Absolutely excellent
by HappyBug on 23/06/2024Brilliant. Congratulations to all who put the hard work into making this production the success it was. It was wonderful to watch. And Elvis, you star! You were seriously impressive.
ALVER & DOY’S WONDERLAND SET TO LIGHT UP THE NEW ZEALAND STAGE
A magical world of energy and colour awaits audiences when one of New Zealand’s leading creative duos, Alver & Doy, premiere their latest offering in the LITTLE UMBRELLA season of Alice - A Wonderland Musical, at Auckland’s Aotea Centre in November/December 2024.
This vibrant and fun re-telling of Lewis Carroll’s much-loved tale, Alice will bring to life a rich array of adored characters including the White Rabbit, the Mad Hatter, The Red Queen, Tweedledum & Tweedledee, and the Mock Turtle, in an adventure set to take audiences on a journey with Alice through the looking glass, across the chess board, and into their own imaginations.
With 20 new songs composed by the dynamic creative pair, and a storyline crafted from the words of Carroll but shaped for today, this wondrous escapade presented by the National Youth Theatre is set to light up the stage.
Alice is the long-awaited follow-up to Alver & Doy’s much-acclaimed Wendy – The Peter Pan Musical, first performed in Auckland in 2017 and now available in both full length and Junior versions, with subsequent seasons delivered or in pre-production in Whanganui, Auckland, Hamilton, and New Plymouth.
Co-creator Jonathan Alver is an experienced show writer, director and producer with a wide portfolio of work in the creative, governmental, sporting and private events arena, whose current roles include Artistic Directorship of the National Youth Theatre.
Making up the creative pairing is brilliant composer, musical director and pianist James Doy MNZM, who has worked on numerous major stage and event productions and serves as Chief Executive of the National Youth Theatre.
Together they will lead a creative team of established and emerging arts practitioners, including NYT alumni, to showcase the very best of New Zealand talent in this homegrown work presented to international standard by an outstanding cast of 200+ 7–21-year-olds.
NYTC is a charitable trust providing a place where young performers can learn and thrive, developing not only outstanding performance skills but life skills, including confidence, teamwork and mentoring, that will support them throughout their lives. The company has become the premiere development ground for young stars in New Zealand with alumni working both here and internationally in musical theatre, opera, television and film.
Brilliant. Congratulations to all who put the hard work into making this production the success it was. It was wonderful to watch. And Elvis, you star! You were seriously impressive.
Simply the best interpretation of Joseph &his Technicolor Dreamcoat I've ever seen . Was wowed from the first minute the curtain raised. Would say, Pharoah, Joseph , sole the show, but so did the huge children's choir, whose voices and songs gave me joyous goosebumps and emotional tummy flutters . Thankyou for exhilarating performances and a truly uplifting show . More, More , More xx
This has to be one of the best shows we've been to. From start to finish it held everyone's attention. Even our 6yrs old grandson sit relatively still. The music was gr8; the acting was superb with so many young people on stage all performing their best; Joseph had an amazing voice and Pharaoh had everyone wanting to get up and dance. The lighting and sound affects were awesome. It was non-stop action and lots to see and hold the audiences attention.
Seemed there was too much focus on precision and not enough on letting the kids have fun. The tickets were a little pricey - as proven by the very large amount of empty seats.