Awaking Beauty

Awaking Beauty is a 2008 musical with words by Alan Ayckbourn and music by Denis King. It was shown as the Stephen Joseph Theatre's Christmas production,^[1][2] but, unlike earlier productions, was expressly billed as not suitable for young children. The musical is a parody sequel to Sleeping Beauty, where the wicked witch Carabosse also falls in love with the prince, and uses her own dark magic and dirty tricks to try to make him her own.^[3][4]

Awaking Beauty
Written by	Alan Ayckbourn Denis King
Characters	Carabosse The Prince Princess Aurora The Pigcutter
Date premiered	16 December 2008
Place premiered	Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough
Original language	English
Subject	Adult parody of fairy tale
Genre	Musical/comedy
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Ayckbourn chronology
Life and Beth (2008) My Wonderful Day (2009)