Synopsis

This pantomime tells the traditional story of the Sleeping Beauty with just a little more sleep. Why was the bad fairy, bad? What happened when the Royals woke up? Does a 500 year sleep give you a head-ache? These questions are answered with all the fun of traditional pantomime, plenty of audience participation, a few surprises and several dashes of outright hilarity in Sleeping Beauty. 

Our story begins in Fairy Academy of Bottomgarden.  Professor Sage is trying to teach the sweet little fairies, hapless Fairy Hyacinth and the disgruntled Fairy Wildfire.  When Wildfire walks out of the Academy, she walks right into the old gnarled hands of the professor’s adversary, Witch Cacklewell. Boo!

The evil witch hates the fair Kingdom of Harmony where, despite her best efforts to cause discord and cacophony, King Cadenza and Queen Melody still sing in tune. They are gentle and fair and treat their citizens well.  They even have a beautiful new baby Princess, in fact all the things that a Witch hates.  

Aided by rebellious Fairy Wildfire, Witch Cacklewell plans to end the dynasty once and for all by ridding the kingdom of its only Princess and so the well known curse is given. Luckily the student fairies remember their lessons and are on hand to amend the spell, sending our heroine into a deep sleep until she is woken by a brave and resourceful Prince.

But where do you find an eligible Prince these days? A whole five hundred years passes and still no Prince appears. Fairy Hyacinth is still stumbling over her feet in fairy dance class but nevertheless, it is she who saves the day. She makes a Prince’s sat nav go haywire which wins her a distinction in her Advance Spells Exam!

Characters

(2m, 7f, 4m/f plus chorus)