Hannah McPake writes & directs Sherman Theatre’s 2025 festive show Alice: Return To Wonderland

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Sherman Theatre has today confirmed the cast of its production of Alice: Return to Wonderland (28 Nov 2025-3 Jan 2026), a dreamlike and uplifting new show, written and directed by Hannah McPake and based on Lewis Carroll’s Through the Looking Glass.

Alice: Return to Wonderland at The Sherman Theatre

Sherman audiences will know Hannah as the lead actor in last year’s A Christmas Carol; the highest grossing show in the company’s history.

One of the company’s best loved artists, Hannah’s previous work at the Sherman both on- and off-stage has wowed audiences and critics alike. As an actor, she is best known for her lead role as Ebbie Scrooge in both productions of A Christmas Carol (2021 and 2024) and as Queen of Hearts in Sherman’s 2018 production of Alice in Wonderland.

Hannah’s new play, based on Carroll’s classic tales, will transport us from post-war Cardiff to the surreal Wonderland, where grown-up Alice races against time to save her daughter Carys from the clutches of the evil Red Queen. Audiences will be reunited with the classic Wonderland characters they know and love, and will meet some new ones too.

Sherman Theatre present Alice: Return to Wonderland, 28 Nov 2025-3 Jan 2026 at the Sherman Theatre, Senghennydd Road, Cardiff, CF24 4YE