Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on November 2012
When her father’s job takes Alice and her family to Japan, she has some trouble adjusting. The world outside her front door seems terrifying, but when a white rabbit grabs her hand and leads her down a washlet, she’s pulled into a Wonderland that she never imagined. A world where sumo wrestlers recite poetry, expat wives keep pigs for babies, and having a cup of tea is like navigating an obstacle course. The Tokyo International Players present a modern interpretation of the Lewis Carroll classic, which mixes the whimsy of Roald Dahl with the cultural dislocation of Lost in Translation.
