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Cinderella made it to the ball report by Fiona Quilter-Wood, Artistic Director Equus Productions

Right up until the last minute, we were still unsure as to whether Cinderella would be able to attend the ball, but finally we got the news that performances were allowed to continue - such a sigh of relief considering the set was already built at that point! With careful Covid measures in place, we managed to open the doors at last and what fun we had!

Pantomime is such a wonderful, if slightly eccentric, British Tradition and is the backbone of theatres across the country. We are so grateful to all those people who came along to support us and cheered and booed in all the right places and even got involved with the fairy godmother’s magic spells and participated in the various actions for “Pizza Hut, Kentucky Fried Chicken and McDonalds”.

The highlight of every performance was at the end of Act 1 when the Fairy Godmother invited the audience to come outside to wave Cinderella off to the Ball - the magic had worked and there was a fully lit carriage and a beautiful real pony to greet them.

The sounds of wonder from all ages and generations made all the hard work worthwhile – and I had to admit to wiping away tears at every show!

This show was in aid of the MS Society, and we were proud to present them with a cheque for £100 following the run.

As usual for us, we don’t wait long before moving forward and after 2 days of clearing and sorting we were making plans for our next show... an exciting and fully immersive production of Brief Encounter - to take place at the beautiful and historic Chinnor Railway. We are just finalising things now, but more news to follow soon! We also have plans afoot for the next performance in the Village.

Thank you so much for all your support and we hope to see you “on board” soon - as part of our team or in the audience.