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The Mad Hatter’s Tea Party
09 April 2025 @ 7.30pm
About The Mad Hatter’s Tea Party
“What does it mean to sit between this world and that at the drop of a hat?”
The Hatter and the Hare are stuck. They can’t move on.
Trapped by self-delusion and memory loss, they remain at 6 o’clock, forever drinking tea. The Hatter embraces it. The Hare rejects it. But who is to blame for this never-ending party? Take a trip down the proverbial rabbit hole with Brother Wolf’s groundbreaking adaptation of one of the most beloved stories of all time.
Fantastical and utterly bonkers, ‘The Mad Hatter’s Tea Party’ is a mind-bending and absurdist new twist on Lewis Carroll’s immortal classic. So grab your seat at The Hatter’s table and get ready for the weirdest and wildest party this side of Wonderland!
Based on ‘Alice in Wonderland’ by Lewis Carroll
Adapted, Produced, and Directed by James Hyland
Performed by Joshua J. Jewkes and James Hyland
Costumes by A Child Of The Jago
Music by Chris Warner
Reviews
“‘The Mad Hatter’s Tea Party’, based on the book ‘Alice in Wonderland’ by Lewis Carroll, has been excellently adapted by James Hyland who not only produced and directed the play but incidentally plays the fun, crazed, eccentric Mad Hatter better than Johnny Depp any day of the week… A Child Of The Jago has outdone themselves yet again on the fabulous costumes that sum up this production as entertaining, fun, and full of laughs and a great play to go and see with the kids or simply on your own. I loved it.” ★★★★★
Mark Carter, British Theatre Journal
Tickets
Booking information
Ticket prices:
Standard tickets – £18.00
Member tickets – £15.00
Dates & times:
Wednesday 09 April 2025 at 7.30pm
Running time:
60 minutes without an interval
Age guidance:
8+
Content guidance:
This is an immersive theatre play which involves direct audience address and explores themes of bereavement and loss in relation to memory, sanity and time. The age recommendation is therefore classified as 8+. Parental discretion is recommended.
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