STEP INSIDE THE REHEARSAL ROOM OF CINDERELLA AT THE LYRIC HAMMERSMITH THEATRE
You shall go to the ball! Take a first look at rehearsals for award-winning writer and composer Vikki Stone’s sassy new adaptation of Cinderella, directed by Tonderai Munyevu. Cinderella is coming to the Lyric Hammersmith Theatre this festive season from Saturday 18 November – Saturday 06 January, with opening day for press on Saturday 25 November.
Tilly La Belle Yengo leads the cast as Cinderella in her Lyric stage debut, she is joined by Lyric Panto veterans Emmanuel Akwafo and Jodie Jacobs as Lady Jelly Bottom and Fairy respectively. Also featured in the cast are Charlie Cameron as Muffy, Damien James as Prince Henry, and Meghan Treadway as Gusset. Rounding out the Ensemble are Maya De Faria, Jerome Lincoln, and the Lyric’s SPRINGBOARD trainee Bella Macdonald.
Set and Costume Design is by Good Teeth, Choreography by Arielle Smith; Lighting Design by Ciarán Cunningham, Composing and Arrangement by Corin Buckeridge, Sound Design by Nick Manning, Musical Direction/Keys by Adam Gerber, Casting Direction by Sophie Parrott CDG; Assistant Direction by Mo Korede, Musical Drums/Percussion by Greg Pringle, Bass Guitar by Nixon Rosembert; Guitars by Amy Shaw.
The Lyric’s pantomime stormed West London in 2008 with Jack and the Beanstalk and since then the Lyric Hammersmith Theatre has entertained over 330,000 people at its annual pantomime. For the Lyric panto’s 15th year, Cinderella is back bigger and better than ever before.
Cinderella is a bonafide boss-lady who runs her own business at Shepherd’s Bush Market. One day the most handsome Prince Henry, who dreams of a life less spare, wears a disguise to the Market and falls instantly in love with Cinderella. With the paparazzi in hot pursuit the Prince is forced to flee. And so begins the quest to unite the unlikeliest of likely romances, Cinderella and the hapless Prince. But will Cinderella’s step-sisters Muffy and Gusset and step-mother Lady Jelly Bottom get in the way of their happily ever after? Of course they will, it’s panto.
So get ready to go to the ball, because this Prince is throwing one hell of a party in Hammersmith and everyone is invited!
Tickets for Cinderella are on sale now at www.lyric.co.uk
