Cinderella: A Fairytale was originally created for the Factory Theatre where it played the Christmas season in 2011/12. It has since undergone three Christmas transfers, including St James Theatre and Unicorn Theatre in London and MAC Birmingham. It was Olivier-nominated in 2013 and received a coveted Off West End Award in 2014. The show has delighted over 40,000 audiences over the last 5 years & continues to receive excellent reviews.
When a rich man’s wife dies, his daughter Ella mourns her beloved mother with a grief as deep as the snow on her grave. Before the spring sun has time to melt it, her father takes a second wife and their peaceful life is taken over by a host of new and unpleasant relations. Her only friends are the woodland birds who roost in the tree that grows over the grave, but they are no ordinary birds…
With their quirky visual style, crystal-clear storytelling, original live music and pitch-perfect ensemble acting, director Sally Cookson and team brought this classic tale of fortunes reversed startlingly and imaginatively to life.
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Additional information
Available to tour, the show will return to Tobacco Factory Theatres for Christmas 2016 – you can purchase tickets here.
To book any of our productions please contact Kerrie Burke-Avery, Producer, on 0117 963 0963 or email kerrie@tobaccofactorytheatres.com
RUNNING TIME 2hrs (inc. interval) AGE RECOMMENDATION 6+ ORIGINAL VENUE Factory Theatre
Director – Sally Cookson
Designer – Katie Sykes
Dramaturg – Adam Peck
Composer – Benji Bower
Lighting Designer – Matt Graham
Sound Designer – Jon Everett
Choreographer – Joêl Daniel
Puppetry & Remount Director – Chris Pirie
Original cast
Ella – Lisa Kerr
Prince – Thomas Eccleshare
Step Mother – Craig Edwards
Step Sister – Lucy Tuck
Step Brother – Saikat Ahamed
Musicians – Will & Benji Bower
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Cast at St James Theatre
Ella – Lisa Kerr
Prince – Thomas Eccleshare
Step Mother – Craig Edwards
Step Sister – Lucy Tuck
Step Brother – Tom Godwin
Musicians – Adam Pleeth & Brian Hargreaves
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Cast at Unicorn Theatre
Ella – Sarah Kameela Impey
Prince – Mark Kane
Step Mother – Philippe Spall
Step Sister – Jessica Murrain
Step Brother – Martins Imhangbe
Musicians – TJ Holmes & Luke Potts
Unicorn Theatre
Cast at Mac Birmingham
Ella – Isabella Marshall
Prince – Joey Hickman
Step Mother – Chris Bianchi
Step Sister – Jessica Murrain
Step Brother – Mathew Hamper
Musicians – Alex Heane & Jessica Macdonald
The Tobacco Factory always lays on a good Christmas show, but this one is a real classic, an exquisite Cinderella for all seasons that gets right to the heart of the story and offers its own delicious and surprising twists.
The Guardian – Four stars
Cooksons’ production is a funny heart-warming beautiful piece of stage craft, expertly steered by swing-inspired music from Benji Bower… this Cinderella is a treat.
The Independent – Four stars
This non-panto fairytale from the Tobacco Factory and Travelling Light is so bewitching that you’d gladly watch it in a heat wave… Let’s hope it has a life beyond this holiday season. Because, come on Bristol, it would be selfish to keep this one all to yourselves.
The Times – Four stars
…this is a wonderfully funny as well as a very different pantomime, right from Edwards’ staccato double takes through to Lisa Kerr’s feisty Ella… and Thomas Eccleshare’s geeky, bird-watching Prince. … yet another delicious Tobacco Factory Christmas treat.
