Review: Cinderella

The Cork Academy of Dramatic Art doesn't stint on its offerings, and this is especially true of its version of Cinderella. Director Catherine Mahon-Buckley's cast includes a delightful heroine, sweet in appearance, voice and temper, ugly sisters whose ugliness is rivalled only by their hysteria, a fairy godmother floating on a cloud of decibels and eye-shadow, costumes of originality and glamour, dancers who make sense of the choreography, and a lighting design that catches even the jokes, which, given the sound-levels, are otherwise unintelligible. And then there is the coach – it provokes a murmur of delight all round and could give any wedding coach a gallop for its money. The result is that other essential of any pantomime: audience participation. The show is awesome, cool and definitely part of a team.

Ends January 11