Many successful shows are built around a "what if...?" premise.
Princess Cabaret is one such act, asking the question "what if...those demure, graceful and stereotyped Disney Princesses were actually brazen, post-modern feminists with a wicked line in biting satire, song & dance routines and potty mouths?".
Seven comediennes from Sydney University's Women's Revue take the likes of Belle, Cinderella, Tinkerbell, Jasmine and the rest and drag them screaming and kicking (or flapping like a mackerel, in the case of Ariel) into a wonderful world far removed from anything Uncle Walt dreamed up for them.
Promising a show full of musical parodies and wicked, stereotype-busting humour, Princess Cabaret looks set to parade its own particular style of sassy glamour around Edinburgh this August, giving us a glimpse of a world where The Beast is shackled to the kitchen sink, Aladdin is a sympathetic listener and Prince Charming really knows how to please a woman...
Princess Cabaret runs from 5th-31st August at the Gilded Balloon Teviot, various prices from £5.
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This is an EXCELLENT show!! Saw it in the Melbourne Comedy Festival last year. Really really funny.
ReplyDelete!~ Joe
Saw this show at Bondi Pavilion last week. Its is very rude and very funny....
ReplyDeleteThanks for the write-up!
ReplyDeletePrincess Ariel
ps. I suspect my father has been googling my show again.
It was great!!!
ReplyDeleteI love the costumes!!!!
ReplyDeleteSeen this show a couple of times and wish I was going to Edinburgh so i could see it yet again! Spectacular!!
ReplyDeleteAlice.
i saw this show a few days ago at the edinburgh festival - AMAZING i rate it ****** stars :p
ReplyDeletePS i love princess Jasmine!(is she single)?!?
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