Swan theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon Nikki Cheung impresses as the girl who loves dancing so much she's carried away by her shoes, but Nancy Harris's script frustrates Hans Christian Andersen's dark fairytale about a girl obsessed with dancing is enthralling if you ignore its dated moral warning about the dangers of female "vanity" and disobedience. Karen loves dancing so much she is, literally, carried away by her shoe…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:31PM on November 15, 2024