Matthew Bourne’s New Adventures dance company has announced further dates for its 2025 and 2026 UK tour of The Red Shoes.
The Olivier Award-winning show opens at the Theatre Royal Plymouth on 17 November, playing to 22 November 2025, before visiting The Lowry in Salford, and then a 7-week annual Christmas season at Sadler’s Wells in London, from 2 December 2025 to 18 January 2026.
The show will then tour to Glasgow, Nottingham, Milton Keynes, Woking, Liverpool, Cardiff, Southampton, Birmingham, Canterbury, Edinburgh, Newcastle . See all dates here
Matthew Bourne’s acclaimed adaptation of the legendary Powell and Pressburger film The Red Shoes premiered in 2016, and went on to win Best Entertainment at the 2017 Olivier Awards, with Matthew Bourne winning the award for Best Theatre Choreographer. It returned for a national tour in 2019, which was cut short due to the pandemic.
A timeless fairytale and Academy Award-winning movie, The Red Shoes has captivated audiences and inspired generations of dancers with its powerful tale of obsession, possession and one girl’s dream to be the greatest dancer in the world. Victoria Page lives to dance but her ambitions become a fierce struggle between the two men who inspire her passion.
Matthew Bourne’s magical production is set to a score orchestrated by Terry Davies, featuring the music of golden-age Hollywood composer Bernard Herrmann, with designs by Lez Brotherston (set and costumes), Paule Constable (lighting) and Paul Groothuis (sound).
More about tickets to Matthew Bourne’s The Red Shoes – London and UK Tour
The Red Shoes, UK tour dates 2025 & 2026
- Plymouth Theatre Royal: 17–22 November 2025
- Salford The Lowry: 25–29 November 2025
- London Sadler’s Wells Theatre: 2 December 2025 – 18 January 2026
- Glasgow King’s Theatre: 27–31 January 2026 (New date)
- Nottingham Theatre Royal & Concert Hall: 3–7 February 2026
- Milton Keynes Theatre: 10–14 February 2026 (New date)
- Woking New Victoria Theatre: 17–21 February 2026 (New date)
- Liverpool Empire Theatre: 24–28 February 2026 (New date)
- Cardiff Wales Millennium Centre: 3–7 March 2026 (New date)
- Southampton Mayflower Theatre: 10–14 March 2026
- Birmingham Hippodrome: 17–21 March 2026 (New date)
- Canterbury The Marlowe Theatre: 31 March – 4 April 2026 (New date)
- Edinburgh Festival Theatre: 13–19 April 2026 (New date)
- Newcastle Theatre Royal: 28 April – 9 May 2026 (New date)
Originally published on 18 February 2025. Updated on 21 May 2025 to include new tour dates.
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