Ugly explores the dark side of Cinderella fairytale

Buxton-based theatre trio Orange and Pip show there is no such thing as a fairytale ending in their latest production.
Ugly, presented by Orange &  Pip Theatre Company at Buxton Festival Fringe on July 8, 9 and 23.Ugly, presented by Orange &  Pip Theatre Company at Buxton Festival Fringe on July 8, 9 and 23.
Ugly, presented by Orange & Pip Theatre Company at Buxton Festival Fringe on July 8, 9 and 23.

Ugly is adark new drama exploring what happens to the Ugly Sisters after Cinderella’s marriage to the Prince.

With Disney’s recent film of Cinderella taking a more traditional line on the classic fairytale, Orange and Pip have put a new spin on the story, offering something that’s angry, moving and decidedly Grimm.

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Author Lilly Posnett, who has twice been nominated for a Fringe New Writing award and is studying English and Drama at Cambridge, explains: “I was keen to give the Ugly Sisters a voice for a change... The play is about learning the true meaning of beauty - learning to be free to be who you are.”

Orange and Pip formed last year when former Buxton Community School students Lilly Posnett, Annie Osborne and Poppy Forshaw-Perring, now at university, teamed up for After Alice.

Their production of Ugly will take place at Underground Venues, underneath Buxton’s Old Hall Hotel, on July 8 at 7.15pm, then July 9 and 23 at 8.45pm . For more information and for bookings, see orangeandpip.wix.com/orangeandpip.