Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland

Christopher Wheeldon’s full-length ballet based on Lewis Carroll’s book is an exuberant piece of storytelling featuring an instantly recognizable cast of characters, among them a tap-dancing Mad Hatter, a tetchy White Rabbit and a raucously bad-tempered Queen of Hearts.

Wheeldon, along with composer Joby Talbot and designer Bob Crowley, have created a genuine family ballet in the spirit of Carroll’s much-loved children’s classic. While regular balletgoers can appreciate nods to other famous works – there’s a parody of the Rose Adagio from The Sleeping Beauty, for example, with jam tarts instead of flowers – the ballet is above all a brilliant realization of Carroll’s zany dream-world featuring stunning choreography, a colorful score and ingenious stage-magic.


CHOREOGRAPHY CHRISTOPHER WHEELDON
MUSIC JOBY TALBOT
ORCHESTRATED BY CHRISTOPHER AUSTIN AND JOBY TALBOT BY ARRANGEMENT WITH CHESTER MUSIC LIMITED
DESIGNS BOB CROWLEY
SCENARIO NICHOLAS WRIGHT
LIGHTING DESIGN NATASHA KATZ
PROJECTION DESIGN JON DRISCOLL AND GEMMA CARRINGTON
ORIGINAL SOUND DESIGN ANDREW BRUCE FOR AUTOGRAPH
STAGING CHRISTOPHER SAUNDERS
BALLET MASTER CHRISTOPHER SAUNDERS
PRINCIPAL COACHING JONATHAN COPE AND CHRISTOPHER SAUNDERS
DANCE NOTATOR ANNA TREVIEN
CONDUCTOR DAVID BRISKIN
ORCHESTRA OF THE ROYAL OPERA HOUSE
CO-CONCERT MASTER SERGEY LEVITIN
DIRECTED FOR THE SCREEN BY ROSS MACGIBBON