{"id":5719,"date":"2026-05-28T03:43:06","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T03:43:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eongroup.com.au\/whatson\/?post_type=ajde_events&#038;p=5719"},"modified":"2026-05-28T03:43:07","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T03:43:07","slug":"cinderella","status":"publish","type":"ajde_events","link":"https:\/\/www.eongroup.com.au\/whatson\/events\/cinderella\/","title":{"rendered":"Cinderella"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong>Cinderella returns after 34 years <\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">A pantomime first written and directed in a small New Zealand village in 1992 is being brought back to life on the Sunshine Coast, with two local residents at the heart of the revival.<br \/>\nPat Atkinson, 86, has returned to the director\u2019s chair for Cinderella, a traditional pantomime she originally wrote and directed 34 years ago.<br \/>\nThis time the production will be staged by the Caloundra Chorale and Theatre Company during the June-July school holidays.<br \/>\nFor Pat, the production is not only a return to a much-loved script, but also a family affair.<br \/>\nHer husband Tom, now 88, played one of the Ugly Sisters in the original 1992 production and will once again tread the boards as the oldest member of the chorus.<br \/>\n\u201cIn 1992 I wrote and directed Cinderella the pantomime in Kumeu, a little village north-west of Auckland,\u201d Pat said. \u201cNow 34 years later I am doing the same pantomime for the Caloundra Chorale and Theatre Company in their gorgeous little theatre in Wurtulla.<br \/>\n\u201cTom, my husband, now nearly 89 played one of the Ugly Sisters, and is taking to the stage again as the Town Cryer and member of the chorus in this production.\u201d<br \/>\nPat said she is \u201chaving the time of my life\u201d working with co-director Paula Stephenson, a cast of 12 experienced principals and 15 adults and children in the ensemble.<br \/>\nThe production will be presented in the true Victorian tradition, with two dames played by men, a female Cinderella and Dandini, and music hall and early 20th century songs.<\/p>\n<p>Cinderella will be staged at 7.30pm on June 26 and July 3, 2pm on June 27 and<br \/>\nJuly 4, and 10am and 2.30pm on June 28 and July 5.<br \/>\n\u2022 Tickets are $35 adults, $32 concession, $30 groups\/members\/FOC and $20<br \/>\nchildren 15 years and under. Bookings are essential via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.trybooking.com\/DKTUD\">www.trybooking.com\/DKTUD<\/a> or phone<br \/>\n0490 329 912.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"tags":[],"event_type":[3,4],"event_type_2":[],"class_list":["post-5719","ajde_events","type-ajde_events","status-publish","hentry","event_type-mixfm","event_type-seafm","no-post-thumbnail"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eongroup.com.au\/whatson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ajde_events\/5719","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eongroup.com.au\/whatson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ajde_events"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eongroup.com.au\/whatson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/ajde_events"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eongroup.com.au\/whatson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eongroup.com.au\/whatson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5719"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eongroup.com.au\/whatson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5719"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eongroup.com.au\/whatson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5719"},{"taxonomy":"event_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eongroup.com.au\/whatson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event_type?post=5719"},{"taxonomy":"event_type_2","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eongroup.com.au\/whatson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event_type_2?post=5719"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}