Cast and Creatives The Red Shoes Swan Theatre Stratford-upon-Avon 7 Nov 2024 - 19 Jan 2025 Book Tickets Running time: 2 hrs 25 mins (including a 20 mins interval) About the play Cast and creatives Behind the scenes The Plot Related events More Less About the play Cast and creatives Behind the scenes The Plot Related events Next performance: 7 November, 7:00PM 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 Behind the scenes Take a look at behind the scenes for Nancy Harris' adaptation of Hans Christian Andersen's dark and delicious fairy tale. 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 You may also like