In all the hubbub of newly released character and scenery pictures from Tim Burton’s Wonderland, only the Telegraph (U.K) has taken note of a previously undiscovered 17th century picture of a dodo. The picture is particularly important as it was drawn before the bird became extinct, although it is uncertain whether it was drawn from life. The picture is to be sold at auction by Christie’s on July 9.
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Angel’s Alice in Salisbury
Never Wonder Land
If Peter Pan and Alice left their normal boring lives in London and found each other in the same fantastical world, would they ever want to come back to reality? Boom Kat Dance Company’s Neverwonderland depicts the search for a place in lives “real” and imagined: set at the height of Industrial Revolution-era England, it deconstructs and rebuilds the borderland at which Neverland and Wonderland confront the world we know.
From May 29 through June 14, at the Miles Memorial Playhouse in Santa Monica, California.
15th Annual Alice Festival
Minnie Maria Mad Tea Party
Minnie Maria (see previous post Rackham Alice Miniatures) has come up with a new batch of minatures: the entire Mad Tea Party.
Alice Tweets
To complete her total domination of cyberspace, Alice is now on Twitter! Follow her adventures (in increments of 140 characters or less) at http://twitter.com/publicdomain.
Alice on bikes
Wheels of Wonderland is an interactive theatrical spectacle—a production of Alice in Wonderland performed entirely on bicycles—celebrating human-powered magic of all shapes and sizes. Featuring the Austin Bike Zoo, a variety of Austin, Texas-based performers and many creative cycling characters, this free event takes place May 2, 3, 9, and 10 in various Austin parks.
Liddell Jokes
“Lewis Carroll and Alice Play Call Our Bluff” by Alan Lance Andersen and Rebecca Ann Edwards appears in the July issue of Games Magazine, which will be on newsstands around May 15th. This nicely illustrated piece is a feature article/puzzle in which the reader tries to solve the puzzle in the text—to determine which of the many tidbits of Alice history are true and which the authors made up—and these are based on, to quote Mr. Andersen, “quirky trivia” about Lewis Carroll and Alice Liddell. [Though some Carrollians might have one or two quibbles with the information in the article.]
Santa Fe Meeting Update
Note that the agenda for the LCSNA’s spring meeting in Santa Fe on Saturday, May 9 has been updated and added to. In addition to Theaterwork’s performance of La Guida di Bragia, there will be a musical performance of the chamber piece “The Chess Game” (based on Through the Looking-Glass) – check out the details! I highly recommend attending if you can make it.
Cosmetic bag
Japan always puts a nice twist on Alice… Check out this “goth style” black and white cosmetic bag sold by exporter Jbox.com.