CASTLE Howard’s grounds will be transformed into a magical looking glass world from Sunday by Park Lane Stage Company for an open-air promenade production of Alice.

Final-year performance arts students at Leeds City College will present the Lewis Carroll stories in the culmination to a year’s hard work on the BTEC National Diploma course.

The show will take the audience on a tour through Castle Howard’s gardens and grounds, following Alice on her journey in the imaginary world of Wonderland, where Alice and audience alike will meet the White Rabbit, the Mad Hatter, the Duchess and her piglet, Tweedledum and Tweedledee, the Queen of Hearts and the Mock Turtle.

The promenade route will start on the south side of the house and the show will last approximately two and a half hours.

Rehearsals at Castle Howard, near Malton, were completed two days ago for a production whose contributors stretch beyond the performing arts department. Leeds City College production arts students are handling hair, costume and make-up requirements; catering students are in charge of food production; carpentry and joinery students are making the Mad Hatter’s furniture and horticulture students, the rabbit’s tunnel.

Cockburn High School, meanwhile, is providing such props as an eight foot-high toadstool and a giant Victorian cooking range.

Directed by Vivienne Razavilar and Abigail Bailey, Alice will be performed every day at 2pm from Sunday until May 31, come rain or shine. In the event of inclement weather, the performance will still take place, so appropriate outdoor clothing and footwear is recommended.

• Tickets can be purchased in advance on 07762 159163 or 01653 648623 and will be available on the day too, priced at £15 for adults, £10 for under-14s, free for children aged under four. School groups are welcome. Please note, the price includes admission to Castle Howard’s grounds.