The Royal Ballet artists on Alice s Adventures in Wonderland

Steven McRae, Lauren Cuthbertson, Edward Watson, Zenaida Yanowsky and Barry Wordsworth tell us about Christopher Wheeldon s unmissable ballet. Find out more at http://www.roh.org.uk/productions/alices-adventures-in-wonderland-by-christopher-wheeldon Alice encounters a cast of extraordinary characters down the rabbit hole: from the highly-strung Queen of Hearts, who performs a hilarious rendition of the famous Rose Adagio from The Sleeping Beauty; to dancing playing cards; a sinuous caterpillar and a tap-dancing Mad Hatter. There is a love narrative for Alice and the Knave of Hearts, and they dance a tender pas de deux at the close of Act II. But the ballet does not avoid the darker undercurrents of Lewis Carroll s story -- a nightmarish kitchen, an eerily disembodied Cheshire Cat and an unhinged tea party are all created in vivid detail.