Alice Through My Looking Glass
May05

Alice Through My Looking Glass

5 Years later, it is once again time for a little madness….. It’s just over 5 years since my daughter and I (on the heels of Tim Burton’s 200 million dollar Alice In Wonderland movie that has grossed a whopping $1,025,467,110 to date) self-published The Real Alice in Wonderland. Our book tells the story behind the publication of the handwritten, hand-illustrated original manuscript, Alice’s Adventures...

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Alice – The Curious Invention of Lewis Carroll
Feb05

Alice – The Curious Invention of Lewis Carroll

“In the 1840 exhibition, Carroll discovered a treasure trove of curiosities that is sure to have inspired him as a writer.  It’s quite possible that he saw the dodo which is now on display in our new gallery.” – Roger Jeffery Renowned Alice in Wonderland artist Frances Broomfield is currently working on several new Alice paintings to celebrate the global, national and local events being orchestrated by the...

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Alice – The New Opera
Jan19

Alice – The New Opera

“Dodgson himself wrote that he imagined his work as musical theater — an “operetta”.”- Gary Bachlund  Johnny Depp and Mia Wasikowska are scheduled to reprise their roles as the Mad Hatter and Alice, respectively, in Disney’s Alice in Wonderland 2 on May 27th, 2016.  Unfortunately, the sequel to the original blockbuster (the sixth movie to earn more than $1 billion worldwide) will, in the words...

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Alice — Wotcha! Gotcha! Alice?
Dec18

Alice — Wotcha! Gotcha! Alice?

“Alice in Wonderland is one of the earliest books written with the intention of entertaining children and not improving or educating them. It is  still a breath of fresh air. I like to think  that my version of Alice Liddell in Wotcha! Gotcha!, speaks and acts more like the Alice of the books than various other recent versions.” — Gareth Jones  Wotcha! Gotcha!, a very British style of pantomime (or panto),  is...

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Alice? – Utter Nonsense!
Jul03

Alice? – Utter Nonsense!

   Nonsense is the theme of Alice’s Day in Oxford on July 6.  “Take some more tea,” the March Hare said to Alice, very earnestly. “I’ve had nothing yet,” Alice replied in an offended tone,  “so I can’t take more.” “You mean you can’t take less,” said the Hatter.  “It’s very easy to take more than nothing.”  Lewis Carroll –...

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