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The Baron Beamends and his young daughter Cinderella are still mourning the loss of their beautiful, gentle wife and mother. However, because the Baron loves his people he has never collected the tributes and taxes to which he was entitled. For this reason he finds himself not only a sad widower but extremely impoverished as well. Desperate to keep a roof over Cinderella's and his own heads he gives in to the demands of a widow from a neighbouring area who is equally desperate to marry into a title to obtain some sort of repectability for herself and her two ghastly daughters. In return she promises to bring with her a substantial dowry which will cure the financial ills besetting the Baron and his people. As the marriage is to be one in name only, the besieged Baron agrees in desperation, and the horror begins!Spendthrifts as they are, Lucretia, Nausea and Hernia have frittered away most of what money they had before they get to Beamends Castle. Far from improving his situation the Baron finds himself further in debt, and his totally spoilt new family treats everyone, including himself and Cinderella, as inferior servants. However, by the magic of pantomime, good will out! Due entirely to her goodness of heart Cinderella wins the affection of a Fairy Godmother, and through her magic is invited to a Ball at the Royal Palace where she meets the Prince of her dreams. The rest, as they say, is history! On the way to an unexpected twist at the end, which rids the Baron of his vile new wife and step-daughters, we meet the totally incompetent Palace Guard, newly recruited from the local Karate Club, an equally incompetent band of would-be villains and thieves, who fight it out in a most novel way! Also we will be introduced to the family ghost and a Gorrilla!

We hope that there is something for everyone. Whatever happens.....just ENJOY!!!

Contacts for production-

Director- Giles Wolfe- for arty acting type stuff.

Producer- Clive Stanyon- for production things.

Production Secretery- Jan Stanyon- for all your other needs.

Performance dates-

January 12th-13th, 19th-21st, 26th- 27th.

Cast List

Buttons

Graham Steel

Cinderella

Laura Bowles

Fadin

Terry Oakes

Bill Psyche

Lawrence Watling

Titch

Adrian Wright

Fadin's Gang

Carol Marsh
Sophie Naisbitt
Claire Marsh

Lady Beamends

Claire Kingshott

Nausea

Cathie Parker

Hernia

Lorraine Slipper

Baron Oliver Beamends

John Harris

Major Crisis

Peter Nicholson

Oliver's Army

Becky Puddick
Katrina Tsalikidis
Rose Edmonds
Hayley Baxter*
Maria Watson-Riggs

Prince

Sarah Dowling*

Dandini

Shirley Hillier

Fairy Godmother/Crone

Janice George

Fairy Goodtotty

Anya Williment

Gorilla

Elvis Fenlon

Herald

Ray Currier

Core Chorus

Vanessa Elliott
Stephanie Coston-Holland
Sally O'Callaghan
Anya Williment
Howard Frankson

Core Dancers

Nikki Ellis
Heidi Philpott*
Karl Warner*

* denotes a new member - welcome to Riverside Players!

The full song list is: Gone! You'll just have to come and see the show!