The Wonderland Challenge 2: Alice Through The Looking Glass
The Wonderland Challenge 2: Alice Through The Looking Glass Audiobook with 174 actors in aid of Cancer Research UK Hello, I’m Brad Shaw, voice actor and founder of VO training community Wonderland VO. At the beginning of the first lock down, I was diagnosed with stage 3 melanoma and had to undergo a year of immunotherapy. Just as I was getting over that, I got prostate cancer and had an operation just over a year ago. Then more recently, I heard that the stage 3 melanoma had returned and so I had had an operation in July at The Royal Marsden Cancer Hospital in London to remove lymph nodes from under my arm. I’m eternally grateful to the amazing doctors, nurses and surgeons who treated me. During that first lockdown I created The Wonderland Challenge, where 159 voiceovers and celebrities each recorded a minute of Alice in Wonderland and donated to the NHS. I feel the time is right for The Wonderland Challenge 2: Alice Through The Looking Glass this time in aid of Cancer Research. So I split the book down into 175 one minute chunks and again put this out to the voiceover community. As well as recording their minute, I asked each voice actor to donate at least £10 to Cancer Research UK. I was overwhelmed with the response. Within days I filled all the slots and the donations started to come in. You can read some of their heart breaking stories on the project page at www.wonderlandvo.com/challenge. Amongst the 174 gorgeous voices in this production are Phyllis Logan (Mrs Hughes from Downton Abbey), Kevin McNally (Pirates of the Caribbean), actor Henry Goodman, Rosemary Ashe (the original Carlotta in Phantom) and a range of the finest award winning voice actors. I then spent several days editing all the pieces together and here it is. Lewis Carroll’s wonderful tale of Alice Through The Looking Glass. So far, I’ve raised more than £4600 but with your help we can raise a lot more. If you have friends or family affected by cancer or if you listen to the book, PLEASE donate to Cancer Research UK here: https://fundraise.cancerresearchuk.org/page/brads-giving-page-62 Enjoy! 🌟📖🎗 #WonderlandChallenge2 #AliceThroughTheLookingGlass #CancerResearchUK #wonderlandvo #bradshawvoice
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Wednesday Dec 06, 2023
Wednesday Dec 06, 2023
Alice Through The Looking Glass with 175 readers in aid of Cancer Research UK
In Chapter 2 of "Alice Through the Looking Glass," titled "The Garden of Live Flowers," Alice continues her exploration of this peculiar world and stumbles upon a garden inhabited by talking, animated flowers. These flowers engage in a lively, but sometimes confusing, conversation with Alice, filled with wordplay and riddles. Amid the curious chatter of these unique blossoms, Alice discovers that the rules of logic and language are once again turned upside down in this fantastical land. The chapter showcases Lewis Carroll's talent for playing with language and logic, highlighting the whimsical and unpredictable nature of the world through the looking glass.
Please donate here: https://fundraise.cancerresearchuk.org/page/brads-giving-page-62
Chapter 2 is read by the following voice actors (in order of play):
Henry GoodmanAlix PerrySamantha BoffinJake MoonAnna CoombsAdam DergimanNikki McReynoldsAnna CassJD GibsonDanielle CohenKaren EspositoTrev FlemingRuth GibsonJasmin YatesGary SpanglerDL MerlinJenna SharpKitty Lydon
A huge thank you to all our wonderful narrators. Each one donated at least £10 to Cancer Research UK
Illustrations by John Tenniel
Thursday Nov 02, 2023
Thursday Nov 02, 2023
Alice Through The Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll with 175 readers in aid of Cancer Research UK
In Chapter 1 of "Alice Through the Looking Glass," titled "Looking-Glass House," we find Alice entering an alternate world by passing through a giant, enchanted looking glass. This world, unlike her previous adventures in Wonderland, is a land where everything is reversed. Alice encounters the Red Queen, who invites her to become a pawn in a gigantic living chess game. The chapter sets the stage for the chessboard landscape of this strange and whimsical world and introduces the concept of moving forward while staying in the same place, which is a recurring theme throughout the book.
Please donate here: https://fundraise.cancerresearchuk.org/page/brads-giving-page-62
Chapter 1 is read by the following voice actors (in order of play):
Brad ShawPaula HuntPhyllis LoganDavid HolmesKatie FlammanMargaret AshleyEmma GrifithsCathy SmithSiobbhan ShawMark CollinsHelen SuzanneAmanda JoEdward LlewelynTanya RichJacqueline DuffStefan GleisnerSusie ColemanBrenda LongmanEmily Jardine
A huge thank you to all our wonderful narrators. Each one donated at least £10 to Cancer Research UK
Illustrations by John Tenniel