are great for kids and adults, (including a gigantic St. Christopher statue that appears to be speaking with the familiar booming voice of Brian Blessed).

I took my kids along (figuring that they could busy themselves exploring the museum and gardens with their Dad) while I did my shows and workshops.

However, I found my kids were taking the business of supporting Mummy very seriously and they trotted over to watch every single one of my performances and took part in the shadow puppet making workshop as well!

I performed my “Edward Lear’s Nonsense” shows in the Undercroft area which had wonderful acoustics and was unlike anywhere else I’d performed before (I suppose the closest might be Lancaster Castle or maybe Hall ‘ith Wood in Bolton).

We performed the “Jabberwocky!” show in the Undercroft and the Tudor garden as well and spent a bit of time exploring the grounds before we left.

All in all it was a lovely afternoon and we definitely intend to return at some point to check out all the things we missed.

If you would like to book one of our suitcase shows, a workshop or a different show CLICK HERE to get in touch 🙂 We are available for Light Festivals, Halloween, Christmas events etc.

You can find designs featuring puppets from “Jabberwocky!” and “Edward Lear’s Nonsense” in our new Rough Magic Theatre merch. shop. You can find gift bags and sweatshirts for Halloween or Christmas, plus lots of other great gift ideas, including dog bandanas, baby and maternity wear, teddies, mugs, cushions, stickers, badges, umbrellas etc. Plus for that extra special gift, you can personalise the items too! CLICK HERE to browse 🙂

Halloween Merch Fun!

Posted on by Collette Knowles
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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!

“Beware the Jabberwock my son!” Kids Premium t-shirt in Dark Pink & Red

“Beware the Jabberwock my son!” Water bottle with straw in Silver

“Beware the Jabberwock my son!” Thermal mug with handle

Spreadshirt Gift Box
Gift card with stickers to dress up the figure on the front
Personalised “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.