Director Sally Cookson

Designer Katie Sykes

Musical Direction Benji bower

Dramaturg Adam Peck

IOP PUBLISHING IS DELIGHTED TO SUPPORT THIS PRODUCTION

The team behind Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves return to the origins of the Cinderella story to bring you a brand new version of one of the oldest, best loved fairytales of all time.

When a rich man’s wife dies, his daughter Ella mourns her beloved mother with a grief as deep as the snow on her grave. Before the spring sun has time to melt it, her father takes a second wife and their peaceful life is taken over by a host of new and unpleasant relations. Her only friends are the woodland birds who roost in the tree that grows over the grave, but they are no ordinary birds...

With their quirky visual style, crystal-clear storytelling, original live music and pitch-perfect ensemble acting, director Sally Cookson and team bring this classic tale of fortunes reversed startlingly and imaginatively to life.

Age recommendation 6+

 “The best Christmas show this enterprising venue has ever done.” Mail on Sunday on Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves