Matthew Bourne’s The Red Shoes confirms full cast and tour dates

The Red Shoes has completed its cast and touring schedule..

Matthew Bourne’s Olivier Award-winning production, based on the film of the same name, was initially staged in 2016 and now returns for a third run.

Prior to playing the festive season at Sadler’s Wells from 2 December 2025 to 18 January 2026, The Red Shoes will open at Theatre Royal Plymouth and visit the Lowry, Salford in November.

Into the new year, the tour will stop off in Glasgow, Nottingham, and Milton Keynes, before visiting Woking, Liverpool, Cardiff, Southampton, Birmingham, Canterbury, Norwich, Edinburgh, Bradford, and Newcastle.

The show, featuring the iconic music of Bernard Herrmann, is orchestrated by Terry Davies and played by the New Adventures Orchestra, with designs by Lez Brotherston, lighting by Paule Constable, sound by Paul Groothuis and projection design from Duncan McLean.

The 2019 production received a glowing review from WhatsOnStage, saying: “it’s hard to not get swept away by the gorgeousness of one of Bourne’s most assured productions to date”.

Forming the 10th anniversary cast are 11 of the original cast of The Red Shoes. 

Playing Victoria Page are Ashley Shaw, Cordelia Braithwaite, Hannah Kremer and Holly Saw, alongside Andy Monaghan and Reece Causton as Boris Lermontov, Dominic North and Leonardo McCorkindale as Julian Kraster, Michela Meazza, Braithwaite and Katrina Lyndon as Irina Boronskaya, Liam Mower, Will Bozier and Jackson Fisch as Ivan Boleslawsky and Glenn Graham, Mower and Causton as Grischa Ljubov.

They are joined by Mark Austin, Tom Barnes Standing, New Adventures emerging artist Isabella Chandler, Adam Davies, Cameron Flynn, Anna-Maria de Freitas, Christina Gibbs, Thomas Ireson, Rosanna Lindsey, Callum Mann, Daisy May Kemp, Jarrod McWilliams, Matthew Potulski, Molly Shaw-Downie, Kingston Taylor, Shakiera Ward and Daisy West.

Bourne said today: “The Red Shoes was the culmination of a 20-year ambition to bring Powell and Pressburger’s seminal 1948 film to the stage. It was also, in many ways, a personal love letter to a life in theatre and dance.

He added that this was a production a “landmark event…, becoming an instant classic and a beloved addition to our repertoire.”

After the last tour was cut short in 2020, the choreographer and director commented: “So, welcome back to the Ballet Lermontov and to paraphrase the great impresario himself… ‘It’s time to put on the red shoes, Vicky, and dance for us again….’”

Bourne’s The Midnight Bell is also currently on tour, while his choreography can also be seen in the West End’s Oliver! and Mary Poppins on tour.