By FAM :: 7 January 2006
Yep, four years after the memorable production of Aladdin on the Mappamondo stage (December 01) the Instinctive Acts are back with another Panto. This time it is the timeless tale of Sleeping Beauty, with an Instinctive Acts Troupe featuring many new faces, directed by Simon D. Hicks, doyen of the English Department Drama Workshop and producer of countless theatrical events (All's Well That Ends Well, One-Act Play Evenings I and II, Bits and Bobs, etc.) based on a script by theman himself and enlivened by five brand new songs with music and orchestration by Renaissance Man and old theatre hand Matt Kimmich.
So what's the story? For Princess Rose's christening, due to a terribly silly oversight, the evil sorceress Malicia has been left off the guest list. When she makes an unexpected appearance during the proceedings to bring her own duly unpleasant gift, the visceral reaction of the baby princess does little to put her into a more pleasant frame of mind. Malicia leaves with a curse that before the Princess turns 16 she will prick her finger on a spindle -- and die. Felicia, the third of the Fairy Godmothers, who hasn't had a chance to pass on her gift yet, manages to defuse the grimness of the curse, instead of death making it a deep sleep until the princess is woken by the Kiss of True Love. As there is not that much True Love about and to be on the safe side, the young princess is taken away to the Fairy Godmothers Alicia, Delicia and Felicia's secret forest cottage, where peace reigns, or if you believe the by then 16 year old (well, nearly) Princess Rose, nothing ever happens.
In the meantime Ron Withecash and his evil sidekick Izzy. A. Stinker have joined forces and plots with Malicia and her evil sidekick Slimella, because without Princess Rose Ron could finally meet his business plan of transmogrifying the Royal Palace into a Fairyworld Theme Park, whereas Malicia is promised that she can fulfill her ambition of becoming a talk show host on Fairyworld Networks. Their devious plot is that Malicia pretends to lift the curse, a message which the two unequal princes Henry (aka Hank) and Jules somewhat inadvertently communicate to the princess. With this knowledge Rose can't be held in the hotbed of social rest that is the Fairy Godmothers' cottage for a minute longer.
Her return to the castle is eagerly greeted by her father King Walter and a bit less so by his wife Queen Antonique. But all efforts fail to get Rose back to the safe haven in the forest and she is promptly ensnared by the evil Malicia, pricks her finger and falls into the deep sleep prophesised -- and with her the whole Royal Household including the amorous General Mayhem, the object of his desires, the dame Cook and Buttons, the ever hungry factotum. So who will wake her when the sleep curse hits everybody including the butch Prince Hank and his younger brother Jules, who makes up for lack of brawn with his endless supply of cheek? Will the Royal Palace really end up as the tacky centrepiece to an even tackier Fairy Hyperworld? Will Malicia's superior magic tilt the balance in her favour and will she become the talk of the town with her Malicia's Magical Moments talk show? What will General Mayhem's success be in his suit of Cook? Will Buttons survive the starvation of his long sleep? And what about Hank and Jules' infuriating mother, Queen Fluenza and her quest for a princely bride?
You can find the answer to all these questions
on February 2, 3, 4, at 19.30
and on February 5 at 15.00
at the Mappamondo Theater Saal, Länggass-Str. 44
(Bus stop Mittelstrasse or Unitobler)
Tickets will be available at the door or at Stauffacher Bookshop in Berne
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