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Alice in Wonderland story |
Act I
Alice is playing on the riverbank while her sister reads a book. She falls asleep in her sister’s lap when, out of nowhere, a White Rabbit appears. Alice follows him as he jumps down a rabbit hole. As she lands at the bottom of the hole Alice finds herself in a long low corridor made entirely of doors. She finds a small table with nothing on it except a tiny gold key and a bottle. Alice discovers that it will only work in the smallest door in the corridor, which opens into the most beautiful garden Alice has ever seen. Alice drinks the contents of the bottle and starts to shrink. Underneath the table she finds a small cake, which to her surprise has the opposite effect to the bottle and Alice starts to grow and grow.
The White Rabbit drops his white glove and his fan. Alice picks up the glove and dances with The White Rabbit’s fan. She bursts into tears and finds herself swimming in a pool of her own tears. As she tries to swim to the bank she finds herself surrounded by animals. They swim through the pool of tears to the safety of the bank.
Alice decides to hold a Caucus Race in order to dry the animals ruffled fur and feathers. The White Rabbit returns in search of his glove and fan. He and Alice meet an enormous Caterpillar sitting on top of a huge mushroom smoking a large hookah pipe. The Caterpillar conjures up the Garden of Living Flowers.
The Frog Footman and the Fish Footman appear with an invitation to the Queen’s Croquet Match and the Duchess’ house comes into view. The Duchess and the Cook are hard at work in their kitchen. Watched by the Cheshire Cat the Cook prepares fish with clouds of pepper while the Duchess attends to the baby. The baby, it transpires, is a pig.
The Cook and Duchess dash off leaving Alice with the Cheshire Cat. The White Rabbit reappears and whisks Alice off to the Mad Hatter’s Tea Party.
Act II
Alice is escorted to the Queen’s Croquet match by the White Rabbit where she meets the Royal Gardeners busily painting the roses red. The Queen of Hearts arrives with the entire pack of cards in attendance including the Knave of Hearts. The croquet match begins and out of nowhere the Cheshire Cat reappears to watch the game.
The Duchess returns and tells Alice a few truths about the Queen, but the Queen disturbs the gossiping and passes sentence on the Duchess – “Off with her head!” The court disappears, leaving Alice with the Gryphon.
Down by the seashore, Alice and the Gryphon meet the Mock Turtle. Four lobsters appear from the sea and dance the Lobster Quadrille.
Alice falls asleep and in her dream the Knave of Hearts appears and they dance a pas de deux. The White Rabbit returns and in a great panic, takes Alice to The Trial. The Knave of Hearts stands in the dock accused of stealing the tarts! The White Rabbit reads out the accusation and calls the first witness to give his evidence. It is the Mad Hatter. The Cook is called as the second witness. The Queen of Hearts decides to pass sentence before the jury have decided on their verdict.
As Alice remembers that most of the characters in the courtroom are no more than playing cards, she finds herself back on the riverbank with her sister.
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