Tilly La Belle Yengo will star as Cinderella in this year’s Lyric Hammersmith Theatre pantomime.
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.
Written by Vikki Stone and directed by Tonderai Munyevu, Yengo is joined by Emmanuel Akwafo playing Lady Jelly-Bottom and Jodie Jacobs who will play the Fairy.
Charlie Cameron plays Muffy, Damien James plays Prince Henry, Meghan Treadway plays Gusset and Maya De Faria, Jerome Lincoln and Bella Macdonald join the Ensemble.
Set and costume designer is Good Teeth, with choreographer Arielle Smith, lighting designer Ciarán Cunningham, composer and arranger Corin Buckeridge, sound designer Nick Manning, musical director Adam Gerber, casting director Sophie Parrott and assistant director Mo Korede.
Cinderella is running from November 18, 2023 to January 6, 2024.
There will be further festivities with the return of Raymond Briggs’ Father Christmas, adapted by Pins and Needles, which runs from Wednesday, November 22 to Saturday, December 30. Directed by Emma Earle, the family production is filled with live music and puppetry.