Alice’s Day 2022
From:
02 July 2022
To:
02 July 2022
Oxford City Centre
Oxford City Centre
Oxford
Alice’s Day 2022
Alice’s Day 2022, the annual city-wide celebration of all things Alice in Wonderland, is on Saturday 02 July.
Join venues across Oxford, including, Museum of Oxford, History of Science Museum, Oxford Botanic Garden, Weston Library, Alice’s Shop, and The Story Museum for a jam-packed programme of events, including theatre, puppetry, crafting, trails, dance, games, lectures and more, to celebrate one of literature’s – and Oxford’s – best-loved story heroes.
All events are free unless otherwise stated.
Programme
| TIME | ACTIVITY | LOCATION |
|---|---|---|
| All Day | Kids go free to the Galleries Adults £10.00 Booking in advance essential. |
The Story Museum |
| All Day | 150th anniversary exhibition & Alice-themed book sale Cash only. Plus refreshments at the nearby West Oxford Community Centre Café. |
St Frideswide’s Church |
| 10.00am to 10.30am | Red Queen Trail – morning start Discover Queens and Kings of Wonderland in a trail through Oxford’s Covered Market and other historic venues. Pick up trail maps from The Story Museum. Get your map stamped, and return the stamped maps to The Story Museum to collect a prize. |
Around town (starting & finishing at The Story Museum) |
| 10.00am to 5.00pm | Gifts and souvenirs Discover how Alice became a Queen in short 5-minute talks throughout the day from 11.00am to 4.00pm. They will be giving away a puzzle based on the queens and kings in Alice’s adventures, as stock lasts. (Shop open 10.00am to 6.00pm) |
Alice’s Shop |
| 10.30am to 11.00am | Lewis Carroll Society Talk: “Let’s pretend we’re Kings and Queens”: Alice, Carroll and the Monarchy (Mark Davies) The Alice of Lewis Carroll’s imagination had many encounters with royalty, but so too did the real Alice whose father was Dean of Christ Church and likewise Lewis Carroll because of his skill as an early photographer. Lecture from Mark Davies: local historian and author. |
St Frideswide’s Church |
| 10.30am to 11.30am | Queenly Crafts Workshop Step into Wonderland with our Queenly Crafts workshop! Try your hand at table croquet, puppet making and rose painting, and fashion your own royal crown to take home! Don’t miss the chance to celebrate Alice’s Day like a real queen. Participation costs £4.00 per child and £2.00 per adult. The recommended age is 5 to 10 years, although all ages are welcome. Book on Museum of Oxford website. |
Museum of Oxford |
| 10.30am to 11.00am | Lucy Walters storytelling “My name is Alice, so please your Majesty.” Join Lucy Walters as we step through the story door into Wonderland. |
Weston Library |
| 10.30am to 15.30am | Craft and Print Press Drop in to print a playing card and make a badge or magical matchbox book inspired by Alice’s adventures. |
Weston Library |
| 10.30am to 3.30pm | Alice animation Animation of Japanese artist Hiroko Hanna’s exquisite Emaki-mono scrolls retelling the story of Alice with the real Alice Liddell as heroine |
Weston Library |
| 11.00am | Tea Party With A Twist Join Hatter and Hare for their tea party with a twist! Meet a rather strange Alice, an odd looking caterpillar and a rather questionable Queen of Hearts in this mad retelling of the beloved Alice in Wonderland. A family fun, interactive show, suitable for all, filled with games, a treasure hunt, and a little bit of silliness. |
Oxford Botanic Gardens |
| 11.00am to 11.30am | Party games with giant Alice Play party games with giant Alice and the amazing talking flowers. |
Broad Street |
| 11.00 to 11.45am | Drag Queen Stories Join Adam All and Apple Derrieres for sparkling songs and stories with a royal twist!Free with Gallery tickets |
The Story Museum |
| 11.00am to noon | Queens and Kings Chess Learn from Chess in Schools and Communities tutors about Queens and Kings on the chess board with fun activities for everyone. |
