Directed by: Dr. Mrinal Jyoti Goswami

Date (1^st Performance): 27^th July, 2022

Venue (1^st Performance): Sri Sri Madhadeva International Auditorium, Guwahati, Assam

Duration of the play: 1 hour 24 minutes (without intermission)

Language of the play: English and Gibberish

Presentation Style: Stylized

Based on: Alice in Wonderland & Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll

About the Play

Multiverse theory suggests that our universe, with all its hundreds of billions of galaxies and almost countless stars, spanning tens of billions of light-years, may not be the only one. Instead, there may be an entirely different universe, distantly separated from ours — and another, and another. Indeed, there may be an infinity of universes, all with their own laws of physics, their own collections of stars and galaxies (if stars and galaxies can exist in those universes), and maybe even their own intelligent civilizations and own temperament.

There is an Alice each in these universes as in our universe. There may be a place called Assam, Axom, Asam too in that universe!… One day, due to a cosmic phenomenon two Alices from two different universes suddenly arrive in Assam. This play depicts the possible situations that both Alices may face after arriving in Assam. With the help of some theatrical techniques, we have adopted the non-linear approach to present our main theme in a stylized way.

Directors Note

My father introduced me to the black letters when I was young. He brought me various fairy tales, books to read. In that way, Alice became my heart’s desire. Unknowingly, I went to wonderland with Alice; I was her companion in the chess game, inside the looking glass… Alice took a place deep in my heart and stayed even though I was getting older. In 2017, I wrote a write-up called ‘‘A Night with Alice and Lewis.’’ I’ve been playing with some ideas ever since. On the other hand, Oinau and Muni (Ashramika) were growing up. As a father and uncle there was a wish to do something with them. I thought, let’s bring them to Assam as Alices from different universes. Things started to stir in my mind and the result is Alice in Assam (#alternate_reality, #multiverse).