Alice’s Adventures Underground

I booked this as a surprise for my Dad; after meeting in London my auntie decided to jump on the bandwagon hence the family day trip!
I had booked well in advance after finding out about Alice Underground through Jess H. It sounded right up my street with a hands on different theatre experience. I had booked a 2:45 slot and we aimed to arrive at least 15 minutes early as our tickets indicated. Arriving into Waterloo tube station we wandered over to the station and asked for directions and with time ticking on (pardon the pun) we eventually found a member of staff who had heard of Alice!
We eventually found the entrance around a corner which is badly signposted however I think that adds to the charm! We handed our coats in on arrival as it is mega hot inside the staff suggested leaving our bags behind too. In the meantime my mum was frantically asking if it was very cloastrphobic inside and if she could leave at any time…
Our time slot was soon called and with our clock stamp on our arm we we’re safely on our way… I won’t say any more as the element of surprise is one of the great factors about stepping through the looking glass…

Twinkle Twinkle Little Bat,
How I wonder where you’re at.
Up above the world you fly,
Like a tea tray in the sky…
ENTRANCE: You’re taken into a theater like setting. You can put your purses into the cloakroom. It’s SUPER hot and stuffy in here. You will be sweating if you’re wearing any layers or long sleeves.
You’re first lead into a room with a ton of random material (desks, mirrors etc) and then lead through a tunnel. After that you’re taken by the White Rabbit and split into two groups by whether or not you choose to eat the gummy or drink some concoction. I chose to eat the gummy (it was quite good actually, I want to buy some.). The groups are further split into card suites by randomly assigning you a card number /​suite. And after that the fun begins :)
Before the show starts you’re allowed to purchase an alcoholic drink for the Mad Hatter’s tea party, but it’s not worth it. The drink itself is quite small and doesn’t taste very good for the price. I would skip out on it.
I was thoroughly impressed by all of the actors, the decorations and the entire adventure. Oh man those rooms were decorated so amazing — you could tell how much effort was put into it. I was just in awe. However, it was quite difficult for me to follow the dialogue as a tourist. The British accents and the fast pace of their talking made it so hard to understand what was going on :(. Nave = Jack? The things you learn.
ENDING: A themed bar that you’re allowed to re-​enter for the period of time that the show is being put on. They have games going on (I saw a person with a horn on his crotch area where people were throwing hoops to land on), a photo booth and the troupe singing «happy unbirthday» and other songs.

Interesting concept and experience. Would I go again, no but there is very few shows I would see a second time…

Alice’s Underground Adventure? This should be renamed to Nuella’s Nutty Underground Adventures! Because that’s what it was! Absolutely barking mad and in the best way possible!
I will not ruin it for potential wonderland migrants but I will say this! The sets are incredible and no two experiences are the same! I became a spy for the Queen of hearts! I ventured onto the edge of wonderland, ran through the dark forests and drank tea at the maddest mad hatter party you can imagine! By the end of it I was mad myself! Best experience London has to offer right now! It’s not cheap but it’s a great experience so why not ey

OMG! *Screams like a mad man*
Yes, a mad man. .. Not woman. I literally switched genders just to yell.
This, this was out of this world. It was one of the craziest things I’ve ever experienced, and trust me, dinner parties at my house get pretty weird.
First I entered a room, checked myself out in the mirror, then bam! The mirror came to life and gave me a heart attack! It was Alice, telling me to go through the bookcase.
I had to choose a drink me or eat me, and naturally I chose the eat me because I wanted to be larger than life! GIANT ROSIE! Stomp stomp stomp.
Pick the same option as your friends or you’ll be separated, depending on your suit of cards as well. Which they choose.
I was hearts, yes baby, all hail the queen of hearts! *salute
I don’t want to say too much in case I ruin it for other but I will say the sets are amazing, especially the mock turtle set, the actors involve you in everything, and the mad hatters tea party was the craziest thing I’ve ever seen.
Go before this event comes to a close.

