wonder.land continues at the Olivier, National Theatre, London until 30 April 2016. Star rating: 3 stars ★ ★ ★ ✩ ✩ Cyberbullying and identity theft are not the themes that would immediately come to mind when reading Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland or its sequel, Through the Looking Glass. Yet those works do contain […]
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wonder.land – Palace Theatre, Manchester
wonder.land continues at the Palace Theatre, Manchester (as part of Manchester International Festival 2015) until 12 July. Star rating: 2 stars ★ ★ Fittingly, this big-budget, multi-media reinvention of Alice in Wonderland is something of a curiosity. On paper, it looks like a real masterstroke to place Lewis Carroll’s classic surrealist stories in the modern age of social […]
wonder.land – casting revealed for Damon Albarn musical at MIF
Casting has been announced for the Manchester International Festival run of wonder.land, a new musical inspired by Lewis Carroll’s iconic Alice in Wonderland, with music by Damon Albarn and book and lyrics by Moira Buffini (Tamara Drewe, Handbagged), directed by National Theatre director Rufus Norris. The MIF cast will include Sam Archer, Lois Chimimba, Rob Compton, Rosalie Craig, Ivan De Freitas, Luke Fetherston, Hal Fowler, […]
National Theatre – Damon Albarn musical wonder.land debuts in Rufus Norris’ first season
wonder.land, a new musical inspired by Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland, with music by Damon Albarn and book and lyrics by Moira Buffini, will feature in the first season at the National Theatre under new artistic director Rufus Norris. The production will be directed by Norris in a co-production with Manchester International Festival; commissioned by Manchester International Festival, the […]
