Monday, 31 December 2007

Cinderella - TNT

Stephen Fry is a clever man and he doesn't hide the fact in this saucy version of the seasonal favourite, which boasts a semi-closeted gay Buttons, an irrelevant lovesick cow with lashes to die for, and Sandi Toksvig as a diminutive gender-bending narrator with a tache. But he's astute enough to provide something for everyone in this innuendo-packed panto. There's Joseph Millson's smooth-skinned Prince Charming getting naked in the shower and a hairy-chested Dolce (plus her equally Ugly Sister Gabbana). There's also singing white mice to keep Madeleine Worrall's girl-next-door Cinderella company as she bemoans her lack of cleaning products, a sprinkling of intentionally duff jokes and some cracking quips, too. A couple of slapstick sequences need tightening but otherwise this is a fun-filled and rather risqué show.
Old Vic, The Cut, SE1 (0870- 060 6628; www.oldvictheatre.com). Until January 20. £10-£40

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