When ‘A Nightmare in Wonderland’ unfolded
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Hats off to the Mad Hatters’ Collective who presented ‘A Nightmare in Wonderland’ against all odds at the Lionel Wendt on July 1 and 2.
The play that gave a dark twist and complete overhaul to Lewis Carroll’s classic, Alice in Wonderland, unfolded through the poignant portrayal of a deeply disturbed Alice as a patient of the Wittsend Asylum whose alternate personas — the whimsical characters of Wonderland, but in this case, a sinister and manipulative Cheshire Cat, Mad Hatter, White Rabbit and Tweedles egg her on a path of destruction.
Minimal stage props, appropriate lighting and music set the mood for a play that had undertones of a whodunit cum more serious social issues of mental health. Detectives and a psychiatrist all played their roles as the play reached a macabre climax that had the audience engaged.
The cast comprised Sashyani Rodrigo as Alice, Mareeza Randeniya as the Mad Hatter, Nethmi Gunasekera as the White Rabbit, Yehana Perera as Tweedles, Jemiah Sourjah as the Cheshire cat, Visura Silva as Dr. Marcus, Janindi Perera as Nurse Margaret, Shehani Guruge as Camila and Vihan Wickremasurendra as Constable Jenkins. The play was directed by Nigel Wayne White and Reihan Stephen and produced by Johann Perera.
Our photographer M.A. Pushpa Kumara captured these scenes on opening night.
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