Oxford Castle & Prison |
| 11.00am to 1.00pm | Fairtrade Cupcake Competition To enter, decorate a single cupcake in the most curious way – will it make us taller? Is it fit for a Queen? Or is it just totally mad? Bring your cupcake along to Broad Street and drop it off to be judged.Organised by Fairtrade St Michaels |
Drop off your entries on Broad Street |
| 11.00am to 4.00pm | Queens & Kings Make & Take crafts Get creatively crafty with a free wonderland character make and take in our Magic Common Room, inspired by Hogwarts |
The Story Museum |
| 11.00am to 4.00pm | A Mad Tea Party Come dressed as your favourite Wonderland character and take a seat at the Mad Tea Party. Meet Wonderland characters, learn about Fairtrade, make a mini tea pot, face painting and more from Fairtrade St Michaels, The Oxford Festival of the Arts and The Story Museum. |
Broad Street |
| 11.15am to 11.45am | Lewis Carroll Society Talk: Princess Frideswide and Other Curious Treacle Well Tales (Jackie Holderness) Talk from local author Jackie Holderness exploring the legacy of the city’s favourite princess and patron saint and looking at why Binsey has been an important site of pilgrimage and hope for rich and poor, royals and writers across the centuries. |
St Frideswide’s Church |
| 11.30am | Wonderland characters: Meet the White Rabbit Meet the White Rabbit – but don’t be late! |
Broad Street |
| 11.30am to noon | Lucy Walters storytelling “My name is Alice, so please your Majesty.” Join Lucy Walters as we step through the story door into Wonderland. |
Weston Library |
| Noon to 12.30pm | Lewis Carroll Society Talk: On Alice and being Alice in the 21st Century (Vanessa Tait) Vanessa Tait, writer, journalist and great-granddaughter of the real Alice, talks about what it was like to grow up as Alice’s modern day representative and how she drew on stories about Alice for her novel The Looking Glass House. |
St Frideswide’s Church |
| Noon to 12.30pm | A Great Big Game of Chess | Oxford Castle & Prison |
| Noon to 5.00pm | Photographing Wonderland Gallery activities and trail inspired by Lewis Carroll’s photograph of Queen Eleanor and Fair Rosamund in the Museum’s collection. |
History of Science Museum |
| 12.30pm to 1.00pm | Party games with giant Alice Play party games with giant Alice and the amazing talking flowers. |
Broad Street |
| 12.30pm to 1.00pm | Lucy Walters Storytelling “My name is Alice, so please your Majesty.” Join Lucy Walters as we step through the story door into Wonderland. |
History of Science Museum |
| 1.00pm | Tea Party With A Twist Join Hatter and Hare for their tea party with a twist! Meet a rather strange Alice, an odd looking caterpillar and a rather questionable Queen of Hearts in this mad retelling of the beloved Alice in Wonderland. A family fun, interactive show, suitable for all, filled with games, a treasure hunt, and a little bit of silliness. |
Oxford Botanic Gardens |
| 1.00pm to 2.00pm | Queenly Crafts Workshop Step into Wonderland with our Queenly Crafts workshop! Try your hand at table croquet, puppet making and rose painting, and fashion your own royal crown to take home! Don’t miss the chance to celebrate Alice’s Day like a real queen. Participation costs £4.00 per child and £2.00 per adult. The recommended age is 5 to 10 years, although all ages are welcome. Book on Museum of Oxford website. |
Museum of Oxford |
| 1.00pm to 1.45pm | Drag Queen Stories Join Adam All and Apple Derrieres for sparkling songs and stories with a royal twist!Free with Gallery tickets |
The Story Museum |
| 1.00pm to 1.30pm | Swing time with Oxford Lindy Hoppers Get your toes tapping at a special tea time swing dance worskshop with Oxford Lindy Hoppers |
Broad Street |
| 1.00pm to 3.00pm | Chess Challenge Challenge an Oxon Junior Chess King or Queen to a game of chess in the Oxford Castle Yard. Small chess-themed prizes available to anyone who, like Alice, emerges victorious. |
