Simply Cinderella

Our Review:

16 December 2008

“Where are the new British musicals going to come from?” asks a programme note for Simply Cinderella, the first production at Leicester’s controversial new Curve theatre. Sadly not from here, although the Curve deserves at least one brownie point for trying something different to launch the city’s much heralded new venue.

The problem is that audiences will come to this show with high expectations. It’s panto time, the title says “Cinderella” and you sort of expect to see something like the traditional story with a couple of nasty dames, a beautiful heroine, a lovelorn Buttons and plenty of fun and laughter along the way.

Well, in Savannah Stevenson’s Cinders and Emma-Jane Appleyard and Jenna Boyd’s Coral and Pearl we get the first three ingredients but unfortunately for festive audiences the other elements are all missing. This is Cinderella Tracy Beaker-style, where th...

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Latest User Review

Nick hudson - 5 January 2009:

Was dreading it after all poor reviews - However all of our party 11 including 3 kids and a professional original panto'dame really loved the show on the 1st Jan. It is not a slapstick old fashioned panto but a MUSICAL version of the story which has been well adapted to fit modern times. The costumes and special effects are 1st class and the cast are all good with some very funny characters. cinders is lovely the prince is charming with excellent voice and singing skills but I accept he needs to be a bit more 'butch' - In short a nice change and I believe the whole audience was well won over in the end....

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