2025 Concert Program

Director and Choreography: Melanie Coats

Assisted by: Tunya Jarvis, Tess Coates and Elizabeth Jarvis.

Music: Various by Gilbert and Sullivan incl. ‘Pineapple Poll’

Story/Scenes:

1. Alice daydreams as her Sister reads to her. She is interrupted by the White Rabbit who is late for a very important date! Alice follows the rabbit into a very strange world.
2. Tweedledum and Tweedledee who surprise Alice with their silly antics.
3. The twins tell Alice the story of The Walrus and The Carpenter about a strange pair who discover an oyster bed and lure the poor Oysters away to a dinner date!
4. Leaving the twins behind Alice chances upon a field of flowers including Daisies, Roses and Tiger Lilies. At first, they seem to be lovely, but soon they turn against Alice when they realise she is not a flower and so they assume she must be a weed.
5. Alice encounters an extraordinary group of Mushrooms and a most peculiar Caterpillar.
6. The scene gets still crazier as Alice discovers a very unusual tea party with a March Hare a sleepy Dormouse and of course The Mad Hatter.
7. Alice now meets some beautiful Dragonflies and Butterflies.
8. Alice helps some Playing Cards paint white roses red trying to cover up they have planted roses of the wrong colour. When The King and The Queen of Hearts arrive they see what is happening, the queen yells “off with their heads”. Alice flees from the queen.
9. A chess game featuring real Chess Pieces delays Alice. In the middle of the game, the White Rabbit returns with a scroll announcing the queen wants Alice for her ‘crimes’.
10. When The King and Queen see Alice, the chase is on!
11. Just as Alice is about to be trapped, she feels a gentle tap on her shoulder. What a relief it is when Alice realises that it is her sister, who does not believe Alice’s tales of Wonderland.