Cinderella
From: Tuesday, 4th December 2007
To: Sunday, 20 January 2008
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Synopsis
The magical pantomime including Prince Charming, Buttons, the Ugly Sisters and, of course, the Fairy Godmother who turns a pumpkin and mice into a carriage and horses ... but why doesn't the glass slipper disappear at midnight?!
Our Review:
14 December 2007
To say that Stephen Fry’s new version of Cinderella at the Old Vic is openly gay is to understate the case. It’s screamingly pink, relentlessly smutty, camp as Christmas and funny as flip flops. You can’t say “buttercup” without meaning “buttock up.” Prince Charming takes a shower with Dandini. And Cinders, writhing in dreams about her Prince, wakes to the dawn call of an urgent, insistent cock.
I’m not at all sure how this will go down with nice family parties from Islington or the local council estates. On the other hand, Fiona Laird’s production is beautifully designed by Stephen Brimson Lewis – King Neville XVII’s palace in Pantonia, where the Prince’s beloved is chosen by a phone-in vote, is a crystalline cave – and it is undeniably chuckle-worthy for those of a warped and sophisticated frame of mind.
The dreamboat of Buttons’ (Paul Keating) fantasy is the same as Cinderella’s: tall and dark, with strong t...
Latest User Review
David - 9 January 2008:
great show at the matinee this afternoon. Pity that Pauline Collins wasnt in it. But Sandi Toksvig was magifient together with the rest of the excellent cast. Must say that all the audience appeared to enjoy it too. Don't take any notice of all the bad reviews. I think that the somewhat pompous reviewers must have seen a different show at a different theatre........get a ticket while you can and go see it, is my advice....
Cast
Pauline Collins (Fairy Godmother)
Sandi Toksvig (The Narrator)
Debbie Chazen (The Queen)
Oliver Chopping (Dandini)
Hal Fowler (Ugly Sister)
Paul Keating (Buttons)
Mark Lockyer (Ugly Sister)
Joseph Millson (Prince Charming)
Madeleine Worrall (Cinderella)
Creative
Old Vic (Producer)
Stephen Fry (Author)
Anne Dudley (Music)
Fiona Laird (Director)
Stephen Brimson (Design)
Tim Mitchell (Lighting)
Francesca Jaynes (Choreographer)
Nick Lidster (for Autograph) (Sound)
Terry Jardine (Autograph) (Sound)
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