It’s fairy-tale full of fun and mischief as Cinderella comes to Cork Opera House stage
The outstanding Cork Opera House production team is set to enchant audiences once again this year with Cinderella – the beloved fairy-tale full of magic for everyone!
Opening on November 30, Cinderella will dazzle and delight audiences over a 69-show run that continues through Christmas until January 19. This timeless fairy tale promises to be a spectacle of joy, filled with delightful surprises, and a sprinkle of pantomime magic that will leave everyone, young and old, believing that dreams come true!
Audiences and fans of all ages keen to enter the spirit of fairy tale, mischief and fun are already booking to ensure they can join Cinderella, Prince Charming, Buttons, Baroness Hardup, the Wicked Stepsisters and of course everyone’s rollicking favourite, Nanny Nellie, live at Cork Opera House.
Panto co-writer Frank Mackey returns to the stage as Cork’s most popular Panto Dame, Nanny Nellie. The determined and delightful title heroine Cinderella is played by Megan Pottinger, who audiences may remember as Jill from last year’s hit panto Jack and the Beanstalk.
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Cork’s own Alison McCormack and Julie Maguire are the all-singing, all-dancing Wicked Stepsisters, while Michael Grennell returns to the Opera House stage as Cinderella’s superbly menacing stepmother, Baroness Melania Hardup.
Cinderella’s Prince is played by the dashing Paul Wilkins, and rounding out the cast as everyone’s favourite hapless sidekick Buttons is Blarney’s Brian Ó’Muirí, fresh from his run in the West End production of The Book of Mormon. Joining them all on stage is a full cast of fabulous professional dancers, musicians and the wonderful young talent from Cork’s stage schools.
Cork Opera House will also stage two Relaxed Performances of this year’s Panto. A Relaxed Performance is a version of a show in which a lot of the elements are adjusted to be more comfortable for autistic people or people with sensory processing differences.
Tickets start at €25 and you can grab one now over at the Cork Opera House website here.