Alice in the Mirror
Cast: Minimum 14 (with doubling)
Run time: 50 minutes
Adapted for the stage from Lewis Carroll’s trilogy:
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, Alice Through the Looking Glass,
The Hunting of the Snark and Alice’s Adventures Underground
Today is Alice’s birthday. Her mother has invited their family to a tea party to celebrate, but Alice would rather play on her own, building a house of cards. Dad would rather play chess.
How can Alice avoid her annoying brothers? Will her strange family notice she’s missing? Suddenly, Alice finds a way to enter a topsy-turvy world of adventure – a Wonderland.
Cast:
14 with doubling as suggested, or flexible as appropriate for school/youth groups. Ideal for mixed adult/youth groups.
Characters (showing doubling):
DAD / KING OF HEARTS
ALICE
MUM / CHESHIRE CAT / SEVEN OF SPADES / Lobster
BLACK QUEEN / AUNT JET
WHITE QUEEN / AUNTIE BLANCH
WHITE RABBIT / HUMPTY DUMPTY
GRYPHON / TWEEDLEDEE / DEREK / Frog Footman
MOCK TURTLE / TWEELEDUM / DUGGIE / Hedgehog
MARCH HARE / FIVE OF SPADES / Flamingo / Lobster
DUCHESS / Cousin JESS / Lobster
HATTER / UNCLE REX
QUEEN OF HEARTS / AUNTIE ROSE
KNAVE OF HEARTS / JACK / Lobster
TWO OF SPADES / DORMOUSE / Hedgehog / Lobster
Additional ensemble roles:
Lobsters, Flamingoes, Hedgehogs, Playing cards, Jury
Set: May be performed on a black box stage, with ‘frames’ or periaktoi, and movable furniture.
Run time: Approximately 45 minutes.
