Christmas is coming to Chipping Chedar, and once
again Mr Operatski is putting
together the cast of dancers for the annual musical.
Angelina mouse is desperate
to play the lead role in 'Cinderella Mouse
and the Ugly Whiskers'. But what's this?
Mr Operatski has given Priscilla the plum
role instead. And what's more, Angelina
has been saddled with the part of Wicked Stepmouse!
Sensitive Angelina isn't one to hold her temper
and she complains loudly about
the casting to all and sundry. But the foolish
girl lets her temper get the better of
her and she quickly finds herself dismissed
from the production altogether. Miss
Lilly helpfully steps into to Angelina's shoes,
but she in turn is unintentionally
injured by the girl during a winter toboggan
race and that puts the entire school
production in jeopardy. What on earth is to de
done? Will Angelina learn some
humility and rectify her wrongdoings, or will she
become the outcast of the school?
What ever happens, the show must go on!...
Angelina gets the feature-length treatment
here in a video-special. There's not
much one can add except to say that, if you
love the series, then you'll no doubt
love this production too. Both the
series and film remain remarkably faithful to
the original, with Helen Craig's artwork leaping,
pirouetting, and tobogganing
off the page and in to life...
Awards
2004 - British Animation Awards (BAA)
- Best Animated Special
See
also
Angelina
Ballerina
Angelina
Ballerina: Princess Dance
The
Show Must Go On on DVD
Angelina
Ballerina: The Show Must Go On
Region 2 / HIT Entertainment / Oct 2003
Angelina
Ballerina: The Show Must Go On
Region 1 / Lyons Group / Lyrick / Sept 2003
director:
Kitty Taylor
producer: Ginger Gibbons
music:
Colin Towns
voices:
Finty Williams (Angelina / Mrs Hodgepodge)
Judi
Dench (Miss Lilly)
Jo
Wyatt (Alice / Henry / Sammy / Pricilla Pinkpaws)
Jonell
Elliot (Mrs Mouseling / Penelope Pinkpaws)
Keith
Wickham (Mr Mouseling / Grandpa)
Adrienne
Posta (Grandma)