The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
Based on the story by Washington Irving
Adaptation & Story by Peter Balkwill, Anna Cummer, Steven (Pityu) Kenderes, and Judd Palmer
Written by Anna Cummer and Judd Palmer
Directed by Craig Hall
In association with Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity
Featuring The Old Trout Puppet Workshop
Banff Centre New Play Productions are generously funded by The Slaight Family Foundation
OCTOBER 22 – NOVEMBER 9, 2025
WORLD PREMIERE
Ten years after the American Revolutionary War, in a country still haunted by the violence that created it, Ichabod Crane, a country school master, finds himself dispatched to a remote village North of the Hudson River: Sleepy Hollow. Here he tries to bring the inhabitants of this deeply superstitious hamlet into the 18th century. But secrets run deep, and not all is as it appears in this place still haunted by its past.
Brought to wildly imaginative life by the twisted genius of The Old Trout Puppet Workshop, this world premiere adaptation of The Legend of Sleepy Hollow breathes exciting new life into the enduring and haunting tale of the Headless Horseman. And just in time for Halloween…
Audience Advisory: Suggested for ages 12+, some mature themes, loud sounds, flashing lights.
Hollow’s Eve at ATP: A Sleepy Hollow Halloween Party – October 31
Praise for The Old Trout Puppet Workshop:
“A fantastical visual world”
– The Globe and Mail
“…Unimaginable creativity and talent… downright beautiful.”
– Vue Magazine
“As funny as it is inventive”
– The Guardian
“Brilliant, sublime and often hilarious… sheer visual poetry…”
– Monday Magazine
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