It’s Alice’s Day in Oxford on Saturday with puppets, parades, music, theatre and fun, spreading through Oxford Botanic Garden, Weston Library, Museum of Natural History, Covered Market, Museum of Oxford, History of Science Museum and Broad Street, lead by The Story Museum’s giant Alice puppet.
The city-wide celebration is dedicated to the world of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland – so synonymous with Oxford, and involves an exciting variety of activities including interactive storytelling, talks, crafts, concerts, poetry, nature and trails.
Meet the Dodo at the Oxford University Museum of Natural History; or join the Hatter’s tea party at the Oxford Botanic Garden with Whatnot Theatre; explore Oxford’s famous Covered Market with a Curious Creatures trail and watch out for the Jabberwock! The fabulous monster will be out and about!
‘dress up as your favourite Wonderland character, take a picture at the Selfie Station, and get down to Oxford on Saturday for a full day of fun’
Crafted by acclaimed theatre-makers Rag and Bone, the Jabberwock will be on the move in central Oxford, blinking its eyes, and snapping its jaws – a full 3m high!
‘We are proud that Alice’s Day has become a firm fixture in Oxford’s annual cultural calendar, with both local people and visitors from around the world coming to celebrate it,’ says The Story Museum’s Ameneh Enayat. ‘With city-wide events and happenings, it’s a brilliant way to explore Oxford and get to know what inspired author Lewis Carroll.”
The Story Museum is also participating in the Sobell House OxTrail, Oxfordshire’s first ever sculpture trail, also launching on Saturday, the painted oxen viewable on Pembroke Street in the temporary ‘Moo-Seum’.
So dress up as your favourite Wonderland character, take a picture at the Selfie Station, and get down to Oxford on Saturday for a full day of fun.
For more info go to https://www.storymuseum.org.uk/about-us/alices-day-1
