Meow Meow's The Red Shoes

Created by Meow Meow
Black Swan State Theatre Company, Belvoir, Malthouse Theatre
Co-Production 2025/2026

CREATIVE TEAM
Direction and Choreography by Kate Champion, Set and Costumes Designed by Dann Barber, Musical Direction and Sound Design by Jethro Woodward, Lighting Designed by Rachel Burke, Stage Management by Lisa Osborn

CAST
Meow Meow, Kayan Breen, Jethro Woodward, Mark Jones, Dan Witton

“Meanwhile, Rachel Burke’s lighting is nothing short of transcendent, transforming the space with a radiance that is as visceral as it is luminous."

Suzy Goes See, Suzy Wrong  16.10.2025

“The set, costuming by Dann Barber and lighting design by Rachel Burke in this production have a strong affinity to phantasmagoria and this is a very apt way to capture the grandeur of the production and to contextualise the nature of the music and the compositions brought together for this show..”

Patricia Di Risio, Stage Whispers 2025

"What is unequivocal is the splendour of the production. Every technical element shines. The musicians are skilled and versatile, covering many instruments and styles, and playing off Meow Meow’s mercurial moods. The set, designed by Dann Barber, is dominated by a pile of rubbish in one corner, evoking both excess and decay. It’s a striking image. Lighting, by Rachel Burke, further adds to the sense of unreal dreamscape." 

Liz Baldwin, Theatre Travels 23.11.2025

A remarkably unfurling show, Meow Meow’s The Red Shoes is a wild ride that inhabits the feral spirit of Powell and Pressburger’s 1948 musical and a litany of touchstones from Le Folie Bergère to the Weimar Republic’s doom, as Meow Meow’s artfully slipping feather headdress claims joint top billing.

Stephen A Russell, Time Out Melbourne 25.12.2025

PHOTO CREDIT
Brett Boardman 

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