The Red Shoes: Kneehigh, Battersea Arts Centre
Wow! If you can’t get tickets for Kneehigh’s The Umbrellas of Cherbourg because of prohibitive prices then go and see their The Red Shoes at The Battersea Arts Centre. A drag queen perched above the compact stage steers the narrative through the tale of a girl, a pair of red shoes, a shoe-maker, an old women, a soldier and a butcher in this Hans Christian Andersen tale of obsession. It’s fast, edgy and wonderfully chilling. Simplicity has never been more inventive: cases for headstones, stairways that connect heaven to earth, an illuminated cross; escapology, levitation and the ubiquitous red shoes. The performers’ skills are breath-taking: they clown, dance, play musical instruments and propel the story on in a beguiling mix of tension and languidity. Kneehigh re-define theatrical story-telling every time: The Red Shoes is an absolute treat full of invention and wit......
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