Alice in Wonderland Pantomime Script Spotlight

We're all mad about this one!

Alice in Wonderland is a favourite story for many, and Lewis Carroll’s original world gives plenty for panto to play with. Our story starts with the Cheshire Cat, who narrates the entire show in rhyming verse, and includes many of Carroll’s fantastical characters: the Queen of Hearts, the Tweedles, and the Mad Hatter and his Tea Party. There’s even a twist on the Jabberwocky you won’t see coming, and a bonkers baking scene with a rogue icing bag that our Dame, Duchess Battenberg, can’t seem to get a handle on.

Synopsis

Alice tumbles into Wonderland, landing alongside Duchess Battenberg, the Royal Baker, who has tarts to make and a Queen to appease. The Queen of Hearts has tired of having her beheadings commuted by the King and has turned to the Jabberwocky, a creature deep in the woods, to handle things more permanently.

The Tweedles are causing confusion, the Mad Hatter's tea party has run out of everything, and the Cheshire Cat is watching it all from the shadows. When the Queen turns the Jabberwocky on Alice and her friends, the solution turns out to have been in the Duchess's apron all along. The Cheshire Cat has the last word: 'I'll stay, though we're leaving… now that's contrariwise!'

Straight from the Script

Alice has just arrived and needs some geographical context:

Alice: 'Where’s Wonderland?'

Duchess Battenberg: 'It's just below somewhere, slightly above Impossible, and a bit to the left of Perfectly Normal.'

Alice: 'That's not a real place.'

Duchess Battenberg: 'Yet here you are!'

Casting Alice in Wonderland: Who this script suits

Fourteen principal characters and five supporting roles, including named featured parts for the Playing Card Guard, put Alice in Wonderland among our scripts for large casts. The Ensemble plays cards, citizens, guards and ghosts across both acts, with the tea party and the ghost scenes offering good featured moments.

The Cheshire Cat needs a performer comfortable with sustained direct address, since the rhyming verse runs across multiple scenes rather than appearing only in the participation sequences. Alice carries both the comedy and the emotional arc. The Tweedles suit a pair who enjoy a committed double act with physical silliness at its core, and the Jabberwocky can be played by a child, which makes this a strong option for a youth theatre group with younger members to feature. The 'piece of cake' running gag, introduced early in Act One and threaded through to the finale, rewards a company that stays engaged with it. As one of our unusual pantomime scripts, it also arrives without the weight of audience expectation.

Alice in Wonderland Reviews

‘We loved this script so much. Completely bonkers and brilliant!’ - CADS

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