The Red Shoes Behind the scenes Nikki Cheung in rehearsal for The Red Shoes. Photo by Manuel Harlan © Browse and license our images James Doherty in rehearsal for The Red Shoes. Photo by Manuel Harlan © Browse and license our images Kody Mortimer in rehearsal for The Red Shoes. Photo by Manuel Harlan © Browse and license our images Ben Redfern in rehearsal for The Red Shoes. Photo by Manuel Harlan © Browse and license our images Momar Diagne in rehearsal for The Red Shoes. Photo by Manuel Harlan © Browse and license our images James Doherty, Dianne Pilkington and Ben Redfern in rehearsal for The Red Shoes. Photo by Manuel Harlan © Browse and license our images Anya Ferdinand and Mia Musakambeva in rehearsal for The Red Shoes. Photo by Manuel Harlan © Browse and license our images Alexandra Waite-Roberts in rehearsal for The Red Shoes. Photo by Manuel Harlan © Browse and license our images Alexandra Waite-Roberts, Joseph Edwards and Caití Ellen in rehearsal for The Red Shoes. Photo by Manuel Harlan © Browse and license our images Julie Armstrong in rehearsal for The Red Shoes. Photo by Manuel Harlan © Browse and license our images Sakuntala Ramanee and Alexandra Waite-Roberts in rehearsal for The Red Shoes. Photo by Manuel Harlan © Browse and license our images Nikki Cheung and James Doherty in rehearsal for The Red Shoes. Photo by Manuel Harlan © Browse and license our images The company in rehearsal for The Red Shoes. Photo by Manuel Harlan © Browse and license our images Michael Lin in rehearsal for The Red Shoes. Photo by Manuel Harlan © Browse and license our images Caití Ellen in rehearsal for The Red Shoes. Photo by Manuel Harlan © Browse and license our images Mia Musakambeva in rehearsal for The Red Shoes. Photo by Manuel Harlan © Browse and license our images Director Kimberley Rampersad in rehearsal for The Red Shoes. Photo by Manuel Harlan © Browse and license our images The company in rehearsal for The Red Shoes. Photo by Manuel Harlan © Browse and license our images Sebastien Torkia in rehearsal for The Red Shoes. Photo by Manuel Harlan © Browse and license our images Launch Gallery Close Hide Thumbnails Swan Theatre Stratford-upon-Avon Until 19 Jan 2025 Book Tickets Running time: 2 hrs 25 mins (including a 20 mins interval) About the play Cast and creatives Production photos Behind the scenes The Plot More Less About the play Cast and creatives Production photos Behind the scenes The Plot Next performance: 21 December, 1:00PM Swan TheatreStratford-upon-Avon In This Section About the play 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. Find out more Cast and creatives Meet the full cast and creative team for The Red Shoes, a retelling of this dark Hans Christian Anderson fairy tale, by playwright Nancy Harris and directed by Kimberley Rampersad. See photos & biogs Production photos See production images for The Red Shoes in the Swan Theatre. See photos The Plot Nancy Harris’s play, The Red Shoes, is based on the Fairy Tale by Hans Christian Andersen, first published in 1845. Find out more Related events Find out more about our production of The Red Shoes and how it was created, with our series of events. Find out more Assisted Performances Find out about our assisted performances for The Red Shoes. Find out more Trailer Step into the dark fairy tale world of Hans Christian Andersen’s with the trailer for The Red Shoes, playing in the Swan Theatre this winter. Find out more You may also like