As a child, Charmian Hughes often went to pantomimes and the ballet in London - but was always disappointed by the happily ever afters. She couldn't understand why marrying a prince was always a woman's happy ending, she'd rather have run off with the horses.
She's now an award winning comedian and has use fairy tales and their messages as a basis for her latest show, Bra Trek which she's performing at the Auckland Fringe Festival and the NZ Fringe Festival in Wellington.