Cinderella on stage: from classic to unconventional

A land of dreams ... Frederick Ashton's classic 1948 choreography guides you through Cinderella's world of reverie at the Royal Opera House. Alina Cojocaru is Cinderella while Rupert Pennefather is her prince
Photograph: Tristram Kenton

Both exaggerated and elegant, Wayne Sleep and Luke Heyden are the larger-than-life Ugly Sisters at the Royal Opera House
Photograph: Tristram Kenton

The Royal Ballet has been producing this revised and restaged version of Ashton's original production since 2004
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Glamour and decadence ... in Ashley Page's 2005 production with the Scottish Royal Ballet, 17th-century French costumes were juxtaposed with modern references from Vivienne Westwood to John Galliano
Photograph: Bill Cooper

Maguy Marin’s 2003 production of Cinderella by Lyon Opera Ballet took place in a child’s world, populated by dolls and toys
Photograph: Tristram Kenton

A Grimm tale ... a 2008 production at the Lyric Hammersmith returned to the stark fable written by the brothers Grimm in 1812 to create an unusually dark and gory show
Photograph: Tristram Kenton

Not for the faint-hearted, this show was billed as being suitable only for seven-year-olds and older. Elizabeth Chan played Cinderella and Daniel Weyman was the prince
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One very posh pumpkin ... Cinderella stepped from a blue Bentley in the ROH's 2007 production of Rossini's La Cenerentola, the European version of the tale
Photograph: Elista Kemp/PA

Cameras and curlers brought Fellini and the 1950s to this operatic take on the classic
Photograph: Neil Libbert

Time travel, a shoe factory and a grand hotel on the eve of the second world war ... there were quite a few surprises at Curve Theatre's 2007 production Simply Cinderella
Photograph: Tristram Kenton

Razzmatazz and the jitterbug ... Simply Cinderella had a catchy score by Grant Olding, and Savannah Stevenson did it justice in the title role
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Writer and director Susie McKenna developed a reputation as the queen of pantos at Hackney Empire. Her 2006 production of Cinderella was no different ... a mix of tradition and innovation
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Panto's best-known fairy godmother ... the famous drag queen Danny La Rue. In his heyday in the 60s, La Rue was Britain's highest-paid entertainer, famous for his saucy cabaret act
Photograph: Martin Godwin

Yards of shimmering sequins and towering wigs transformed Peter Robbins and Nigel Ellacott into the Ugly Sisters. This champagne-and-caviar cast is a far cry from the classical dancers you might expect from the ROH production, which runs until 5 June 2010
Photograph: Graham Turner