Alice's Adventures in Aerialand at Dulwich Picture Gallery (outdoor space) — production hero photograph

Dulwich Picture Gallery (outdoor space)2023

Alice's Adventures in Aerialand

The Production

The Dot Collective’s Alice's Adventures in Aerialand is an open-air aerial circus theatre adaptation of Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, developed as an accessible, dementia-friendly family production. The 2023 tour included a free outdoor performance at Dulwich Picture Gallery.

24 photographs in the curated edit

Director: Laura Harling
Musical Director: David Knight
Commissioned by: The Dot Collective
Photography: Steve Gregson

Aerial performers hang from white silks and a yellow hoop beneath red drapes as an audience watches on the grass.

Performer in sunflower-print dungarees sits on a yellow aerial hoop reading a blue book among sunlit trees.

Performer with red heart-shaped hair stands in red aerial fabric while others work with white silks below.

Two performers in red dungarees and yellow shirts gesture animatedly; one wears a yellow hat with a tall scarf.

Performer hangs upside down from a yellow aerial hoop, arms spread, wearing sunflower-print dungarees.

Two performers hang upside down in red and white silks while another holds a yellow hoop near the audience.

Two performers in red dungarees and chef hats hold a long foil-wrapped prop, one raising a finger.

Performer in red dungarees reaches from white aerial silks toward a seated performer in sunflower-print dungarees.

Performer in red dungarees and floppy brown ears lies across a metal rig high above red drapes.

Performer sits in a yellow hoop framed by crossed white silks as others stretch the fabric before a seated audience.

Performer in rabbit ears and pink dungarees blows a megaphone beside red and white aerial silks in a sunny garden.

Aerialist hangs upside down from a yellow hoop while a performer in rabbit ears watches on the grass.

Performer sits in red aerial silks above a wide red fabric canopy as audience members watch from the grass.

Performer in red silks poses above draped fabric while another leans on a ladder in a purple top hat.

Aerialists perform on white silks under red drapes, with performers and audience visible on the lawn.

Aerialist in sunflower-print dungarees extends from a yellow hoop, reaching a small bottle toward another performer.

Three aerialists balance around a yellow hoop under red canopy fabric while a performer speaks into a megaphone.

Performer in red dungarees balances in white aerial silks, holding a furry brown prop against a leafy backdrop.

Performer in rabbit ears and pink dungarees gestures with both hands in a sunlit garden.

Aerialist hangs from a yellow hoop while a performer in animal ears and pink dungarees reacts nearby.

Performer on a tilted ladder leans toward another holding a large white spoon, beside red and white aerial silks.

Four performers form a vertical stack around a yellow aerial hoop, with animal-ear hats and burgundy dungarees.

Performer sits on a suspended yellow hoop with an open book as two others hold white aerial silks below.

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