Magical and unique. On this wild adventure in the vaults of Waterloo you will firstly be given a choice of to drink me or eat me which the white rabbit will introduce you to. Then through your journey you will encounter such characters as the Caterpillar, Mad Hatter, Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum etc that is all depending on what path you take as there is 4 different ones to choose from. Near the end of the play you will all go to a court room where you will encounter the big red evil queen. The décor and the characters and costumes are truly outstanding. However I won’t say much else about the production but you won’t be disappointed if you go along especially if you love theatre, mazes and immersive theatre ends @ end of August, so don’t be late for this very important date!!! And apparently this is coming back in 2016!!!

Now that the show has shut its doors for 2015 I am reviewing it in depth to let everyone know what characters you actually got to see and what you missed out on if you never went.
If you love theatre and love to walk through to different rooms and get involved in some way then this is the show to off seen and experience.
The whole performance was a =n amazing take on Alice in Wonderland story. First off you are all put into a room full of books then shown a cinematic short film before you get to meet the white rabbit and I must say his costume was awesome and loved the way his ears moved. You are given a choice via the rabbit and one of the card people of «drink me» or «eat me» watch how the rabbit gets smaller and then bigger when he runs to two doors in the odd shaped room. Once you have chosen your choice you are then led through your chosen path through the door and you will be taken on a wonderful and unique colourful journey and meet so many characters.
DRINK ME (Clubs /​Spades — we was Clubs)
Each BLACK SUIT gets led through the tunnel to the first scene the Cheshire Cat via the rabbit.
It is set in a black room and you see various puppetry of the Cheshire Cat happen throughout. At one point you see a massive head of the Cheshire Cat come through the wall with its big bright yellow eyes and massive grin. The cat was quite scary but what the cat said was very funny.
What you get to see if you were a CLUB:
The Caterpillar
Set in a dark room with toadstools around and a very spongy floor felt like we was walking on a bouncy castle but yet spongier. The Caterpillar was a large size puppet operated by two people. The caterpillar sat on top of a massive toadstool smoking a Shisa (no smoke came out though). The caterpillar spoke about many things especially about the queen was quite amusing and his voice was so similar to the voice that you hear in the cartoon. A very spaced out caterpillar.
The Kitchen with The Cook and a Woman with her baby Pig
The cook is making tarts for the Queen of Hearts and he throws pastry at people and the woman with the pig pulls out someone from the audience (my husband got pulled out on our trip) and put in the pot to be cooked. She then pulls out other people to help season and stir the soup bowl which the chosen person has to stand in. She also gets someone from the audience to hold her pig (me on my visit) and before you can get to hold the pig she makes it squeal really loudly (she squeals for the pigs voice) and she then quickly pulls the pig back towards her. It is the most funniest scene as its comically done with the throwing of pastry, the squealing pig etc.
The Tart Maker
Here you get to learn about the queens tarts and get to taste a piece of the queens tarts.
EAT ME (Hearts /​Diamonds — we was Hearts)
Each red suit gets leds via a person dressed as a card through the tunnel and checked in via getting your card via a booth to state which red suit you will be. All red suits are then led onto a room to see the Frog.
The Frog
The frog is comical and at points shuts certain people from audience that has certain suits behind doors. The rabbit also makes a appearance through this scene and is trying to get out but the frog does not let him know which door to escape from so the rabbit opens many doors one being a door that opens to another door that is smaller, then another even smaller until he gets to a really small size door. The rabbit then opens another door and a gusted of cold wind and snow like material comes blowing out etc. Eventually the frog lets the rabbit know which door to get out of. Near the end of the scene the diamonds are led through a door that leads into a forest and the Hearts (me) are kept behind.
what you get to see if you are a HEART:
The Frog extra scene
The frog then teaches us how to do the flamingo salute «all Hail the Queen, coooo» that we have to perform for the Queen.
Spying on the Jack of Hearts (the Knave)
We the hearts are led onto spy on the Jack of Hearts and audience talking about painting the roses red. Whilst we are spying we have the Cheshire Cat (a face of a cat been operated by a person telling us to be quiet whilst spying.
All RED SUITS get to see the amazing Mock Turtle
You get to see a talking moon first of all in the sky and then you see the Mock Turtle wake up that is sitting on a island in a middle of water who then starts to sing a beautiful song and play a guitar amazing singer.
All suits BLACK AND RED get to see at some stage Alice in the mirror room, Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum (comical acrobatic performance), Mad Hatters Tea Party (unbirrthday song gets sung) and lastly the Court with the Queen of Hearts.
All the scenes are comical, the decoration of the rooms outstanding, costumes high end and everything was just so atmospheric, the 90 minutes passed so fast. It’s so hard to put this play in words to give it justice was magical and unique.