Oxford Castle & Prison |
| 1.00pm to 3.00pm | Squeaky Tea Cups Join the Oxford University Museum of Natural History to make a teacup fit for a Queen, but also perfect for a sleepy dormouse to nest in. |
Oxford University Natural History Museum |
| 1.30pm | Wonderland characters: Meet the White Rabbit Meet the White Rabbit – but don’t be late! |
Broad Street |
| 1.30pm to 2.15pm | Spellbinding Stories, Frabjous Arts & Crafts, and Find-Your-Inner-Dodo Yoga with Mirjam Chappell For children aged 3 to 10 years |
St Frideswide’s Church |
| 2.00pm | Fairtrade Cupcake Competition winners announced To enter, decorate a single cupcake in the most curious way – will it make us taller? Is it fit for a Queen? Or is it just totally mad? Bring your cupcake along to Broad Street and drop it off before 1.00pm to be judged. |
Broad Street |
| 2.00pm to 3.00pm | Alice in Waterland walk with Mark Davies Mark Davies, local historian and author leads a one-hour riverside walk finishing at Alice’s Shop on St Aldate’s, commemorating the boat trip of 4 July 1862 on which the story of Alice was first told. Free but pre-booking essential via email |
Riverside walk |
| 2.10pm to 2.40pm | Party games with giant Alice Play party games with giant Alice and the amazing talking flowers. |
Broad Street |
| 2.30pm to 3.00pm | Storytelling with Peter Chand Master storyteller Peter Chand takes us on a journey through tales of Queens and Kings of India. Free with Gallery tickets |
The Story Museum |
| 2.30pm to 3.30pm | Queenly Crafts Workshop Step into Wonderland with our Queenly Crafts workshop! Try your hand at table croquet, puppet making and rose painting, and fashion your own royal crown to take home! Don’t miss the chance to celebrate Alice’s Day like a real queen. Participation costs £4.00 per child and £2.00 per adult. The recommended age is 5 to 10 years, although all ages are welcome. Book on Museum of Oxford website. |
Museum of Oxford |
| 2.30pm to 3.30pm | Swing time with Oxford Lindy Hoppers Get your toes tapping at a special tea time swing dance worskshop with Oxford Lindy Hoppers |
Broad Street |
| 2.30pm to 3.30pm | My Adventure with Alice in Wonderland Fun puzzles and challenges in the magical world of the Caterpillar. For primary-aged children from Sensing Space. |
St Frideswide’s Church |
| 3.00pm to 3.30pm | Red Queen Trail (afternoon start) Discover Queens and Kings of Wonderland in a trail through Oxford’s Covered Market and other historic venues. Pick up trail maps from The Story Museum. Get your map stamped, and return the stamped maps to The Story Museum to collect a prize. |
Around town (starting & finishing at The Story Museum) |
| 3.00pm | Tea Party With A Twist Join Hatter and Hare for their tea party with a twist! Meet a rather strange Alice, an odd looking caterpillar and a rather questionable Queen of Hearts in this mad retelling of the beloved Alice in Wonderland. A family fun, interactive show, suitable for all, filled with games, a treasure hunt, and a little bit of silliness. |
Oxford Botanic Gardens |
| 3.00pm | Wonderland characters: Meet the White Rabbit Meet the White Rabbit – but don’t be late! |
Broad Street |
| 3.00pm to 4.00pm | Queens and Kings Chess Learn from Chess in Schools and Communities tutors about Queens and Kings on the chess board with fun activities for everyone. |
Oxford Castle & Prison |
| 3.30pm to 4.00pm | Party games with giant Alice Play party games with giant Alice and the amazing talking flowers. |
Broad Street |
| 4.00pm to 4.30pm | Storytelling with Peter Chand Master storyteller Peter Chand takes us on a journey through tales of Queens and Kings of India. Free with Gallery tickets |
The Story Museum |
| 6.30pm to 7.20pm | Talk: Through The Looking-Glass and What Fashion Found There (Kiera Vaclavik) | Burton Taylor Studio, Oxford Playhouse |
