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About Wonderland Productions
Wonderland Theatre Wonderland Productions Limited was founded in June 2003 by Writer/Director Alice Coghlan and from January 2010 has been the Theatre Company in residence at Mermaid Arts Centre, Bray, Co Wicklow.

Our shows have ranged from opera to new writing, period comedy and music theatre. What unites our work is our vitality and our sense of theatre as an immersive experience, which can often mean a site-specific one, our use of live music and song to tell our tales, our love of surprises, and most importantly our commitment to developing emerging Irish talent.

Most recently we have been experimenting with dinner theatre with two very successful shows - La Locandiera, our Italian Dinner Comedy, which will be taking in the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in August, before returning to Ireland on its fourth National Tour this autumn. And The Picture of Dorian Gray, which was staged over afternoon tea and which will continue to tour this summer before returning to Bewleys in September. Our longest running hit Life Shop Till You Drop!, will also embark on its Sixth National Tour this August.

We are currently in devising and development rehearsals for our most ambitous show to date - Gulliver's Travels which will play at Mermaid Arts Centre from December 14th before touring the nation.

Audiences continue to flock to Wonderland because they are guaranteed a great night out and we endeavor to keep bringing them the best new writing, classic reinventions and great entertainment that we can!

Press Coverage on Wonderland
The Independent's Nikki Walsh writes about Wonderland and the then forthcoming production of The Picture of Dorian Gray in particular. April 2010
Irish Times journalist Sara Keating writes about how Wonderland survive recessionary times. May 2009


Wonderland Workshops
Wonderland Theatre Wonderland has been holding workshops since we launched our Children's Drama and Dance Workshops in 2005. Our ongoing residency at Mermaid Arts Centre Bray means that we can expand this important strand of our work with regular weeklong drama workshops for children during the school holidays and midterms, as well as offering other outreach workshops to the Wicklow community, children and other theatre professionals in conjunction with our shows at Mermaid.

Meanwhile our weekly drama and dance workshops, run by Sarajane Bloomer in Dundrum and Rathfarnham have gone from strength to strength, with numerous showcases, cameo roles for our talented students in Wonderland’s Christmas Cabaret, outings for all our students to the Abbey Theatre, Opera Ireland and of course Wonderland’s own shows, with a chance to meet the cast and see backstage on all occasions.

See Wonderland Workshops, for more information.
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