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Full cast announced for Cirque Alice at the Southbank Centre
The Cirque spectacular based on Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland has revealed all the talent heading to the stage
The full cast has been announced for Cirque Alice, which will run at the Southbank Centre over this Christmas season. This run will mark the production’s European premiere.
Created by Simon Painter and Tim Lawson and inspired by Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, Cirque Alice will combine the best of circus, acrobatics, aerial, contortion, puppetry and music to take audiences deep into the weird and wonderful world of Wonderland. The two-hour show will feature newly arranged remixes of classical music, with on-stage seating immersing the audience in the action.
Cirque Alice will play at Royal Festival Hall from 12 December 2026 to 3 January 2027.
Layla Schillert will play Alice, with Darren “Dizzy” Partridge as the Mad Hatter, violinist Raphael Papo as the Cheshire Cat and Billy Ellitts as the White Rabbit. Dario Togni and Michael Togni play the Tweedles, performing Icarian Games, and Enkhzaya Battogoo, Dolgorsuren Ganbold, Doljinsuren Ganbold and Shinechimeg Otgonbayar form the contortion quartet playing the Caterpillar.
Vladyslav Tsarov plays Snap Dragonfly, performing flying pole, while Viktor Hladchenko plays the March Hare, performing cyr wheel. Ibrahim Jobu Ramadhani and Fadhili Ramadhani, known as the Ramadhani Brothers, play the Knights, performing head balancing. Daniel Onofre plays the Dormouse, performing Rolla Bolla, and Veronika Ivanova plays the Queen of Hearts, performing hand balance.
Anna Stelmakh and Evgeni Slepukhin play the Flamingos, performing Duo Daylight. Also featured are roller-skating pair Duo Transcend, comprising Mary Ellen Nielsen Wolfe as the White Queen and Spencer Tyce Nielsen as the White King. Lillianna Clifton, Kenya McKay-Goodridge, Mark Samaras, Ricardo Walker and Sasha Woodward complete the cast as dancers, with Molly Hord as organist.
Ash Jacks McCready and Kirsty Painter serve as creative directors, with choreography by Dane Bates, costumes by Angela Aaron, lighting by Hugo Mercier and musical arrangements by Martin Raabe-Olsen and Marius Christiansen.
