Alice

ALICE!

Recently I went to go and see my school’s sixth form’s production of Alice. It was a different take on Lewis Carrol’s Alice in Wonderland set in the ‘Wonderland Jazz Club’. Most of the music in this production reflected this and contained a ‘jazz’ element. There were also flapper girl dancers which would be a common sight in 1920s jazz clubs. The story followed Alice, played by two talented girls each taking one half of the performance, as she tried to work out where she was and how she got there, like she does in the book.

My favourite characters in this performance were Tweedle Dum and Tweedle Dee who provided a lot of comedy to the performance. They played the two stage hands at the jazz club looking to get their own time in the spotlight with their comedy routine. Unfortunately the attempts are often in vain as their act isn’t very good. They both appear to be fighting very often with each other and one of the reasons for this is for Alice’s. Alice however seems very uninterested and all of their attempts are unsuccessful. This leaves us amused and empathising with the characters.

The live band that was at the performance was amazing as were the singers who really helped with the feel that is was a real jazz club. Over all I really enjoyed this performance and have been inspired to take part in something like this when I am older.

This section of my blog is for the ‘View a performance’ section of the arts award. To complete my arts award I need to prove that: I take part in an arts activity; be inspired by an artist or arts organisation; experience an event and share my skills. Of course the final stage is to create a portfolio of it. For my portfolio I am writing this blog and I hope this is living up to all the things that I must do!

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