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""The healing power of storytelling in the darkest of times.""
Alice by Heart is a musical with music by Duncan Sheik, lyrics by Steven Sater inspired by Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, set in a WWII London bomb shelter where a teenage girl uses the story to cope with loss and trauma, leading her through a fantastical version of Wonderland to confront grief and find courage.
10 Cast Members
Molly Gordon
Alice Spencer/Alice
Colton Ryan
White Rabbit/Alfred Hallam/March Hare
Nkeki Obi-Melekwe
Cheshire Cat/Tabatha/Caterpillar 2
Grace McLean
Queen of Hearts/Red Cross Nurse/Magpie
Andrew Kober
King of Hearts/Dr Butridge/Jabberwock/Duck/Mock Turtle
Wesley Taylor
Mad Hatter/Harold Pudding/Mock Turtle/Pigeon/Knave of Spades
Heath Saunders
Caterpillar/Angus/Knave of Hearts
Noah Galvin
Dodgy/Duchess/Dodo/Mock Turtle
Zay Infante
Dormouse/Nigel/Eaglet/Knave of Clubs
Catherine Ricafort
Clarissa/Canary/Queen of Diamonds/Mock Turtle
