Alice By Heart, set in 1941 London during the Blitz, where a young girl named AliceSpencer takes refuge with her best friend, Alfred, in an Underground station. When Alfred is quarantined with tuberculosis, Alice encourages them to escape into her favorite book, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. As they journey through the story, the musical explores themes of first love, loss, and grief, with the other people in the shelter becoming characters from the book