Cast announced for Damon Albarn's wonder.land

The cast has been announced for Damon Albarn's  new musical wonder.land which is  inspired by Lewis Carroll’s ‘Alice in Wonderland’. It  features music by Damon Albarn and book and lyrics by Moira Buffini and runs at the Olivier, National Theatre, from 23rd November  to 28 Feb 2016, with an  opening on  2nd December.

The cast will be led by  Carly Bawden (McQueen, Assassins, My Fair Lady, Stephen Ward, The Light Princess) as Alice/Aly with  Sam Archer, Lois Chimimba, Ivan De Freitas, Anna Francolini, Hal Fowler, Paul Hilton, Daisy Maywood, Enyi Okoronkwo, Golda Rosheuvel, Cydney Uffindell-Phillips and Whitney White, Leon Cooke, Nadine Cox, Adrian Grove, Joshua Lacey, Lisa Ritchie, Ed Wade, Simon Anthony and Stephanie Rojas. 

(Carly Bawden is currently performing as Dahlia in McQueen, which has just announced early closure  on 17th  October).

wonder.land let you be exactly who you want to be. Young Aly loves this extraordinary virtual world. She was bullied at school and is unhappy at home so wonder.land lets her escape from her parents, from teachers, and  herself ... 

The production is  directed by Rufus Norris with  set designs by Rae Smith, and  projections by 59 Productions, costumes by Katrina Lindsay, lighting by Paule Constable, sound by Paul Arditti, choreography by Javier De Frutos and musical direction by David Shrubsole.

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