Meow Meow's The Red Shoes

FROM A CHORUS OF HAIRY FAUNS TO SINGING SWANS AND SHOWGIRL STARS, EXPERIENCE AN UNFORGETTABLE, FRENETIC SONG-AND-DANCE INTO MEANING. 

Having wowed New York's Carnegie Hall, the world-renowned performer behind Meow Meow’s Little Match Girl and Meow Meow’s Little Mermaid now urgently remedies ‘The Red Shoes’. This fairytale by Hans Christian Andersen brutally punished its covetous protagonist with an ever-dancing curse that propelled her far from heaven’s gates. Meow Meow asks: what if she could never start dancing at all? Can we save her? Can we save the world?!  

A musical celebration that will shock you out of stagnancy and into ecstatic oblivion from ‘the queen of chanson’ (Berliner Zeitung) with ‘devilish funny bones and heavenly vocal chords’ (Evening Standard UK), Meow Meow.  

Leave in love with life again.

Remember why you wanted to dance in the first place.

Meow Meow's THE RED SHOES premiered at Belvoir's Upstairs Theatre from 4 October - 9 November 2025. Presented by Belvoir, in association with Black Swan State Theatre Company & Malthouse Theatre. 

Meow Meow's THE RED SHOES toured to Perth's His Majesty's Theatre as part of Perth Festival, from 26 February - 1 March 2026. Presented by Black Swan State Theatre Company, in association with Belvoir & Malthouse Theatre. 

2026 Green Room Award WINNER for Outstanding Production, Theatre Companies

2026 Green Room Award WINNER for Outstanding Composition & Sound Design, Theatre Companies - Jethro Woodward

2026 Green Room Award Nomination for Outstanding Direction, Theatre Companies - Kate Champion

2026 Green Room Award Nomination for Outstanding Performance, Theatre Companies - Meow Meow

2026 Green Room Award Nomination for Outstanding Lighting Design, Theatre Companies - Rachel Burke 

2026 Green Room Award Nomination for Outstanding Set & Costume Design, Theatre Companies - Dann Barber