Panto’s Cinderella will come to the Ball
Waipawa Musical and Dramatic Society will be staging the pantomime, Cinderella, especially written for the club by Sir Roger Hall, in November.
Sir Rogersaw their production of his pantomime Jack and the Beanstalk last year, andwasthrilled to find a full house of children, parents and grandparents, all ready and waiting to be entertained in theCHB Municipal Theatre in Waipawa.
Hetold them that the production of Jack and the Beanstalk fulfilled everything he’d aimed for in a panto, and so for this year, he offered to write a version of Cinderella, set in Waipawa, especially for them.
With a cast ofmorethan 40singers, dancers and actors, and around 50 morevolunteers, all giving about 15,000 hours of their time to get the pantomime to the stage, this local club is very excited and honoured to have his support and assistance for the production, which is due on stage in November.
There will be plenty of local jokes, and probably somepolitical ones with elections taking place both here and in the United States at the present time.
Trelise Cooper has donated two of her bags (guess where the Ugly Sisters
do their shopping for the Ball . . . ) and these will feature in a charity auction in 2021.
The cast, crew and production team were thrilled that Sir Roger popped into rehearsals this weekend, where he spent sometime with the director (Madi Howard) andsomeof the team.
Rehearsals have beensomewhat challenging under level 2, but with the recent drop to level 1, rehearsals have been rampedup significantly.
TheWaipawaM&Dteam aim to
deliver anotherawesomeshowto theirCHBcommunity in November. i
Tickets are for sale on Eventfinda now — www. eventfinda.co.nz/ 2020/cinderella/waipawa $35for adults, $15 for children and $100 for a family ticket (2 adults, and up to 3 children). Show dates are November 19 to 22 and November 26 to 28, with matinees on the weekend performances.