"Rapunzel" is a European fairy tale and first published in 1812 by the Brothers Grimm as part of Children's and Household Tales. The Brothers Grimm's story was developed from the French literary fairy tale of Persinette by Charlotte-Rose de Caumont de La Force (1698), which itself is an alternative version of the Italian fairy tale Petrosinella by Giambattista Basile. Its plot has been used and parodied in various media over the years including the famous line “Rapunzel, Rapunzel, let down your hair"

In recent years the childhood classic Rapunzel has been adapted and enhanced by Walt Disney Animation Studios' 50th animated feature film Tangled (2010). In order to market the new film to be inclusive, Disney changed the title from Rapunzel to Tangled while also emphasizing Flynn Rider, the film's prominent male character, showing that his story is just as important as that of Rapunzel. Voiced by American actress and singer Mandy Moore, in the recent story, Rapunzel is a beautiful young princess kept unaware of her royal heritage by a vain old woman named Mother Gothel, who raises her in a secluded tower to exploit her hair's healing abilities to remain young and beautiful forever. Tangled is loosely based on the title character of the fairy tale of the same name published by the Brothers Grimm. The character was adapted into a less passive heroine for the film.

In Tangled, the King and Queen of a far-off Kingdom are blessed with a baby girl born with magical, golden hair after the Queen was treated with an enchanted flower in pregnancy. Cells from the flower were passed to the baby making her hair glow, heal the sick and retain youth just like the flower did. They named her Rapunzel. Their happiness is short-lived as one day the jealous, evil witch Mother Gothel kidnaps the child and locks her in a tower: selfishly squandering all her powers for herself to grant her eternal youth. The King and Queen search for the young princess but alas cannot find her. Princess Rapunzel is kept locked up in the tower for almost eighteen years by the evil Gothel, who she believes to be her mother. But her royal parents, never give up hope that one day she may return to them. And every year they celebrate her birthday, by releasing one sky-lantern for every year she’s been gone. The years go by and Rapunzel longs to escape her imprisonment and all seems lost until a handsome young thief named Flynn Rider, who has stolen something special from the King’s castle, stumbles across the tower and climbs it in search of a hiding place from the guards who are hot on his tail. Adventure pursues but as with all good fairytales Rapunzel and Flynn live Happily Ever After.

Our version of the hair-raising adventure about the girl with the magical golden hair includes lots of elements of the original Brothers Grimm story interwoven with elements from the Tangled film. As always there will be plenty of audience participation, modern songs to sing along to, huge amounts of laughter and spectacular special effects including an incredible flying jet pack!