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 – Tea in Chicago
Sep08

Alice – Tea in Chicago

 “It’s a party in which the child within can play again and run with the imagination.” — Ayala Leyser  I am going to a Mad Hatter Tea Party in Chicago.  I’ll be sipping tea and talking utter nonsense with the Mad Hatter, the Red Queen, the White Rabbit, the Cheshire Cat, the Dormouse, Alice and all the other fantastical characters from Lewis Carroll’s Alice In Wonderland.  I’ll be...

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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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ALICE – The Legacy
Apr09

ALICE – The Legacy

 Judi Dench and Ruby Bentall in the World Premiere of Peter and Alice  “So long as men can breathe and eyes can see, So long lives this and this gives life to thee.” – William Shakespeare Alice Liddell Hargreaves died on November 16, 1934, but her legacy — and its inextricable link to Lewis Carroll’s classic Alice in Wonderland tales — refuses to die. Who was the little girl that inspired...

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Alice – In Germany
Jul26

Alice – In Germany

 Annelies Štrba – Nyima 438, 2009. Courtesy Annelies Štrba and Frith Street Gallery, London. © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2012.  Ever since Lewis Carroll gave the original manuscript of Alice’s Adventures In Wonderland to 10-year-old Alice Liddell as an early Christmas gift in 1864, the visualization of the story has been an integral aspect of the work.  From the late 19th century to the present day, visual artists around...

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