Alice in Wonderland

Burley Theatre Group chose to replace their annual pantomime with the popular children's story of Alice in Wonderland. They had assembled a very strong cast of both young and older experienced members and the result was an amusing and well told story.

The part of Alice (Brooke Shipley) was very well portrayed. She played the part of a little girl with great skill and really brought the script to life. She was well supported by her fellow actors as they took us through this strange story of adventures down a rabbit hole.

There was some delightful dancing from The Performance Drama School and the girls really seemed to be enjoying thamselves. They were accompanied in some of the numbers by The Alice Band, a trio of talented society members who played some original music written by Fay Leach.

The costumes were bright and colourful and specialist make-up was well done. The sets were simple and greatly enhanced by excellent furniture and props.

It still had a pantomime feel to it as we all joined in to sing 'I'm a Little Teapot' and we had more audience participation much to the enjoyment of the children in the audience.

A well directed production that flowed smoothly and certainly kept us well entertained.

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