Cinderella

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:

Mike Shaw - 6 December 2011

There are good pantos, there are great pantos – and then there is Cinderella at the Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury.

From the moment that you realise that the ushers up in the circle pretending to play the trumpet and saxophone aren't pretending at all, and are actually musicians Sarah Chandler and Karen Straw, it's clear that this a production keen to take the (already pretty flexible) rules of panto and stretch them as far as possible.

However, given this desire to challenge boundaries, Cinderella at no point feels out of control. Just on the right side of self-referential and with enough jokes in there for older generations sprinkled among the bawdier gags about “spectacular balls” and the like, this production has set its tone with laser-guided precision.

Also wisely deployed are the local references. Too many – and you lose half the audience. Too few – and it's clear the show has been written by a hired gun, but...

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Latest User Review

SueX - 16 January 2012:

Easily the best panto I've seen for years. The flying horse and the snow were truly magical. The Ugly Sisters costumes were amazing ...

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