{"id":22,"date":"2012-11-19T11:18:33","date_gmt":"2012-11-19T11:18:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/frogbox.co.uk\/Hosting\/DealTheatreProject\/?p=22"},"modified":"2026-02-19T12:16:36","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T12:16:36","slug":"alice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/frogbox.co.uk\/Hosting\/DealTheatreProject\/?p=22","title":{"rendered":"ALICE AT WALMER CASTLE 1996"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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In the summer of 1996 English Heritage, guardians of Walmer Castle, invited Theatre Nomad to stage a community production of Alice in Wonderland. So it was that the spirit of the Deal Theatre Project returned with actors from Theatre Nomad and a large cast of local young people to create Alice and Friends. Local Primary School teachers reported that going to see Alice at Walmer Castle featured in their pupils\u2019 news books for weeks after.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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CAST:<\/td><\/td><\/tr>
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Hannah CLAYTON<\/td>THE CATERPILLAR AND TWEEDLEDUM<\/td><\/tr>
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Emma CROSS<\/td>THE DUCHESS THE DORMOUSE AND THE WALRUS<\/td><\/tr>
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James DEREK<\/td>HUMPTY DUMPTY AND TWEEDLEDEE<\/td><\/tr>
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Paul HUNTLEY THOMAS<\/td>THE QUEEN OF HEARTS THE MARCH HARE AND THE CARPENTER<\/td><\/tr>
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Amanda PALMER<\/td>THE WHITE RABBIT AND THE MAD HATTER.<\/td><\/tr>
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OLDER ALICES<\/td>Faye AUSTIN<\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>Sarah CALLAGHAN<\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>Philippa FAULDS<\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>Jessie GOLDUP<\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>Bonnie JONES<\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>Joanna KAVANAGH<\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>Constance MACKENZIE<\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>Heidi MOON<\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>Jenna POULTON<\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>Sarah STARK<\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>Tara TOWNLEY<\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>Hazel WHEELAN<\/td><\/tr>
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OYSTERS AND FIGHTERS OF THE JABBERWOCKY<\/td>Tony CAGIAS-HAYNES<\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>Connor JOYCE<\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>Gabriel MACKENZIE<\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>Simon SEARLE<\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>Jack TURNER<\/td><\/tr>
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SMALLER ALICES AND CROQUET PLAYERS<\/td>Laura CAGIAS-HAYNES<\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>Sharmela CESBRON<\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>Rochelle CASHDEN<\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>Erin DAVISON<\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>Katherine ESCHALIER<\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>Rebecca GALE<\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>Phoebe GOLDUP<\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>Gemma GROOMBRIDGE<\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>Rebecca GODDEN<\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>Imogen GRINNEY<\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>Marguerite KAVANAGH<\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>Jade LIBBY<\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>Emma McGLUSHEN<\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>Katie STARK<\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>Laura SKELTON<\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>Rebecca WINHAM<\/td><\/tr>
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THE CHESHIRE CAT<\/td>Benedict CARROLL<\/td><\/tr>
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RABBITS AND JABBERWOCKY MINDERS<\/td>Chris WALLER<\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>Alan WALLER<\/td><\/tr>
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DEVISED AND DIRECTED<\/td>Luke DIXON<\/td><\/tr>
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ADMINISTRATION<\/td>Liz TURNER<\/td><\/tr>
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DESIGN<\/td>Joanie MAGILL<\/td><\/tr>
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MUSIC<\/td>David BAIRD<\/td><\/tr>
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PHOTOGRAPHS<\/td>Martin CARROLL<\/td><\/tr>
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STAGE MANAGEMENT<\/td>Rebecca BROWN<\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>Cameron MACKENZIE<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In the summer of 1996 English Heritage, guardians of Walmer Castle, invited Theatre Nomad to stage a community production of Alice in Wonderland. So it was that the spirit of the Deal Theatre Project returned with actors from Theatre Nomad and a large cast of local young people to create Alice and Friends. Local Primary School teachers reported that going to see Alice at Walmer Castle featured in their pupils\u2019 news books for weeks after. CAST: Hannah CLAYTON THE CATERPILLAR AND TWEEDLEDUM Emma CROSS THE DUCHESS THE DORMOUSE AND THE WALRUS James DEREK HUMPTY DUMPTY AND TWEEDLEDEE Paul HUNTLEY THOMAS THE QUEEN OF HEARTS THE MARCH HARE AND THE CARPENTER Amanda PALMER THE WHITE RABBIT AND THE MAD HATTER. OLDER ALICES Faye AUSTIN Sarah CALLAGHAN Philippa FAULDS Jessie GOLDUP Bonnie JONES Joanna KAVANAGH Constance MACKENZIE Heidi MOON Jenna POULTON Sarah STARK Tara TOWNLEY Hazel WHEELAN OYSTERS AND FIGHTERS OF THE JABBERWOCKY Tony CAGIAS-HAYNES Connor JOYCE Gabriel MACKENZIE Simon SEARLE Jack TURNER SMALLER ALICES AND CROQUET PLAYERS Laura CAGIAS-HAYNES Sharmela CESBRON Rochelle CASHDEN Erin DAVISON Katherine ESCHALIER Rebecca GALE Phoebe GOLDUP Gemma GROOMBRIDGE Rebecca GODDEN Imogen GRINNEY Marguerite KAVANAGH Jade LIBBY Emma McGLUSHEN Katie STARK Laura SKELTON Rebecca WINHAM THE CHESHIRE CAT Benedict CARROLL RABBITS AND JABBERWOCKY MINDERS Chris WALLER Alan WALLER DEVISED AND DIRECTED Luke DIXON ADMINISTRATION Liz TURNER DESIGN Joanie MAGILL MUSIC David BAIRD PHOTOGRAPHS Martin CARROLL STAGE MANAGEMENT Rebecca BROWN Cameron MACKENZIE<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":562,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-12"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/frogbox.co.uk\/Hosting\/DealTheatreProject\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/frogbox.co.uk\/Hosting\/DealTheatreProject\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/frogbox.co.uk\/Hosting\/DealTheatreProject\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/frogbox.co.uk\/Hosting\/DealTheatreProject\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/frogbox.co.uk\/Hosting\/DealTheatreProject\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=22"}],"version-history":[{"count":28,"href":"https:\/\/frogbox.co.uk\/Hosting\/DealTheatreProject\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":783,"href":"https:\/\/frogbox.co.uk\/Hosting\/DealTheatreProject\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22\/revisions\/783"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/frogbox.co.uk\/Hosting\/DealTheatreProject\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/562"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/frogbox.co.uk\/Hosting\/DealTheatreProject\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=22"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/frogbox.co.uk\/Hosting\/DealTheatreProject\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=22"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/frogbox.co.uk\/Hosting\/DealTheatreProject\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=22"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}