At a garden party on a sunny afternoon, Alice is surprised to see her parents’ friend Lewis Carrolltransform into a white rabbit. When she follows him down a rabbit hole, events become curiouserand curiouser…As Alice journeys through Wonderland, she encounters countless strange creatures.She’s swept off her feet by the charming Knave of Hearts, who’s on the run for stealing the tarts.Confusion piles upon confusion. Then Alice wakes with a start. Was it all a daydream?

Christopher Wheeldon’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland burst onto the stage in 2011 in anexplosion of colour, stage magic and inventive, sophisticated choreography. Joby Talbot’s scorecombines contemporary soundworlds with sweeping melodies that gesture to ballet scores of the19th century. Bob Crowley’s wildly imaginative, eye-popping designs draw on everything frompuppetry to projections to make Wonderland wonderfully real. The result shows The Royal Ballet atits best, bringing together world-class dance with enchanting family entertainment and ingeniousmusic and design.