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There's nothing remotely traditional about this pantomimic riff from Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine. A clutch of familiar fairytale characters arrive, only to implode in the narrative swirl of these deeply deceptive, metadramatic woods. Cinderella, it transpires, is less taken with the prince than with the palace. Jack deeply regrets his actions up the beanstalk. And Rapunzel finds herself, upon being freed from her tower, in desperate need of a good therapist. Racky Plews's ebullient, rough-and-ready production adds some twists of its own to this already labyrinthine tale. Elsewhere, inventive economising also pays dramatic dividends, the four-strong band being ably supplemented on stage by an instrument wielding cast. Sondheim's almost perversely prolix score occasionally runs away from the cast, and relaying Paul Nicholas's arch narrator through poor quality, technically wayward video falls repeatedly flat. But this bumptious, neatly designed production provides unconventional but distinctly seasonal fare.
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