Alice in Winter Wonderland
By Roger Wooster
Age range
11 – 13, 13 – 15, 16 +
Cast size
15 +
Approx. running time
90 mins +
Gender breakdown
Male: 3
Female: 3
Also: 12 of any gender, but this can be reduced by doubling, with a playing card chorus of elastic size.
Female: 3
Also: 12 of any gender, but this can be reduced by doubling, with a playing card chorus of elastic size.
Setting
Alice’s home and Wonderland
Note
A seasonal show based on the Alice stories for a large cast.
First performance
Armageddon Theatre (Coleg Powys), 1996
Synopsis
Alice is growing up. She is sixteen and wants to be treated as an adult. But there is chaos in Wonderland and the Queen is completely out of control The White Rabbit begs Alice to come back with him/her to rescue the wonder of Wonderland. Whilst there she meets all our favourite characters from Wonderland and reluctantly helps them resist the power of the Queen. The Queen, it turns out, just doesn’t understand that fun and wonder is important. A typical adult! In helping her friends, Alice discovers too that being an adult doesn’t mean letting go of imagination and silliness. Learning this enables her to take joy in her family and relish the sentimentality and wonder of Christmas.