The Red Shoes (Matthew Bourne)

About the show

Ballerina Victoria Page is discovered by impresario Boris Lermontov, who commissions Julian Craster to compose a ballet based on Andersen’s tale. Victoria takes the lead and falls in love with Craster, but faces a choice between love and her career. She returns to Lermontov’s company and, fleeing in confusion, is killed by an oncoming train.