If this text was translated into ten different languages, all who spoke those tongues, and more, would understand it. Not only is this possible with relevance to the languages, but rather through the gateway of the “story”. That story that everyone who once sat in a grandmother’s lap, or read story books instinctively knew. If Cinderella’s story was 100 pages long, this musical fantasy, ‘Enderella, starts on page 101, a page missing from every famous story book. It is the page that everyone thinks is superfluous to the tale or is simply unreal. But there is always someone who is intrigued by that specific realm, and twirls it into pure fantasy. ‘Enderella is the poet Gamal Bekhiet’s attempt to gaze into that lovely, ornate, mysterious phrase “And they lived happily ever after”. This musical text is a contemplative fantastical comedy about “living happily ever after”. It poses a quirky question about the relationship between happiness and a shoe. It’s about life after a poor young woman marries her handsome prince; about dreams, and what comes after wishes. by: Ramy Abdel Razik Literary Critic