Ugly Sisters - Oh no, they're not...

[Dedworth]

Panto boss under fire for calling 'ugly sisters Beatrice and Eugenie'

The performance of Cinderella at the Marlowe Theatre in Canterbury, Kent was criticised for featuring two male actors dressed up as the ugly sisters.

Theatre-goers complained it was a "cheap joke" to call the sisters after the Duke of York's two daughters. Producers defended their decision, pointing out that the sisters were not referred to as "ugly" in the panto.

The Marlowe Theatre website, however, clearly calls the pair the 'ugly sisters' on its website, with a photo of actors Ian Smith and Michael J Batchelor dressed up as the pair.

During the panto, which runs until the end of the month, the pair are seen in "hideous costumes including fake tiger skin, red leather and wigs.

One critic, Bob Britnell, a senior planning officer for Canterbury City Council, said the two daughters of Sarah, Duchess of York should "not be mocked".

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ukne...d-Eugenie.html

[grahamw48]

To be honest, it is another case of the media/press taking cheap shots at anyone who isn't likely to fight back.

Horrid cowardly little shits in my book.

[RickyR]

The media in the UK are becoming more vile and evil by the day.
However these two girls don't do justice for themselves with the clothes they wear, but it is their freedom and choice.

[Dedworth]

This was covered in the Telegraph, Mail & Express and they gleaned it from a local Canterbury paper so it's a typical no news day article.

The shows producer says

He explained: 'The 'sisters' are indeed called Beatrice and Eugenie but the term 'ugly sisters' is never actually used in relation to the names and we never refer to the royal family at any point. As a Royalist myself, I can guarantee there are no derogatory jokes about our royal family.'In our production, our 'sisters' wear fantastically outrageous and lavish costumes and the joke is more of a reference to the self-confessed unusual fashion sense of the sisters' royal namesakes.In pantomime, there is a long tradition of using the names of famous people who have been in the public eye that year.In our past productions, the sisters have been called 'Britney and Madonna' and 'Trinny and Susannah'.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...#ixzz1iUVnxLwQ

I'm a firm supporter of most of our Royal Family but this pair plus their conspicuous consumption parents do set themselves up for criticism