What’s on at the theatre this festive season…

*More about ‘The Red Shoes’ by RSC
This Christmas, get up close to Andersen’s dark fairy tale where a young woman’s beautiful pair of red shoes takes her places she doesn’t wish to go

‘What’s wrong with wanting to dance?’
Give a girl the right shoes and she can conquer the world, or so they say.

When an orphaned young woman is taken in by some local do-gooders, she is expected to be seen and not heard. Dazzled by a pair of beautiful shoes, she sees the chance to do and be so much more, but soon her feet betray her, taking her to places she does not wish to go.

This Christmas, get up close to the magic as playwright Nancy Harris brings Hans Christian Andersen’s dark fairy tale into the 21st century in the intimate surroundings of the Swan Theatre.

Directed by Kimberley Rampersad (Associate Artistic Director of the Shaw Festival, Canada) in her RSC debut, The Red Shoes is both a magical story and cautionary tale of pride, vanity and how we all deserve to dance how we wish to dance.

For more information about themes and contents of this play, please see our content advisory page.

Age guidance: 7+ years. Parental discretion recommended for under 12s

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