Princess
Smartypants

Based on the books by Babette Cole

Co-produced with The Wardrobe Ensemble

Princess Smartypants is a very unusual princess – and so Babette Cole’s books present a very unusual fairy-tale, in which expectations of princes and princesses, kings and queens, dungeons and dragons are turned completely upside down.

Originally published in 1986, Princess Smartypants is a classic of feminist revisionism for children. It has now been translated into 32 languages and sold a million copies worldwide.

In 2023, Wayward Productions will adapt these charming yet subversive books for stage, in collaboration with The Wardrobe Ensemble. You will enter the world of Princess Smartypants and her friends, including her menagerie of Dragonocodiles, Pollycrocs and other monstrous pets. You’ll even get to meet some of the hapless princes – those the princess hasn’t turned into toads!

Babette Cole’s books celebrate the importance of making your own rules for living, and so Wayward’s co-production with the Wardrobe Ensemble will appeal to independent-minded children and adults alike. For tour dates and more follow us or join our mailing list.

Illustration © Babette Cole

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