Alice's Wonderland

Have you ever quarrelled with Time or visited a forest where things have no names? Isn’t it weird that the body of a Snap-Dragonfly is made of plum pudding?

Alice’s Wonderland is a musical performance based on the famous novel by Lewis Carroll. Together with Alice’s son, we embark on a journey through the maze that is memory, where a human (or perhaps the Mock Turtle?) can fold up or extend like a telescope. Humpty Dumpty explains what ‘borogoves’ and ‘raths’ are. The Queen of Hearts plays croquet with mallets made with live flamingoes. In the well of childhood, and in the graveyard of clocks, we discover jars of orange marmalade and, above all, a recipe for saving the world from oblivion.
Songs are performed live by The Mad Hatters Orchestra, with lyrics by Sławomir Narloch set to music by Jakub Gawlik.

The performance is recommended for parents with children over 10 years old.

The performance based on Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There by Lewis Carroll translated by Maciej Słomczyński. The name of the character Mock Turtle translated by Antoni Marianowicz.

Please mind that there are smoke effects in some scenes during the show.

Please mind that children are not allowed to remain unattended in the Theatre and during the show.

author of stage adaptation, lyrics, direction: Sławomir Narloch
set and costume design: Martyna Kander
music: Jakub Gawlik
choreography: Anna Hop
vocal preparation: Magdalena Czuba
lighting design: Karolina Gębska

Awards and Nominations

2023 – nomination for the Konrad Swinarski Award in "the best director of 2022/2023 season" category for Sławomir Narloch for the direction of Alice's Wonderland
2023 – third prize of Plebiscite of Musicals Seasons Premier 2022/2023 in „Best musical set design of the season 2022/2023” category to Martyna Kander for the set design of Alice's Wonderland

Cast

And children

Michał Pietruczuk / Mikołaj Wachowski – Little Son
Janina Kozłowska / Felicja Nizińska – Girl

The Mad Hatters Orchestra

Angela Gołaszewska-Dziołak / Aleksander Zwierz – violin
Krystyna Wiśniewska / Antoni Wrona – cello
Konrad Gzik / Jakub Wydrzyński – saxophones, flute
Maciej Kozioł / Michał Zuń – double bass
Michał Bator / Jarema Jarosiński – drums
Paweł Paprocki – keyboards
Kacper Matula – guitars, guitaleles
Jakub Gawlik – accordion
Henryk Simon – percussion instruments

Production team

director's assistant: Magdalena Czuba
- stunt effects: Andrzej Słomiński
sound technicians: Marek Szymański, Hubert Majewski, Mariusz Maszewski
light technicians: Zbigniew Szulim, Bartłomiej Kaczalski, Krzysztof Łukasz Stefan
stage manager: Krzysztof Kuszczyk
prompter: Magdalena Markowska

Licence for this stage production was granted by the Society of Authors – ZAiKS.

Gallery

The Company. Phot. Marta Ankiersztejn

MUSIC IS TIME – music teaser video

Musical preview of Alice's Wonderland
music: Jakub Gawlik / lyrics: Sławomir Narloch / as The Mad Hatter: Paweł Paprocki

◊ MUSIC IS TIME
music: Jakub Gawlik
lyrics: Sławomir Narloch
vocal preparation: Magdalena Czuba
vocal: Paweł Paprocki
choir: Kacper Matula, Hubert Paszkiewicz, Henryk Simon

◊ The Mad Hatters Orchestra:
Aleksander Zwierz (violin)
Antoni Wrona (cello)
Konrad Gzik (saxophones and flute)
Jakub Gawlik (accordion)
Michał Zuń (double bass)
Michał Bator (drums)

◊ recording: Mariusz Maszewski
◊ teaser production:
director: Sławomir Narloch
costume: Martyna Kander
director's assistant: Magdalena Czuba
video: Stefan Ronisz
production: Marta Ankiersztejn, Marzena Dąbrowska, Monika Mokrzycka-Pokora (Communication and Marketing Department of the National Theatre)