Dance-theatre company, New Adventures has announced the addition of further dates to the 2025/2026 tour of Matthew Bourne’s double Olivier award-winning production of The Red Shoes, including a short festive run at Sadler’s Wells Theatre, London.
The Red Shoes will open at Theatre Royal Plymouth from 17th November until 22nd November before visiting The Lowry, Salford from 25th November until 29th November.
A seven-week annual Christmas season will run at Sadler’s Wells Theatre, London from 2nd December 2025 to 18th January 2026.
In 2026, the show will head back to regional theatres on tour, visiting Nottingham’s Theatre Royal from 3rd to 7th February and the Mayflower Theatre, Southampton from 10th to 14th May, with further venues to be announced.
About The Red Shoes
Inspired by the Hans Christian Andersen fairytale and based on the film by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, The Red Shoes tells a tale of obsession, possession and one girl’s dream to be the greatest dancer in the world.
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The Red Shoes tells the story of struggle with ambition and passion.
Victoria Page lives to dance but her ambitions become a fierce struggle between the two men who inspire her passion, a rising composer and her harsh director.
Matthew Bourne’s production has a score by Terry Davies and features the music of Hollywood composer Bernard Herrmann and designs of Lez Brotherston (set and costumes), Paule Constable (lighting) and Paul Groothuis (sound).
It is described as “an intoxicating drama” where life imitates art with fateful consequences. The 2020 tour was cut short due to the pandemic, and it enjoyed a sell-out world premiere season when it first opened in 2016.
Group rates are venue specific. For more information about the The Red Shoes go to www.new-adventures.net/the-red-shoes.
