Performance

VenueGillian Lynne Theatre
TownWest End
CountyGreater London
From18th August 2021
Opened25th August 2021
To12th June 2022
WhenTue-Sat 19:30. Wed, Sat Mats 14:30. Sun Mat 15:00
What is currently on at Gillian Lynne Theatre (V401)

Cinderella

CinderellaT0601378848
Welcome 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.
Music Andrew Lloyd Webber
Book by Emerald Fennell
Lyrics David Zippel


Archive :: production:T0601378848, musical:S01199906373, venue:V401

Production details

World Premiere. A complete reinvention of the classic fairytale.

Reviews

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Cinderella review
26Sep21: Andrew Lloyd Webber's new musical.
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Company

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
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