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Behind the scenes at Alice's Adventures Under Ground – a photo essay

How do you bring Lewis Carroll’s surreally anarchic books to musical life? Photographer Tristram Kenton went to watch the Royal Opera House’s fast and furious new production of Gerald Barry’s opera take shape

• Alice’s Adventures Under Ground is at the Royal Opera House, London from 3-9 February

Above: director/designer Antony McDonald during rehearsals for the world premiere of Gerald Barry’s Alice’s Adventures Under Ground at London’s Royal Opera House

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