Alice in Wonderland at Synetic Theater

Alice in Wonderland

Synetic Theater
1800 S. Bell Street Arlington

If you strip off the Disney gloss, Alice in Wonderland is a story as weird as it is wonderful, the product of a mind both utterly brilliant and deeply troubled. Now Synetic Theater engages the darker side of Lewis Carroll's tale in this daring, more Gothic adaptation of perhaps the most famous children's story in the world. Watch as classic characters such as the Cheshire Cat, the Mad Hatter and the murderous Queen of Hearts are brought to life in Synetic's signature style. Directed by Paata Tsikurishvili, choreographed by Irina Tsikurishvili and adapted by Lloyd Rose for the Women's Voices Theater Festival of Washington, D.C., this production will feature dialogue as well as the Synetic's famed dance and visual elements.

Thru - Nov 8, 2015

Wednesdays: 8:00pm

Thursdays: 8:00pm

Fridays: 8:00pm

Saturdays: 8:00pm

Sundays: 2:00pm

Price: $15-$65

Box Office: 800-494-8497

www.synetictheater.org/event_pages/alice-in-wonderland/

Alice in Wonderland Reviews

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MetroWeekly - Highly Recommended

"...Anyone worried about the future of theater needs to take a good hard look at what today's children and teens are watching. Chances are, if they are even going to live theater, it's a musical. And if it is a musical, it's more than likely thematically one-dimensional, highly predictable and designed for the attention span of an app-addled mouth-breathing textaholic. There's just too much money at stake to do otherwise."

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- Kate Wingfield

Talkin Broadway - Recommended

"...In this telling, Alice (Kathy Gordon) is having a tea party with her dolls and stuffed animals when a malevolent new governess (Renata Veberyte Loman) tells her she's too old to play with such toys and takes them away, leaving her with a deck of cards. However, Alice's story is just beginning."

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- Susan Berlin

MD Theatre Guide - Highly Recommended

"...Synetic Theatre has produced yet another wonderfully vivid and immensely imaginative piece with this rendition of Alice in Wonderland. The spectacular and unsettling set left nothing to be desired and the movements paced out by the actors was wonderfully timed and spot on as it vacillated appropriately between fluid and frozen motions by the characters. Even the colour schematics were magical; the scene with the Caterpillar (Vato Tsikurishvili) being particularly entrancing as both the Caterpillar and Alice morphed into something new, beyond, and nearly mythical amidst a rainbow of perfectly presented colour and emotion. Costumes, light, and sound added to the set and movement to create a veritable buffet of sensual delight."

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- Heather Hill

Magic Time - Recommended

"...The entire show is engrossing-it's easily among the most enjoyable Synetic productions I've seen-but as I was watching in wonderment, I was also literally wondering: What happens to Alice's story when told in the context of the Women's Voices Theater Festival? Does it change? How? What new meaning comes into play?"

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- John Stoltenberg

Alice in Wonderland at Synetic Theater