Theatre Review: Alice In Wonderland - St Paul's Church, London ✭✭✭✭
Alice In Wonderland
St Paul’s Church – Covent Garden
After
the success of Julius Caesar, the Iris
Theatre group are taking over St Paul’s Church once again for an
entertaining and energetic performance of Lewis Carroll’s Alice In Wonderland.
In
the heart of Covent Garden you get to take a trip down the rabbit hole, literally.
Taking a trip down a makeshift rabbit hole, walking passed drawings and
writings from the book and then finally reaching a Victorian circus. This is
where the play starts, with grown up Alice herself taking the trip down the
rabbit hole and finding herself in Wonderland.
The
cast play a few of the characters, apart from Laura Wickham who just plays Alice and Simon Kent who plays the White Rabbit. All cast members were well
cast in their roles for the play, with each of them giving a great performance.
A special mention has to go to David
Baynes in his roles as the March Hare and the Queen of Hearts; his take
of Queen of Hearts was outstanding, he had the whole audience laughing, it is great to
see an actor take on two completely different roles and pull them both off
incredibly well.
The
staging for Alice In Wonderland is perfect, St Paul's Church is such a
beautiful location and once again Iris Theatre use the location to their
advantage. Moving the audience round to different locations for different
scenes, keeping the play moving, it does keep the younger audience more engaged
instead of just sitting for a few hours. They all also use some of the audience
to help with the play, some got to be a part of the Mad Hatters tea party and
some also got to be a part of the Queen of Hearts croquet game.
A
great evening, lovely atmosphere and an entertaining play for all ages. It is
something different to do in London and I look forward to seeing what they have
in store next year.
Listings
Information
Alice In Wonderland runs until 31 August at St Paul's Actors Church in Covent Garden.
Tickets cost £15.50 for adults and £11.50 for concessions and
are available at www.iristheatre.com
