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When Beauty’s mother dies, and her father loses his business empire, a magnificent palace – visible and invisible all at once, appears through the mist and the enchantment begins!

The Company

Cast

Jean-Louis: Amelie Friess
Helene: Freya Phillips
Andre: Ed Twyman
Phillippe: Ethan Phillips
Emile: Jack Hobson
Veronique: Jennie Beattie
Marie Claire: Daisy Powell
Beauty: Elysia Sully
Beast: Ed Buckley
Witch: Esme Fleeman
Beast’s Man: Mery Sutherland
Beauty’s Maid: Ottilie Lampitt

Nomads

Celine Delahaye, Emily Pepper, Reuben Moss, Harry Bailey, Rosie Jeffs, Rose Agnew, Danai Kalargeros, Emma Markham, Daisy Keene, Quillan Mitchell

Quidams

Isabella Osborne, Lucy Griffiths, Isabella Gaiser, Sam Almond, Evie Manning, Emelia Hall, Isobel Lynch-Bell, Abbey Elston, Lyla McLeod, Nolly Mitchell, Sophie Almond, Lexi Welch, Bella Charters, Sofia Vicente-Thomas

Les Invités

Ida Ledwitch-Madsen, Helaina Durham, Mimi Cockell, Lucy Anderson, Leona Delahaye, Tommy Simota, James Hesford, Matilda Vance

Les Petites Beautés

Belle Hall, Matilda Quash, Izzy Hardus Lameira

Direction

Emily Quash

Assistants to the Director

Phoebe Roberts & Elliot Barlow

Photography

David Fawbert

Lighting Design

Matt Cater

Sound Design

Richard Cooper

Scenic Art and Prop Design

Chris Johns

Head of Costume

Jo Fleeman, Lisa Hobson

Wardrobe & Prop Manager

Heather Riley

Lighting Operator

Jacob White

Production dates

Original run: 16th – 30th December 2021, at The Dream Factory

Beauty & The Beast was Playbox Theatre’s first Christmas production since 2019, due to the pandemic causing 2020 to be missed. It was an epic staging, with glorious dance, stunning costumes and a sharp, fast-paced text in a version by Laurence Boswell. When Beauty’s mother dies, and her father loses his business empire, a magnificent palace – visible and invisible all at once – appears through the mist and the enchantment begins!

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What the press say…

I don’t know what was in that potion the witch gave Beauty to save her dying father but we sure could do with bottling up some of this invigorating splendour and silliness to see us all through the scary year ahead. In fact, I detected a distinct hesitancy in the audience at the end, as if no-one really wanted to get up and leave. Which brings us, finally, to the only bit in this superlative show that didn’t quite ring true. When Beauty says to the dying Beast that he needs to leave his fantastical castle and re-enter the real world of men, we’re thinking: are you nuts? I’d stay here if I were you Beastie Boy and, if it’s not too much of an imposition, can we stay with you too, like, forever?