Wonder.land | |
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Music | Damon Albarn |
Lyrics | Moira Buffini |
Book | Moira Buffini |
Basis | Alice in Wonderland' and "Through the Looking-Glass' by Lewis Carroll |
Premiere | 2 July 2015Palace Theatre, Manchester : |
Productions | 2015 Manchester 2015 London 2016 Paris |
Songs from wonder.land | |||||||||||||
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Soundtrack album by Damon Albarn | |||||||||||||
Released | 15 April 2016 | ||||||||||||
Length | 47:35 | ||||||||||||
Label | Parlophone | ||||||||||||
Producer | Damon Albarn | ||||||||||||
Damon Albarn chronology | |||||||||||||
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Wonder.land is a musical with music by Damon Albarn and lyrics and book by Moira Buffini. Inspired by Lewis Carroll's novels Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass, the musical made its world premiere at the Palace Theatre, Manchester, in July 2015 as part of the Manchester International Festival. The musical transferred to London's National theatre from November 2015, before opening at the Théâtre du Châtelet, Paris, in 2016.
The musical is inspired by the novels Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass, written by Lewis Carroll. On 21 January 2015, the musical was officially confirmed and it was announced that the show would premiere in July 2015, as part of the Manchester International Festival, with tickets going on sale the following day. The musical, which is a co-production between the Manchester International Festival, the Royal National Theatre and the Théâtre du Châtelet, Paris, marks the 150th anniversary of the release of Alice's adventures in Wonderland.