Sleeping Beauty - Walkabout Season

Synopsis

The tale of the sleeping beauty - sleeping under the spell of a wicked witch until her Prince Charming comes to wake her up.

Our Review:

20 December 2004

NOTE: The following review dates from December 2002 and this production's original run at the Young Vic. For current casting details, see performance listings.

The Young Vic is in the distinguished but distinctly dangerous position of having set itself impossibly high standards with its annual Christmas shows over the last few years.

Embracing these festive follies as a cornerstone of their artistic policy, rather than a mere moneymaking spin-off from it, they have been unequalled for their invention and delight anywhere in the capital. So it pains me to have to report that this year's Sleeping Beauty is partly a victim of the theatre's own previous successes, with the disappointment amplified by expectations not met; but at the same time, I wanted fiercely to give it the benefit of my gathering doubts because I was willing it all the while to live up to the memory of its predecessors.

For it is, at least, in the now est...

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82.69.37.108) - 21 December 2004:

Very very good indeed, original and enchanting for adults and kids alike....

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