Wonderland Whatever the Weather as Oxford Gears Up for Alice's Day this Saturday
29 June 2009
As characters from Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland prepare to take over the city, visitors to Oxford can follow in Alice’s footsteps and take a free self-guided trail down the rabbit hole, into curious corners and through magical gardens.
Preparations are well underway to turn Oxford into Wonderland for the day on 4 July to celebrate the original telling of this classic story on the river in Oxford. Dress up if you can, and don’t forget to bring a picnic.
Breaking News:
- Visit Bonn Square for mad street theatre by White Rabbits from the Oxford Playhouse Young Company at 11am, 12pm, 1pm and 2pm. What will they be wearing, and what on earth will they be doing?
- Internationally acclaimed children’s author and illustrator Helen Oxenbury comes to Borders for Alice’s Day.
- Jam tarts and Jazz for all age at in Oxford’s Botanic Gardens
- Many indoors activities and exhibitions so RAIN WILL NOT STOP PLAY.
More than 20 organizations from every corner of the City Centre are collaborating together to provide entertainment along a free self-guided trail.
Alice’s Day is organized by The Story Museum. More than 6000 people took part in the first ever Alice’s Day in 2007 and even more treats and surprises are planned for the second.
Alice’s Day organiser Esther Browning said “Alice’s Day is a magical moment in Oxford’s calendar for both locals and tourists.”
For an events listing visit
www.storymuseum.org.uk/alice. To download a full souvenir guide, click here
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Alice's Day, Oxford: 7th July 2007. Picture by Greg Smolonski
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Editor’s note
For more information, interviews or high res images contact: Esther Browning 01865 821200 esther@storymuseum.org.uk
Photo opportunities:
White Rabbits rehearsals at the Playhouse, regularly.
The Mad Dogs Theatre Company dress rehearsal in the Botanic gardens, Thursday July 2nd
Sample images from Alice’s day 2007 at http://www.bbc.co.uk/oxford/content/image_galleries/alices_day.shtml copyright Greg Smolonski
Additional information:
The Story Museum: The Story Museum celebrates children’s literature and storytelling in the heart of Oxford. At the moment we’re a ‘virtual’ museum, taking story performances, exhibitions, activities and ideas out to children and their adults. We hope to become a real museum where people can also come to us.
Alice’s Day commemorates an important moment for children’s literature and for Oxford. Alice became one of the most popular, widely quoted and most translated children’s books ever written and marked the birth of modern children’s literature. Oxford has since become a world centre of children’s stories and inspirational home to many famous authors and illustrators including Kenneth Grahame, CS Lewis, JRR Tolkein and Philip Pullman.
Participating organizations and venues include:
Blackwells
Borders
Christ Church
Harcourt Arboretum, Nuneham Courtenay
Kismet
Lewis Carroll Society
Mad Dogs Theatre Company
Modern Art Oxford
Museum of History of Science
Museum of Natural History
Museum of Oxford
Museum of Oxfordshire
Oxford City Council
Oxfordshire County Library Services
Oxford Inspires
Oxford Playhouse
Oxford University Press
Oxford Waterwalks
Shiplake College
Stagecoach
The Bodleian Library
The Corner Club
The Covered Market
The Story Museum
University of Oxford Botanic Garden
Christ Church
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