Cinderella

Based on Angela Carter’s retelling of the classic fairytale.

Created in collaboration with The Lyric Hammersmith.

“A child lived in the ashes…”

So begins Angela Carter’s magical retelling of one of the oldest and best-loved of all the Christmas stories. Amidst the velvet curtains, the cardboard scenery and all the faded glitter of Panto-land, a rich and strange magic stirs. Midnight approaches, and that glass slipper is once again waiting for a very special foot…Wicked humour, fantastical puppets and amazing design transform theatres into palaces of childhood dreams and fears.

Cinderella played at the Lyric Hammersmith from November 1998 to January 1999.

Adapted and staged by Neil Bartlett, Julian Crouch, Phelim McDermott and Lee Simpson
Consultant Illusionist Paul Kieve
Lighting Design by Jon Linstrum
Musical Direction by Chris Larner

Performed by Sherry Baines, Imogen Claire, Angela Clerkin, Jonathan Coyne, Martin Freeman, Richard Katz and Andy Smart.