Description

Royal Ballet
ALICE’S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND
screening time: appr. 170 minutes, two intermissions

CREATIVES
Choreography: Christopher Wheeldon
Music: Joby Talbot
Conductor: Koen Kessels
Orchestration: Christopher Austin, Joby Talbot
Designer: Bob Crowley
Scenario: Nicholas Wright
Lighting Designer: Natasha Katz
Projection Designers: Jon Driscoll, Gemma Carrington
Original Sound Designer: Andrew Bruce

CAST
Alice: Francesca Hayward
Jack / The Knave of Hearts: William Bracewell
Lewis Carroll / The White Rabbit: James Hay
Mother / The Queen of Hearts: Lauren Cuthbertson
Father / The King of Hearts: Bennet Gartside
Magician / The Mad Hatter: Steven McRae
Rajah / The Caterpillar: Nicol Edmonds
The Duchess: Gary Avis
Company: Principal Dancers and Artists of The Royal Ballet
Music performed by: Orchestra of the Royal Ballet and Opera

SHORT SYNOPSIS
Following a falling out at a Victorian garden party, young Alice plunges down a rabbit hole into a vibrant, kaleidoscopic world. She encounters a cast of extraordinary and bizarre characters—including a tap-dancing Mad Hatter and a tyrannical, murderous Queen of Hearts—in a thrilling quest to save the Knave of Hearts from execution.