Bristol Old Vic show is latest theatrical production to use a gender swap to tackle stereotypesIt is the classic fairytale that has fired the imaginations of generations of young girls. But audiences at the Bristol Old Vic are about to see Sleeping Beauty as she has rarely been seen before. Theatre director Sally Cookson, feted for her stripped-down National Theatre version of Jane Eyre, has turned the princess into …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:01AM on November 28, 2015