Director : Penny Tuerk

Assistant Director : Anne Connell
Musical Director : Colin Guthrie
Movement Director : Janet South
Design : David Taylor & E.J. Taylor
Lighting Design : Stephen Ley
Stage Manager : Laurence Tuerk


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CURIOUSER AND CURIOUSER
an adaptation of the Alice in Wonderland adventures
by Penny Tuerk and Anne Connell
with music by Colin Guthrie.

Tour to the Minack Theate, Cornwall :
Monday 28th July – Friday 1st August at 8 p.m.
Matinees on Wednesday 30th July and Friday 1st. August at 2.00 p.m.
At The Minack Theatre on the cliffs at Porthcurno, Cornwall.

Notes on the tour : If you do not know the Minack Theatre check out their web site. It is a magnificent open air auditorium carved out of the cliffside overlooking Porthcurno Bay. The Tower has been a regular visitor since 1976. Although we only play from Monday to Friday you will need to be available at the theatre from 12.00 noon on Saturday 26th July to 12.00 noon on Saturday 2nd August to rehearse and help get our equipment in and out of the theatre. Everyone is expected to pay their own travel and living expenses and organise their own accommodation. Company members usually club together to rent cottages, so this need not be too expensive.

The Director writes :
Curiouser and Curiouser is a free adaptation of both of Lewis Carroll’s books about Alice: Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass. The stories have been conflated and combined, so all of the most famous and best-loved characters are there. The play is suitable for children, but by no means solely for them; most adults will find much to enjoy too.
There are more than forty named parts, as well as sundry Oxford dons, pawns, jurors, etc. Apart from Alice, all of these will be played by the ensemble. Everyone in the ensemble will play at least one substantial role, often more than one. More importantly, the ensemble will be on stage throughout, moving in and out of roles and functions fluidly, with the minimum of costume change.

The Company comprises :
Alice : Amy Dawson
Young Lewis Carroll / White Rabbit : Guy Hescott
Old Lewis Carroll / White Knight : Tom Tillery
Elder sister / Red Queen : Haidee Elise
Female ensemble : Sheila Burbidge, Lucy Cork, Carla Finesilver (mus), Emily Frith (mus), Ruth Sullivan, Philippa Tatham, Elizabeth Willis
Male ensemble : Colin Guthrie (mus), Richard Kirby, Phillip Ley (mus), Martin Mulgrew, Jonathan Norris (mus), Paul Sanders (mus), Martin South (mus)
(mus) means the person will also form part of the on-stage band