Donned as Dina, and in the company of two Alices, a deck of cards, and the Queen of Hearts, I fell through the rabbit hole (or the Tube, rather), and landed in Wonderland. After many stares and hushed comments, our oddly assembled party arrived at SIN's "ROCKCABARET Alice in Wonderland" event. The que was long and filled with mad hatters, white queens, cards, dodos, white rabbits, caterpillars, Alices, clocks, mock turtles, gryphons, and live flowers. The que was slow and everyone was impatient to get in.
After having my cat ears checked by security, I ascended the steps into Wonderland (apparently there was no falling down involved). In the center of the first room stood a large mushroom, that was about my height. Atop the mushroom lounged a caterpillar girl who glimmered in emerald radiance, her antennas sticking out in every direction. The disco ball flashed rainbow lights across the room. The air vibrated with sound and radiated into the nooks and crannies of the space. We found men in card suits walking on stilts and mice who handed us cupcakes.
As this all went on I was discreetly handed a white card, by whom, I do not know. The card stated that the first eighty people up the stairs would be in a photoshoot. The photographer was nuts... but then again, who isn't in Wonderland? The Cheshire Cat says that you've got to be mad to be there.
When we were back down the stairs we literally helped paint some white roses red while dancing with the stilted cards to the thumpa-thumpa of the music. The mad hatter slowly took off his clothes on stage to reveal that he was Alice. Alice slowly took off her clothes to reveal that she was actually the White Rabbit... then she did card tricks.
It was quite an interesting night, but we decided to step back through the looking glass. 
Location: Sin, Tottenham Court Road, London, England
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