- Venue Charing Cross Theatre, London
- Performance dates 21 November 2026 - 9 January 2027
- Running time 2 hours 20 minutes (including interval)
Book now for Cinderella: Buttons Undone!, the outrageous adult pantomime from He’s Behind You! at Charing Cross Theatre this festive season.
Cinderella: Buttons Undone! in London
Award-winning company He’s Behind You! returns to Charing Cross Theatre this Christmas with another magnificently outrageous fairytale strictly for adults.
Cinderella: Buttons Undone! is a wickedly funny deconstruction of the classic fairytale, blending the company’s trademark blend of sharp humour, queer joy and original songs with fairy godmothers and magic.
Matthew Baldwin returns as the company’s incomparable dame, starring as Mercedes alongside Christopher Lane as Bentley.
Directed by Andrew Beckett, the show is co-written by Jon Bradfield and Martin Hooper, with original songs by Bradfield.
Smartly stupid, joyfully chaotic and full of traditional pantomime spirit, He’s Behind You! shakes the dust off another classic fairytale.
Book Cinderella: Buttons Undone! tickets
Cinderella: Buttons Undone! runs from 21 November 2026 until 9 January 2027, with weekends and the run-up to Christmas traditionally the busiest, so early booking is recommended for the best availability. Get your tickets now.
Set in the faded seaside resort of Lob-on-Sea, this madcap panto follows hotel maid Cindy, who puts the “slay” into modern-day slavery, and whose gangster stepmother Ida Bigschitt returns to make her and her stepsiblings Mercedes and Bentley’s lives miserable.
Opportunity is served when the town’s inaugural tennis open is won by Smellarus’s Ivan Yassandvich, a bachelor playboy suddenly looking for a bride. Cindy longs for escape, Mercedes wants out of the family business, and hapless Bentley thinks he can kickstart his party-planning career with an engagement ball.
But game, set and matchmaking go awry when Cindy’s gay and only friend Buttons slips into her shoes and into Ivan’s bed. Determinedly single until now, all he wants is to swap ends and play again. Journeying from the musty sea-view rooms of the Royal Palace B&B to lavish ballroom splendour, this is a wickedly funny, all-new deconstruction of the classic fairytale, proving that happily ever after can take more self-work than finding Prince Charming.
Performance Information
Check booking calendar for full details
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- Matinees
- Saturday
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- Group Bookings For groups of 10+ enquire here
Stars and Creatives
Who is in the cast of Cinderella: Buttons Undone!?
- Mercedes: Matthew Baldwin
- Bentley: Christopher Lane
Further casting is to be announced at a later date.
Who are the creative team of Cinderella: Buttons Undone!?
- Writers: Jon Bradfield and Martin Hooper
- Composer and Lyricist: Jon Bradfield
- Director: Andrew Beckett
- Musical Director and Orchestrator: Aaron Clingham
- Choreographer: Carole Todd
- Set Designer: David Shields
- Costumes: Robert Draper
- Lights: Matt Hockley
- Sound: Andrew Johnson
- Producer: Oli Sones for He’s Behind You!
Important Notes
Content Warning: This is an adult pantomime for audiences aged 18+. The show contains swearing, sexual themes and flashing lights, and is not suitable for children or family audiences.
Access Performances
Captioned performance: Wednesday 9 December 2026, 7.30pm.
Venue Information
Charing Cross Theatre , The Arches, Villiers Street, London, WC2N 6NL
Nearest Tube or Train: Charing Cross (Northern line, Bakerloo line)
Nearest Buses: (Strand) 6, 9, 11, 13, 15, 23, 87, 91, 139, 176
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