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Cinderella archiveWelcome to Belleville! The most aggressively picturesque town in the history of the world, populated exclusively with gorgeous townsfolk who stop at nothing to achieve perfection. Belleville is fairy tale come to life: a place where you can't move without falling over a wishing well or a quivering milkmaid. Maintaining this façade is a full time job, and one that is taken very seriously indeed. The only person steadfastly refusing to live in the fairy tale is Cinderella, loud-mouthed, dripping with disdain, and more likely to roast Hansel and Gretel for dinner than play the demure and downtrodden maid, Cinderella is desperate to escape. But underneath it all, the loneliness that comes with being the town pariah is wearing on her. It doesn't help that her only friend, Prince Sebastian, has suddenly become the heir to the throne after the mysterious disappearance of his elder brother: sex god and charisma machine, Prince Charming. Suddenly thrust into the spotlight, the formerly shy and somewhat-less-sex-goddish Sebastian seems to be quickly growing into his brother's enormous britches, and out of his friendship with Cinderella. But this change of circumstances also introduces something else to the relationship, a new spark which neither of them quite know what to do with. Could it be that these two old friends mean more to one another than they are willing to let on? After a devastating PR disaster for Belleville, and with the threat of the guillotine glinting on the horizon, the Queen decides that the only thing to save the town (and her pretty neck) is a Royal Wedding: something colourful and distracting so the peasants don't get too revolution-y. All looks lost for the blossoming romance, until Cinderella meets The Godmother, who can fix any problem with a little incision and a couple of broken ribs. Maybe the answer lies where Cinderella has been refusing to look: in becoming the identikit beauty that everyone has always told her to be. Cinderella website.

Creatives/Company

Music: Andrew Lloyd Webber
Book by: Emerald Fennell
Lyrics: David Zippel

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Archive listings for Cinderella (2021)

Work type: Musical.

T0601378848

World Premiere. A complete reinvention of the classic fairytale.Director Laurence Connor. Design Gabriela Tylesova. Costume Gabriela Tylesova. Choreographer JoAnn M Hunter. Sound Gareth Owen. Lighting Bruno Poet. Music John Rigby (musical supervisor). Music John Rigby (musical supervisor). Performer Carrie Hope Fletcher (Cinderella). Performer Victoria Hamilton-Barritt (Stepmother). Performer Ivano Turco (Prince Sebastian). Performer Rebecca Trehearn (The Queen). Performer Gloria Onitiri (The Godmother). Performer Georgina Castle (Stepsister - Marie). Performer Laura Baldwin (Stepsister - Adele). Performer Michael Afemare. Performer Lydia Bannister. Performer Michelle Bishop. Performer William Bozier. Performer Lauren Byrne. Performer Sophie Camble. Performer Tobias Charles. Performer Vinny Coyle. Performer Nicole Deon. Performer Jonathan David Dudley. Performer Dominic Adam Griffin. Performer Michael Hamway. Performer James Lee Harris. Performer Leah Harris. Performer Kate Ivory Jordan. Performer Kelsie-Rae Marshall. Performer Georgina Onuorah (who will play the role of Cinderella at certain performances). Performer Andy Rees. Performer Alexandra Waite Roberts. Performer Sam Robinson. Performer Giovanni Spano. Performer Lauren Stroud. Performer Georgia Tapp. Performer Matthieu Vinetot.
18 Aug 21 to 12 Jun 22Gillian Lynne Theatre, West End :: V401
listing details L54077154

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