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''Soho Cinders'' is a musical with music by George Stiles, lyrics and a book by Anthony Drewe with Elliot Davis as co-author. A modern adaptation of the ''Cinderella'' story, ''Soho Cinders'' transfers the action to the heart of London's Soho. The eponymous heroine is replaced by a young rent boy called Robbie who gets wrapped up in an illicit affair with an aspiring politician called James Prince. The story intertwines elements of ''Cinderella'' with contemporary political scandal and an urban setting. The musical was first showcased in 2008, followed by a sold-out gala concert production of it in 2011. A recording of this was released in 2011. "''Soho Cinders is packed with the best songs Stiles and Drewe have yet written, driving character, plot and wit in perfect harmony (in every sense)...''" Mark Shenton, The Stage''Soho Cinders'' received its world premiere off-West End at London's Soho Theatre in 2012. ==Inception and development== George Stiles and Anthony Drewe started work on ''Soho Cinders'' in 2000, having come up with the idea of updating a very basic version of ''Cinderella'' into something different in the 1990s.〔http://www.officiallondontheatre.co.uk/news/backstage-pass/article/item149586/a-partnership-stiles-drewe/〕 In the summer of 2000, Drewe and George Stiles sat in Regents Park to start developing their adaptation and wrote a lot of it in France at Stiles' sister-in-law's house.〔 Although the musical was almost finished, the pair had been busy with other projects like ''Honk'', ''Betty Blue Eyes'' and ''Mary Poppins'', which hindered their progress on ''Soho Cinders''.〔 Workshops for the musical began in the early 2000s but it was not until 6 July 2008 that some of the musical's songs were exclusively premiered at Her Majesty's Theatre as part of a gala concert that celebrated the 25th anniversary of Stiles and Drewe's songwriting partnership, entitled A Spoonful of Stiles and Drewe. The pair debuted the songs "Wishing for the Normal", "I'm So Over Men", "Gypsies of the Ether", "It's Hard to Tell", "They Don't Make Glass Slippers" and "You Shall Go to the Ball". Singers included Gareth Gates, Leanne Jones, Oliver Tompsett, Joanna Riding and Claire Moore as well as Rebecca Thornhill, Daniel Boys, Alison Jiear, Richard Dempsey and James Gillan as ensemble members.〔(Production History )〕 A one-off charity gala concert then followed on 9 October 2011 with an all star cast and a 16-piece band led by George Stileson in aid of the Teenage Cancer Trust. Stiles and Drewe describe ''Soho Cinders'' as "rawer" and "grown-up" in comparison to their previous work.〔 They wanted to make ''Soho Cinders'' satirical and political and set it in the present day; different from their other work of fairy tales and period pieces. On the pair's website, ''Soho Cinders'' is described as a "fable for the noughties" that is inspired by musicals like ''Guys and Dolls'', which achieve a world which never really existed but you kind of feel might have done. They are a heightened version of a past time. The pair have attempted to create a version of London in its current state. They have acknowledged ''Soho Cinders'' as both comedic, romantic but a musical that touches on a few serious issues. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Soho Cinders」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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