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Just over a year ago the BBC made the film The Red Shoes available on the iPlayer. I watched it and reviewed it in The Red Shoes 15 Nov 2915. Today a new stage version of The Red Shoes created by Sir Matthew Bourne opened in Plymouth. I had hoped that there would be a review of the first night on BalletcoGorum but none has appeared so far.
The production's second port of call will be The Lowry and there will certainly be a review from there. Bourne has acquired a new score from Terry Davies and Lez Brotherson has created the designs. The young ballerina, Vicky Page, who was played by Moira Shearer in the film will be danced by Cordelia Braithwaite and the young composer Julian Craster who was played by Marius Goring will be danced by Dominic North.
If you have never seen the film the plot is summarized in Wikipedia. Although the complete ballet has been removed from the BBC's website there are fragments of the ballet scenes on YouTube There is also this beautiful trailer which I can't resist displaying:
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Also, you can still review Deborah Bull's talk which I mentioned in my previous article (see The Red Shoes
The Essay,Praising Powell and Pressburger BBC).
I love this film and I think Sir Matthew must do so too. If he has done a good job in transposing it to the stage I shall be deliriously happy and will never say an unkind word about him again. But if I find that he has mucked it up ....................
We will all know soon enough.