Alice Wilding

We're sad to announce that Alice Wilding, Helena in our first ever production, has died after an illness.

Alice was Helena in S4K's a Midsummer Night's Dream in our first season at the Barn Theatre, Oxted in the summer of 1997, when she also played Lady Montague in S4K's Romeo and Juliet. Her Helena was memorable for her histrionic weeping, wailing and snivveling - and some of the gags she introduced still survive to this day. In R&J she also doubled as Paris's page and made the "It's spooky out here!" line a 'moment de theatre'.

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Alice Wilding as Helena tries to woo Demetrius in the 1998 production
of S4K's A Midsummer Night's Dream.

Alice went on to play Viola in S4K's Twelfth Night and Lady Macbeth, opposite Jez Worsnip, in S4K's Macbeth.

Her funeral is on Monday 1st Nov, 1.45pm at St Peters Church, Lords Mead, Chippenham.

The family have requested that attenders don't wear black and donations (TBA) as opposed to flowers. we will publish more details here as soon as we have them.

All of us at S4K send our sincerest condolences to her family.

 
What they say about us:

"I am a 5/6 teacher from a small, village primary school. ... I was at first a little worried about whether the children would follow the story. We had talked about it in the morning and seen the animated video, but I could see some puzzled faces over the plot complications. However, your version was just the perfect blend - enough actual Shakespearian language to get the flavour of the play, great knockabout scenes and wonderful songs that had us bouncing in our seats."