IF THE FATES ALLOW

WORK IN DEVELOPMENT

It’s December 1946, and one year since Britain won the war. So the Malory siblings want to know why every day still feels like a battle.

Eldest son Jonathan is treading water, flustered by his headstrong siblings and making a meagre living as a pencil-pusher for a pulpy magazine. Home from the front, middle child Noel is pursuing his dream of becoming an actor, but is struggling to adjust to civilian life. And fifteen-year-old Robin is determined to let nobody hold her back, even if that means getting kicked out of every boarding school in the British Isles.

But their lives are irrevocably changed when Noel is offered a role as Prince Charming in a production of Cinderella, alongside Linda Howes, a famous film actress. And when Jonathan’s boss gets wind of it, he sends his top columnist Carey Devereux to get the scoop on what a Hollywood star is doing performing for pennies in a pantomime.