pantomime during the Christmas season

Pantomime with a twist

Großansicht des Bildes mit der Bildunterschrift: 19th century Cinderella - wood engraving after a painting by Lerius

What happens when Prince Charming has a foot fetish? We join the fun of Britain’s great pantomime tradition for a somewhat different performance of Cinderella.

The performance of pantomime during the Christmas season is one of Britain’s great traditions. But this season one of the annual favourites, Cinderella, is a ballet with a difference - set in London during the Blitz. Choreographer Matthew Bourne takes great leaps – pardon the pun - of imagination and has presented a war-time Cinderella, a bespectacled, shabbily-dressed and unloved mouse in a large family dominated by a murderous stepmother.

Report: Sylvia Smith