How did we ever think Hans Christian Andersen is suitable for children? The Red Shoes is a real Texas Chainsaw Massacre of a story, dark and bloodthirsty - and very, very scary. But of course, that's ...
Vivid visuals and macabre humour animate this modern reworking of Hans Christian Andersen’s grisly fairytale ... acquiring a pair of beautiful magical shoes that cause her to dance uncontrollably.
The Red Shoes tale was derived - metaphorically - from Danish writer Hans Christian Andersen's disquieting and tragic children's story of the same name published in 1845. It told about a vain, young ...
In Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger's sensitive, surrealistic fairytale masterpiece - the best ballet film ever made - with magnificent and beautiful Technicolor cinematography - was taken from ...
It was perhaps an unusual choice to pick this intriguing retelling of Hans Christian Andersen’s not so ... Nancy Harris's adaption of The Red Shoes is a much darker affair.
The Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) has released photos of The Red Shoes, a new adaptation of Hans Christian Andersen’s classic tale by Nancy Harris. The production, which follows a girl besotted by a ...
Almost. The Red Shoes, written by Hans Christian Andersen in 1845, is one of those cautionary tales designed to keep kids obedient by scaring them with the consequences should they not do what they’re ...
The Stratford main-stage has Twelfth Night, while the Swan is home to The Red Shoes, a newish take (first seen in 2017) on the sinister, and a little slight, Hans Christian Andersen tale.
The pair are currently making their RSC debuts as Mariella and Bob, the social climbing couple who adopt the orphan Karen in ...