Bristol Old VicIn Sonali Bhattacharyya's tale, Liana Cottrill's striking and gracefully realised mermaid is driven to leave her home not for a crush on a prince but in order to save the seas In Hans Christian Andersen's fairytale, the oceans are cornflower-blue and clear as purest glass. But retelling The Little Mermaid today calls for a consideration of environmental damage and Disney's 2023 blockbuster had Ariel's …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:42AM on January 3, 2025