Alice’s Adventures in Musical Adaptation

Schedule

Mon Jan 26 2026 at 07:00 pm to 08:00 pm

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VENUE CHANGE - Conway Hall | London, EN

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Why is music so vital for the adaptation of Alice in Wonderland? And why was it such a difficult process for Disney?
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Walt Disney spent nearly three decades working on Alice in Wonderland, struggling to decide how to turn Lewis Carroll’s episodic stories into a single two-hour story. It took twelve songwriters to write over forty songs – more than thirty of which were discarded – to create a satisfying musical adaptation, and the film had a mixed reception. Why was music vital to bring to life Carroll’s unique fairy tale world? Why was it so difficult? And how did the film eventually become a classic?

A lecture by Professor Dominic Broomfield-McHugh.

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