Northern Stage, NewcastleThis production rows back on panto excess, but boisterous audience interaction and bright songs keep it lively Directors Katy Weir and Jake Smith think it is time to row back from the panto excess associated with Cinderella, so they have returned to the 2011 version by Sally Cookson and Adam Peck. This leans into the more austere Brothers Grimm telling of the tale, cuts out the Fairy Godmothe…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:24AM on December 10, 2023