OVERVIEW

• Playwright

  Raymond Scannell  Phillip McMahon 

• Author Notes

  A new musical loosely inspired by the classic story by Lewis Carroll.

• Setting

  Contemporary Dublin (2012)

• Notes

  'Alice in Funderland' was the first musical to be produced by the Abbey since 'Mary Makebelieve' in 1983.

• Synopsis

  Unlucky in love, Corkonian Alice is all set for her sister's wedding (always the bridesmaid and never the bride), when a chance encounter with delivery boy Warren sends her spiraling through the Dublin streets.

  In an epic chase for love on the strangest night of her life, Alice tumbles through the dark, bombarded by grinning politicians, pyjamaclad bowsies, egg heads on the edge, the self-help mafia, media gargoyles,twisted scissor sisters, and of course, Delores - The Queen of Hartstown.

  Things sure ain't what they used to be. The looking glass is well and truly cracked. But is true love possible on the other side… or is this town just full of clowns?

• Play Type

  Musical Theatre
  

  Number Of Acts

  Full-Length

Cast size

• Male

  20

• Female

  18

• Total

  38

• Cast Notes

  Cast doubling required, with further unspecified minor parts performed by the ensemble

Original Production

• Date of First Production

  04 April 2012

• Producer

  Produced by THISISPOPBABY and Abbey Theatre/Amharclann na Mainistreach

• Original Venue

  Abbey Theatre/Amharclann na Mainistreach
  

• Irish Premiere Notes

  'Alice in Funderland' was first presented by thisispopbaby as a work in progress at the Project Arts Centre in January 2011. The detailed listed here refer to the show's full professional premiere the following year.

Source Of Information

The information for this entry was taken from the original production programme.