Nicky Talacko stares a dilemma in the face. Her 5-year-old niece wants her to read Cinderella. Cinder-effin-ella! Yes, she could aid this myth, let it claim another young soul or instead she could tell a cautionary tale, empty of fairy Godmothers, mice turned to men and even pretty prostitutes in bathtubs.

With a withering wit Nicky picks apart and debunks some of the glaring nonsense that prop up the Cinder-myth, and why magazines, movies and even sitcoms still promote it.

After a decade working as actor in the UK, most remembered for playing the local lesbian in UK Soap Family Affairs for two years, Nicky Talacko returned to Melbourne to pursue a career as a stand-up comedian. In Cinder-effin-ella she combines these two talents and, in partnership with director Bradford Oakes, she offers an hour of hilarious investigation whilst speculating that if the shoe fits…

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