from the official website:
“Of course that’s how it begins: a harmless fairy tale to pass the hours”
When Alice Liddell Hargreaves met Peter Llewelyn Davies at the opening of a Lewis Carroll exhibition in 1932, the original Alice in Wonderland came face to face with the original Peter Pan. In John Logan’s remarkable new play, enchantment and reality collide as this brief encounter lays bare the lives of these two extraordinary characters. Judi Dench and Ben Whishaw in Logan’s first new play since Red, which went on to win 6 Tony Awards in 2010.
I was looking forward to this one, I'm a huge fan of Judi Dench and I was not disappointed, she was brilliant on stage. The play itself I found a bit disappointing, both stories (Alice and Peter) were interesting, and if you are not very familiar with their stories like I was you either learn something new or will forever have the wrong idea about the backstory of these people (depending on how truthful John Logan's play is) but for me the 'meeting off' logic and chemistry between the stories didn't really come across.I loved Alice's story, thoroughly enjoyed Alice (Judi Dench) and Lewis Carroll (Nicholas Farrell), Peter's story fell flat for me, I had no connection with Peter (Ben Whishaw-older Peter and Olly Alexander - younger peter).
Critics seemed to love it, Box office hit in any case... again lucky to have bought a ticket in advance.
all in all, I had a pleasant evening, and Judi was marvelous!
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