(Source: Official Alice160 Japanese logo by MacmillanAliceJP)
Scroll all, all the way down to the very bottom of this blog to find a list of events that will be updated monthly as Alice160 starts to roll out celebrations, performances, TV broadcasts, film screenings and much more. Exclusives, world premieres, and rarities will be highlighted amongst many other things.
The calendar contains contributions by the good people of Lewis Carroll Society Facebook, and is made possible by Elfsight.
Alice in Backlands (original title: Alice Dos Anjos) is now on dailymotion with English subtitles!
Alice (Tiffanie Costa) discovers a bizarre and brilliant land where she encounters even stranger characters. However the community is under threat from a local colonel who will do anything to take the land the community relies on.
This delightful adaptation aired on ARTE1 Brazil a few months ago, after many years round festival circuits in the region. It has a cabinet of trophies to prove its worth now. For us here its most valued as being the technical first adaptation of Carroll's Alice books as a film/TV special since... 1999's NBC attempt.
I'd say more, but really you should just go and enjoy it. This is the first of several adaptations this decade to release (if IMDB is correct fully) so we are nowhere done with Carroll and film yet :)
You can follow announcements for this film officially on instagram :)
Get Lost is now filming!
With their instagram all set up, you can now follow the progress of Get Lost as filming takes place in Budapest, Hungary.
Unfortunately I don't want to post photos here as this is perhaps a legal grey area, but I would encourage you to go and follow the film's instagram and associated pages.
Very exciting times for Alice based properties.
Other News:
Manchester's Alice musical Alice in Wonderland has sadly been cancelled due to covid, but many outdoor events are still going ahead. A new theatre list will be on this blog soon.
I'm still writing the essays for Celine and Julie Go Boating (1974), they are coming, I promise.
Yesterday V and A museum announced that their Alice exhibition would be screening as a film in October (On October the 14 to be exact) more info here.
Irish National Opera announced a few weeks back that Gerald Barry's Alice opera will be streaming online in November. Info here.
The programme includes the very first Alice in Wonderland film adaptation dating from 1903, next to the well-known Disney animation of 1951 as well as Tim Burton’s 3D reinterpretation of the Disney film, made in 2010 … on behalf of the same Disney company
The programme also includes films by directors who were directly or indirectly inspired by the story of a little girl that crawls into a rabbit hole and finds herself in a world where animals can speak and a riddle best remains a riddle.
Talking with fantasy creatures and being able to move in an alien world without any effort: Terry Gilliam, Lana and Lilly Wachowski, and Roman Polanski they all found Carroll’s ‘fall into the rabbit hole’ irresistible as well.
Filming: there will be cameras in the auditorium or studio. In the main auditorium, some sightlines may be affected by the cameras, and tickets for these seats are sold only over the phone and are not available online.
Fun, furious, frantic, and utterly fantastic! The surreal world of Lewis Carroll’s Alice, both in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass, is given an extra twist in Gerald Barry’s operatic treatment. Antony McDonald (of 2018/19’s Hansel and Gretel) directs and designs this new production – the first ever staging of this musically virtuoso opera – with more than a touch of the Victorian toy theatre. The Red Queen, the White Rabbit, the Mad Hatter: meet a kaleidoscope of colourful characters in this joyful, headlong rush into a world gone deliciously mad.
Sometimes, even if it’s a little disappointing , you got to let down some projects. Because it’s not the right moment, because you don’t feel it deep inside, because the stars aren't aligned.This is what is happening with my illustrated version of Coraline.However Lacombe did post a illustration for Coraline so we aren't entirely missing out...
Here is one image I did for this project (it’s not completely finished)
Fall down the rabbit hole into Wonderland, an immersive, playful and interactive exhibition for all ages, celebrating Lewis Carroll's timeless tales of Alice's adventures.
This one-of-a-kind exhibition follows Alice's journey through popular culture and invites you to take a trip through the looking glass into an enchanted world where expectations are upended and curiosity is rewarded. Using theatrical sets, bold, interactive environments, eye-catching props and amazing audiovisual artworks, Wonderland spectacularly conjures up the surprising and magical world of Alice and her adventures!
Discover how artists and filmmakers have portrayed Alice and her story for over a century. Since her first appearance on the page in 1865, Alice has delighted audiences in more than 40 films and over 30 television programmes, and has become a subcultural icon through her presence in music videos, video games, high fashion, advertising and more. Drawing together a remarkable selection of original behind-the-scenes material, Wonderland includes over 300 artefacts and objects including first edition books, drawings, original costumes, films, magic lantern projectors, animation and puppetry.
Coraline discovers a mysterious door, gathers her courage and crawls through. At first glance, the Other world in which she ends up feels very familiar: Actually, everything is like home. But Coraline's parents are suddenly terribly nice, cook delicious meals and are ready to fulfill all their wishes. However, there is one condition: to stay here forever, Coraline would have to swap her eyes for two buttons ...
Coraline’s fantastical and sinister experiences are reminiscent of literary classics such as Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland or E.T.A. Hoffmann’s The Sandman, yet tell a very modern coming-of-age story.
Nina Russi will lead the new production with Ann-Katrin Stöcker as conductor. The cast will include Deanna Breiwick and Sandra Hamaoui alternating the title role, while Irène Friedli, Judith Schmid will play Mother. Other cast members include Ronan Collett, Robin Adams, Iain Milne, Spencer Lang, and Sen Guo, among others.Opernhaus Zurich is one of Austria's biggest Opera companies, and has a working relationship with DVD distributors ARTE and Accentus Music.