Soho Cinders

The concept of writing an original musical, loosely based on Cinderella, started around 2000 when Stiles + Drewe were in Hyde Park noodling ideas for a new show. They wanted to adapt the classic tale with a more contemporary score and base the show in the heart of London. Having come up with the basic premise work began and in 2004 a workshop of the first act of the show was mounted at Arts Educational School.

Mary Poppins and one or two other projects took precedence over further development of the story, but in 2008 some of the songs were showcased in a concert at Her Majesty’s Theatre celebrating the work of Stiles + Drewe A Spoonful Of Stiles + Drewe.

In 2011 they teamed up with their friend, writer Elliot Davis, to rework the script. The new complete version of the show was tried out in a sold-out concert performance at the Queen’s Theatre in October 2011, narrated by Sandi Toksvig, in aid of The Teenage Cancer Trust. After further refinements a fully-staged production was mounted, appropriately, at the Soho Theatre in 2012.