We have all grown up listening to stories of Alice and her allies from one of the most loved novels — Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll. Now, it's a little hard to imagine Alice, Tweedledum and Tweedledee, the Mad Hakker, the vicious white rabbit and the evil queen roam about on the streets of social networking sites such as 'Placebook' and 'Titter'. The play — Alice in i Land, which is on at Museum Theatre at Egmore till December 20, beautifully merges the real and virtual worlds, as Alice sets on a journey to save the Internet.One afternoon, while Alice is busy with household chores, Tweedledum and Tweedledee barge in. They find Alice is upset about not having a 'Placebook' account. And that's when the I fairy comes in to help the worried kids. With her magic wand, she helps the twins and Alice advance into the world of Internet. While Alice has the privilege of starting her journey with 'Doodle Chrome' — one of the fastest browsers — the twins run out of luck, as they have to bear with 'Ninternet Explorer, the slowest browser'.If you have read the book or watched the movie, you must have noticed how Alice falls down a rabbit hole into a fantasy world (Wonderland), where her imaginary friends there help her achieve her goals, while her fictitious enemies try to kill her. In the play too, Alice has an objective. Alice, the chosen one, is entrusted the tough task of saving the world of Internet from a few evil minds that plan to plant a virus and hack every account so that they can own every social networking site possible. One of the characters that stands out is Jaberwachowsky, played by Krishnakumar, who is also the director of the play. With a wide-evil grin and never-ending side burns, he makes Jaberwachowsky look more villainous than ever. Like how every story ends, in this play too, the good defeats evil. Alice breaks the codes, which are supposed to bring joy to the Queen and Jaberwachowsky. The play ends with a little song and dance by the cast members. The highlight of the play is that it occasionally engages the audience and makes them a part of it. The audience clapped, whistled and roared “His boooom” every time evil guys walked onto the stage. The comic element of the play was brought out by the twins and their perfectly timed one-liners. The side-splitting performance by duchess Pinky Poo was another highlight of the show.
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