Details

What happens in a fairytale if the story takes the wrong turn in the woods? The Brothers Grimm meet panto with a twist. A childless baker and his wife live under the spell of a witch. In order to lift the spell they must bring the witch a cow as white as milk, a cape as red as blood, hair as yellow as corn and a slipper as pure as gold. On their quest they stumble across a world of familiar fairy tale characters creating confusion and chaos! Sung in English

Cast/Performers

Gillene Butterfield (Cinderella), Nicholas Watts (Jack), Dean Robinson (Baker), Helen Evora (Little Red Riding Hood), Louise Collett (Baker's Wife), Claire Pascoe (Witch), Ross McInroy (Cinderella's Prince), Miranda Bevin (Stepmother), Cordelia Fish (Florinda), Anna Barry (Lucinda), Hazel Croft (Jack's Mother), Jeremy Peaker (Mysterious Man), Nicholas Butterfield (Narrator), Amy Freston (Rapunzel), Warren Gillespie (Rapunzel's Prince), Rachel J Mosley (Granny / Cinderella's Mother), David Llewellyn (Wolf), Garrick Forbes (Cinderella's Father), Gordon D Shaw (Steward), Marie Claire Breen (Ensemble), Arwel Price (Ensemble), Campbell Russell (Ensemble), Nicola Unwin (Ensemble)

Creatives/Company

Music: Stephen Sondheim
Lyrics: Stephen Sondheim
Book by: James Lapine
Producer(s): Opera North, West Yorkshire Playhouse
Director: James Brining
Conductor: James Holmes
Design: Colin Richmond