Playhouse Theatre: Cinderella
By Sara Quelch | Posted: Monday June 9, 2025
About the show
Cinderella is at the Playhouse in the first week of the school holidays, and thanks to her ugly step sisters Patsy and Edina there is always plenty of housework. Sometimes it is just too much and the only ones who can cheer Cinderella up are her friends, the mice.
The King and Queen are throwing a ball for the Prince's birthday and the whole kingdom is invited. The Prince is feeling miserable about his ball as he knows he can't dance or at least hasn't found the right dance partner.
Cinderella’s ugly step sisters think they might be just the girls to change the Prince’s mind. But they are not going to let Cinderella go to the ball – not that she’s any prettier than they are – but you can’t be too careful. And Cinderella’s step mother is going to make quite sure that Cinderella doesn’t wreck her daughter’s chances with the Prince.
Just as Cinderella thinks she is stuck at home with nothing to wear – you guessed it – along comes Fairy Godmother.