This is defiently one of the best things I have ever seen/​experienced. The sets and the costumes were beautiful and it was packed with very talented actors who managed to get each and every audience member involved with the crazy tales of Wonderland. I do not want to write anything more as to not spoil it for others, but honestly get yourself down to see the show you will most certainly not regret the decision!

«If you had taken me on this when I was younger, I would’ve cried the whole way through» — this is how I’ve opened my story of the Alice’s Adventures Underground experience to everyone I’ve spoken to. We had an amazing time, but my god this place sticks to the ‘original’ Alice = totally mind altering!
Located in Waterloo Vaults, you first enter into a bar and merchandise area, at which point you’re asked to check your coat and bag in. There is a bar available but, having been to Cubana for a happy hour cocktail beforehand, we were just ready to get started. This is also the opportunity to pre-​order your drinks for the Mad Hatter’s Tea Party if you so wish — white or red wine, or a gin and cucumber cocktail at £5 a pop.
The experience itself is hard to describe, partly because there’s just so much going on your brain can hardly comprehend and partly because I don’t want to ruin anything for those who want to attend in the near future. Four different stories unfold alongside one another, culminating in a huge court scene with the ferocious queen and interspersed with all the well known characters.
The Mad Hatter’s Tea Party was a personal favourite (and not just for the opportunity to sit down!) — the characters are all very well played, the right balance between scary and comfortingly familiar. Plus the look on people’s faces when the scene begins again is something of a picture… worth swotting up if you want to know what’s to come!
The final bar is where you can revel in the success of escaping this twisting world, with a brilliant little band, bar and hot food available. There’s a maze and some flamingo croquet for activities, and plenty of alcohol available. You can re-​enter this area throughout its run this summer with your SUIT card, issued earlier in the evening, and worth visiting if you know someone who possess something so powerful.
Why four stars? Giving in our bags as recommended rendered us purse-​less, so that last area was a bit of a let down — once you exit, there’s no re-​entry on the day, so it was a quick nose around and then out again. Coming out at £50 a ticket, you’d also think that perhaps that the tea party drink could be on the house.
Whether you go for ‘eat me’ or ‘drink me’, I recommend the Alice’s Adventures Underground Experience. Just, please, don’t eat the jam tarts!

The effort that has gone into this is outstanding. Genuinely felt like I had stepped into a weird but wonderful wonderland, the actors and hosts were energetic and perfectly in character the whole night, making us feel involved and engaging us throughout the show. I loved the choice we were given at the start of the show to eat or drink which would determine the path your night would take. I ended up getting split up from my friends when were lead through different doors as they were hearts and i was diamonds-​i was a bit skeptical about being split up from them and although i would have preferred not to have been, it was still really fun and we were reunited after a while at the mad hatters tea party. The best part for me was the more mellow and beautiful song performed by alexander wolfe, ‘the mock turtle’-i think i fell in love! The night was far better than I expected and the aesthetics were more than pleasing, it was magical and so creative. The only reason its missing that 5^th star was that it was a bit chaotic! The show started late and there was alot of standing around and queuing before anything started. It was quite annoying you had to leave bags in the cloakroom because they give you little tokens and bits to carry and it means you might not have your money if you want to buy a drink after the show! It was also extremely chaotic when trying to get our items back. Other than that it was an amazing evening, such a shame you cant take photos throughout most of it and there is alot of walking around but its worth it!