Blur’s lead singer adapts ‘Alice in Wonderland’ into new musical
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THE rock opera-style musical opens in the bedroom of Aly, a complex teenager who is in conflict with her parents and picked on by classmates who post insulting messages on social media. To escape, the girl connects, via her smartphone, to “wonder.land”, a brilliantly-colored virtual world based on the “Wonderland” of Reverend Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, whose pen name was Lewis Carroll.
The pixelated world invites Alice “to achieve your ideal,” whereupon she creates “Alice,” a beautiful, intelligent and loved alter-ego who embodies the qualities she believes herself to be missing.
The first scene sets the tone with Aly tapping on her keypad while digital images of “wonder.land” are projected on stage, with the Cheshire Cat becoming a giant virtual tom cat.
In bringing the story into the digital age, director Rufus Norris hopes to explore how new technologies have reshaped social relations and how mobile devices have become extensions of people’s aspirations.
It is also a study of the tribulations of adolescence and the difficulties of forging an identity.
Albarn, the show’s composer and singer with Blur, one of the biggest Britpop bands of the 1990s, found inspiration from within his own family.
“The idea was very much a reaction to my own daughter’s relationship with social media...” the British singer/songwriter said in the official program.
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