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'A ten year old girl named Alice Springer, who lived alone with her mother's body for a month, sat silently at her funeral service yesterday. Since being discovered by social workers, Alice has not spoken a single word. No one has come forward to claim the child and it has been decided to take her into psychiatric care pending further enquiries...' Robert King takes up this story over thirty years later. Alice is now a patient in Springfield House, an acute mental health ward within a hospital campus. She still does not speak and is very much a figure of mystery to all those around her. With harrowing authenticity, we enter into her world as she battles to overcome her past abuse. She strives to achieve her sole aim in life...to get to Alice Springs - a place where 'the sun is always shining...of lush green rain forests and thundering waterfalls...'But now confined to a wheelchair - tormented by inner voices - what hope has Alice got? Is there anyone who can break into her private world?

Cast/Performers

Christine Way (Alice)

Creatives/Company

Author: Robert King
Company: New Directions Theatre Company
Director: Robin Meredith