The Magic of Alice in Wonderland exhibition is open in Japan!

The brand new World Premiere exhibition on Alice in llustration is open now in Kobe, Japan!

It also tours all around Japan this spring! 

The exhibition book looks like this:



Here's some photos from Misako Aoki, showing us around! 

Creation Theatre's Alice revives (sort of)

Creation Theatre in Oxford have just announced that excerpts from their Alice adaptation (a mash up of bits from both books, last performed in 2018) will play the Manor, Weston on the Green in Oxford for Easter.

Take your seats for The Manor’s sumptuous Afternoon Tea (tested and approved by the Creation team) and you’ll be joined by Alice, The Dormouse, The Hatter and maybe even the White Rabbit if he’s not running late!

More info here. 

please note: cast is as yet unconfirmed, and this is NOT the full show! 

Franziska Kohlt on the pitfalls of Carroll in "biopic realism" theatre

(Image from tintinghistory, tint of a self portrait by Charles Dodgson)

Franziska Kholt recently linked me to a fantastic essay she did about the faux biographical play "Peter and Alice"

The essay, entitled "The Dangers of Biopic Realism" is an excellent piece on why some playwrights tend to ignore the new research and seek sensationalism when writing about Carroll's life.

It is by no means an easy read but it is an essential one for anyone interested in how fiction about Dodgson sometimes perpetuates the myths surrounding the man. 

What happened with this year's theatre??

Undoubtedly some of you might be a bit perplexed by the lack of recent theatre events I've covered on this blog... 

This is because I normally cover World Premieres, and this year appears to currently not have... any.

I particularly cover theatre events in the UK, where this year the main summer productions are currently all pantomimes.

I believe that it is recent political events that are driving away new productions/World Premieres from the UK. 

Coupled with the fact that what should have been this year's main event in the UK, Unsuk Chin's Alice through the Looking-Glass Opera, has been cancelled, things don't look great.

The main thing this year worldwide seems to be Oregon Shakespeare Festival's revival of the Eva La Gaillenne script, and whilst it is lovely to see another professional production of La Gaillenne, it isn't exactly new.

Same with Wheeldon's ballet which is in Australia and Germany this year.