Wonderland
From: Thursday, 5th August 2010
To: Sunday, 29 August 2010
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Synopsis
Set in Eastbourne, Oxford and through the looking glass, this is the extraordinary untold story of a world-famous author and the actress who played 'Alice in Wonderland' on stage. Funny, touching and unexpected this is a comedy, a musical, a box of tricks and a revelation.
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Michael Coveney - 11 August 2010
There’s an updated, blockbuster version of Alice in Wonderland on its way to Broadway, but this charming, unassuming period piece for two actors and a pianist may steal some of its thunder.
The book and lyrics are by Gyles Brandreth, who seems to be everywhere this festival, with music by Susannah Pearse, who’s totally invisible.
She must have gone down the rabbit hole; let’s hope it wasn’t a plug hole. Anyway, Brandreth and Pearse have devised a poignant encounter between Charles Dodgson (aka Lewis Carroll) in his Oxford rooms with Isa Bowman, the actress who first played Alice Liddell on stage, and who now wants to move on.
It’s a true story, and it’s beautifully played in Iqbal Khan’s well-organised production by Michael Maloney as Charles and Flora Spencer-Longhurst as Isa, reviving her performance as Alice one last time. Nice songs, too, some of them set to Carroll’s own&nb...
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Tomas Christie - 22 August 2010:
One of the most thought provoking productions I have been to for a long time. Full of surprises, the acting was brilliant and the stage direction superb....
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