Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland
Adapted by Anna Galligan
Age range
13 – 15
Cast size
15 +
Approx. running time
90 mins +
Gender breakdown
Male: 2
Female: 3
Also: 21 roles are non-gender specific.
Female: 3
Also: 21 roles are non-gender specific.
Setting
An Askew bedroom.
Note
Classic children’s adventure for a large cast.
First performance
Kilkenny Youth Theatre, 2015.
Synopsis
‘I am not a child, I am nearly thirteen!’- Alice
In this version, Alice is 12 and ½ years of age and it bothers her to still be thought of as a child. Why do all these other people get to make the decisions, confuse her and boss her? After all, she is nearly thirteen!
After a day of listening to others, Alice wakes that night in her bedroom to find it transformed and inhabited by a range of weird and wonderful characters. Characters that befriend her, thwart her and bother her, until she realises that she is the only one making sense. And that she is ready to leave childhood and become a teenager.
For a youth theatre looking to play, to have fun and present a theatrically challenging piece, Alice offers flexibility in casting regarding gender, numbers and ability, large ensemble pieces throughout and the joy of bringing one of the classics of children’s literature to life on stage.
In this version, Alice is 12 and ½ years of age and it bothers her to still be thought of as a child. Why do all these other people get to make the decisions, confuse her and boss her? After all, she is nearly thirteen!
After a day of listening to others, Alice wakes that night in her bedroom to find it transformed and inhabited by a range of weird and wonderful characters. Characters that befriend her, thwart her and bother her, until she realises that she is the only one making sense. And that she is ready to leave childhood and become a teenager.
For a youth theatre looking to play, to have fun and present a theatrically challenging piece, Alice offers flexibility in casting regarding gender, numbers and ability, large ensemble pieces throughout and the joy of bringing one of the classics of children’s literature to life on stage.