Tag: Ottawa Musicals (the Gladstone) 2018-19

Cinderella and the Ice Slipper: The fun-filled family Panto lives up to expectations!

Cinderella and the Ice Slipper: The fun-filled family Panto lives up to expectations!

What a moment!  Glossy Steppe (alias Réjean Dinelle-Mayer as the “Dame”) in her huge curly  purple wig,  one of the two ‘step-sisters’ tormenting Cinderella,  belted out his/her  own ferocious version of We Will Survive’ from Priscilla Queen of the Desert, just as the step -sisters  battle for the favours of the new  Prince  ‘charms’ .   Prince is  seeking  the mysterious owner of that glass slipper while  both ugly sisters choke in their drool of desperation.  Emotions run very high  because they  both want to get their hands on the handsome  business man  played by the very charming Panto newcomer  Andy Allen- McCarthy (who insists he is not a prince)  whereas the sweet and talented little Cinderella (Emilie O’Brien)  is already tucked away in the kitchen  cleaning  pots and washing the floors of the family restaurant, warbling about her  dreams with  her buddy Buttons (Brady Van Vaerenbergh).  It’s at that moment that Dinelle-Mayer reveals his true nature as a great voice of Orpheus musical theatre and for a few minutes steals the show.!!!! And such a show it was!!!

Emilie O’Brien as Cinderella.  Photo  Dominique Gibbons

 

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