Cinderella The Panto!
About the Play
Cinderella debuted as a pantomime on stage at the Drury Lame Theatre, London in 1904 and at the Adelphi Theatre in London in 1905.
In the traditional pantomime version of Cinderella, Buttons, who is Baron Hardup’s servant and best friend of Cinderella, starts the show and first introduces Cinderella to the audience. We then meet the ne’re do wells, Cinderella’s Step-Sisters and the Evil Baroness who have it in for Cinderella and try to make her life as miserable as possible. Throughout the pantomime, the Baron is under constant pressure by the overspending of his wife, the Baroness, who dotes on her daughters exclusively, while leaving nothing for Cinderella.
While out picking flowers in the forest one day, Cinderella first meets Prince Charming and his “right-hand man” Dandini, whose name and character come from the Gioachino Rossini Opera (La Cenerentola). Cinderella mistakes Dandini for the Prince and the Prince for Dandini. The Prince then decides to throw a ball in an attempt to find the girl he met in the forest, but he is thwarted by the Step Sisters who tear up Cinderella’s invitation. In the nick of time, the Fairy Godmother arrives and transforms Cinderella’s rags into a beautiful ball gown, changes a pumpkin into a coach, mice into footmen, and Buttons into the coach driver, so that Cinderella can to go to the ball happening at the Palace. However, she must return by midnight, as it is then that the spell ceases…
Expect the unexpected in this uproariously funny take on the classic tale!
| Character | Played by |
| Dame Washalot | Vance Schneider |
| Buttons | Pat Buchanan |
| Cinderella | Jennilee Fraser |
| Sharon | Don Levasseury |
| Tracy | Torrey Owen |
| Baroness Hard-Up | Liz Ekering |
| Baron Hard-up | Jessica Buchanan |
| King Stoneybrook | Vaughn Butland |
| Prince Charming | Lorraine Korobanik |
| Dandini | Abby Wale |
| Honest Dick | Taylor Peinhaupt |
| Fairy Godmother | Ruth Roe |
| The Herald | Taylor Peinhaupt |
| The Creature | Torrey Owen |
| The Full Chorus | Meg Roe, Austin Roath, Dakota Cunningham, Kayla Roath, Lisa Karpuk, Lori-Anne Proznick, Sophia Proznick, Zizou Abdoh |
| Producers | Vance Schneider, Don Levasseur |
| Author | Peter Bond |
| Director | Vance Schneider |
| Set Designer | Vance Schneider |
| Lighting Designer | Brian Britton |
| Sound Designer | Vance Schneider |
| Stage Manager | Jackie Ellis |
| Costumes / Dressers | Jackie Ellis, Denise Proznick, Aliza Abdol |
| Hair / Makeup | Edith Kmet, Denise Anderson |
| Set Construction | The Ellis Family, Pat Buchanan, Nigel Beardwood, Don Levasseur, Mike Adams, Torrey Owen, Vance Schneider |
| Set Painting | Jessica Buchanan, Cayliegh McCreight, Taylor & Caitlin Peinhaupt, Vaughn Butland, Don Levasseur, Nigel Beardwood, Ray Perrault, Jackie Ellis, Torrey Owen |
| Properties | Vance Schneider, Jackie Ellis |
| Lighting Operator | Nigel Beardwood |
| Sound Operator | Vance Schneider |
| Running Crew | Naif Ali, Mohammed Jamal, Jason Hogue, Mike Adams, Bill Walshaw & The Cast! |
| Publicity | Wenda Noonan, Vance Schneider, Don Levasseur |
| Poster and Graphics | Wenda Noonan |
| Program | Vance Schneider |
| Original Performance Dates | December 24-31, 2011 |
| Venue | Kamloops Convention Centre Theatre, Kamloops, BC |
| Production Length | 1 hour and 45 minutes |
| Production Style | Traditional British Panto |
| Our Sponsors | Kamloops Convention Centre, Kamloops This Week, Pandora’s Costume Box, Edge Publishing, Echo Newspapers, Surplus Herby’s, Bulk Barn, Dulux Paint. |
| Special Thanks To | Kamloops Live Box Office, RONA, Lee’s Music, Kamloops Scene Magazine, Shaw TV, 97.5 The River, 98.3 CIFM, Kamloops Daily News, B-100, TRU Actor’s Workshop Theatre. |
