A royal audience greeted the first performance in Antwerp last week of Pippi zet de boel op stelten, a new stage production of the adventures of Astrid Lindgren’s incorrigible heroine. The show, written by Stany Crets and starring Amaryllis Uiterlinden in the lead role, has been touring in the Netherlands since earlier in the year. For the opening show in Antwerpen, Prince Laurent, Princess Claire and five-yearold Princess Louise were in attendance, the latter two finding the musical worth a standing ovation. The show will tour across Flanders until January.