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Cinderella: It Ain\u2019t Over \u2019Til the Shoe Fits<\/em>, which plays at The Toronto Fringe Festival<\/a>\u2019s Fringe Kids through July 11, 2015, is a problematic re-telling of the classic fairytale.<\/p>\n

Cinderella<\/em>, for me, is an inherently problematic fairytale because its message of how beauty, fashion and housework are young women\u2019s most marriageable qualities and that those who are deemed \u201cugly\u201d of face are also ugly in character, could not be more archaic. Yet, playwrights have the license to tell the story differently, so that it better reflects the world our children live in and the ways, I hope, adults seek to empower, rather than diminish, young girls. Geri Paige Gans\u2019 adaptation does further disservice to this story by robbing Cinderella of her charm, intelligence and agency and instead reduces her to snivelling, whining, repeating everything that is told to her and getting into a screaming match with her Fairy Godmother. Yet, there is no reason why this Cinderella is so bland, she is still awkwardly cast in the role of winning the Prince, attempting to endear herself to the children in the audience and to live happily ever after. I found her stepsisters, Esmerelda and Lavinia, more entertaining, which I don\u2019t think was the intention of the playwright.<\/p>\n

One of the challenges with this production is that it seems to be trying to be a pantomime, with the stepsisters played in drag, and a few random pop cultural references thrown in and a few asides to the audience, but the jokes mostly miss their mark and the plot lacks the zany, action-packed antics needed for a successful panto. This leaves these characters, and the poor actors, in a sort of limbo with no sense of stakes, which leaves the audience not caring whether Cinderella lives happily ever after or not.<\/p>\n

TWISI FRINGE RATING:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"5_Star_Rating_System_2_stars\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Cinderella: It Ain’t Over ‘Til the Shoe Fits<\/em> plays at the George Ignatieff Theatre (15 Devonshire Place) at the following times:<\/strong><\/p>\n

show times<\/strong>
\nJuly 03 at 06:45 PM \u00a0buy tickets<\/a><\/strong>
\nJuly 04 at 12:45 PM \u00a0buy tickets<\/a><\/strong>
\nJuly 05 at 03:00 PM \u00a0buy tickets<\/a><\/strong>
\nJuly 07 at 11:45 AM \u00a0buy tickets<\/a><\/strong>
\nJuly 10 at 11:45 AM \u00a0buy tickets<\/a><\/strong>
\nJuly 11 at 10:00 AM \u00a0buy tickets<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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