The Stage is always looking for original approaches to classic stories. For example, last spring The Stage presented a particularly successful musical version of Cinderella. Everyone knows the classic story of the girl that loses her glass slipper when she goes to the dance at the palace. But the creators of this unusual version gave the fairytale a contemporary feel, mainly via the musical element. That’s why the story of Cinderella was interspersed with international pop classics from artists such as Madonna, Queen and Robbie Williams.
You also get to see some of the greatest musical scenes from movies such as Moulin Rouge and Chicago. All this is integrated in the classic fairytale and combined with new characters and twists in the story. This kind of formula might be well known in cities such as London and Paris, but for Belgium this is a novel and original concept.
In the past five years The Stage has attracted an increasingly large fan base. The audience is not only from Antwerp: since all the shows are in English more than fifty percent of the visitors are tourists visiting the city, looking for an entertaining night out.