Already it has been quite the show, and the curtain hasn’t even risen on Andrew Lloyd Webber’s long-awaited Cinderella. Thanks to the ever-changing Covid restrictions — dictating how many theatregoers can be welcomed to the venue — the £6 million retelling of the beloved fairy tale has been at the centre of an extraordinary political fracas. For months the theatre mogul has been insisting he would open yesterday for press previews come what may, and he was prepared to go to jail rather than let down his audience. But the ‘Freedom Day’ of June 21 was pushed back to July 19. Prime Minister Boris Johnson promised to do ‘whatever we can to be helpful’ for the show.