The Australian Ballet in Alice in Wonderland
THE AUSTRALIAN BALLET IN ALICE IN WONDERLAND CAPITOL THEATRE FEBRUARY/MARCH 2024 The Australian Ballet first presented Christopher Wheeldon’s Alice in Wonderland in 2017. Not a traditional classical ballet, it is bright, bold and dazzlingly eye catching, with smoke haze, projections, puppetry ,tap dancing and more . It is too big to fit into the Joan Sutherland Auditorium at the Opera House, hence the Capitol. Audiences are flocking to it and treated to superb dancing. The story has been changed in parts, with the addition of a romance, and there is a contemporary outlook at the end with the use of a mobile phone for example. The set designs and costumes (Bob Crowley) are sensational harking back to the Victorian era but also contemporary. Much of the design harks back to Victorian times, with the set for the tea party like a Victorian era cut out paper theatre.But then it is also updated to now. Note there is strobe lighting and smoke haze used. Joby Talbot’s ...