Red Riding Hood and The Wolf - Queensland Ballet

A fairytale first step into ballet

Embark on an adventure with Rosemary Redhood as she meets a cunning wolf and discovers courage, imagination, and the power to find her way home. Set in 1950s Brisbane, this isn't the Red Riding Hood you know — it's a reimagined fairytale that explores the blurred line between dreams and reality.

_{This production is performed to recorded music featuring the Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Malmö Opera Chorus and Orchestra, Ukraine National Orchestra, BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra and the Philadelphia Orchestra.}

Image credit: Jette Parker Young Artists, Clark Pre-Professional Program Artists and Academy of Queensland Ballet students. Photographed by David Kelly.

Venue

Talbot Theatre Thomas Dixon Centre

406 Montague Road West End QLD 4101

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Credits

Paul Boyd

Choreographer

Zenia Tàtcheva

Choreographic Assistant

Dmitri Shostakovich

Music

Kathryn Lee

Costume Designer

Craig Wilkinson

Video Design

Ben Hughes

Lighting Designer

Sarah McIntosh

Narrator and Sound Designer

#Ticket Options

Groups

Adult groups of 6+ receive an additional free-of-charge ticket with every 6 tickets purchased.

To request a group booking call 07 3013 6666 or email our ticketing team.

School groups and Dance Studio groups

School groups and Dance Studio groups receive an additional free-of-charge Adult ticket with every 10 student tickets purchased.

To request a school group booking call 07 3013 6666 or email our ticketing team.

MobTix

Queensland Ballet offers Mob Tickets for First Nations Audiences. Mob Tickets offer discounted access for First Nations peoples to selected Queensland Ballet performances.

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#Experience the story before the stage

Read the synopsis for our young readers

In the retelling of this classic, young 10-year-old Rosemary Redhood is seen reading the story of Little Red Riding Hood under the Jacaranda tree, a place she and her beloved grandmother, who has passed away, loved to visit. Whenever Rosemary sees a butterfly, she is reminded of her.

Rosemary is having a tea party with her teddy bears and remembers she must return home to her mother. They have a wonderful mother/daughter relationship.

As time passes and Rosemary has grown, her mother brings a male suitor, Mr Wolf, into their lives. Rosemary is very cautious of him as he seems to be very fond of himself and has strange wolf like characteristics, but her mother seems to like him a lot.

Mr Wolf, doesn’t really like Rosemary very much and tries to convince her mother that Rosemary is up to no good. Mr Wolf gives the mother a beautiful necklace but he will not allow Rosemary to touch it. The mother eventually allows Rosemary to dance with the necklace but Mr Wolf shows his true character and steals the necklace and he and the mother blame Rosemary for its disappearance.

Rosemary, very upset, runs to the Jacaranda tree and falls asleep.

Rosemary begins to dream. A butterfly and a wisp of the Jacaranda tree take her on a journey where she meets beautiful flowers who come to life and have a tea party. A wolf is lurking in the background.

The wolf, lures Rosemary and her friends into a strange mirror maze where he wants to confuse her. Her mother appears but she can’t get to her and through all the mirrors, she sees many wolves, and they do frighten her a little bit.

Out of the dream world, the mother finds her jewellery in Mr Wolf’s jacket pocket, realises her mistake of blaming Rosemary and banishes Mr Wolf from their lives.

Back in her dream, Rosemary discovers her strength and courage and realises that she is stronger than the wolf and makes him disappear.

Rosemary wakes from her dream with her mother by her side and all is forgiven, knowing that Mr Wolf is gone from their lives.

#Meet the Characters

Rosemary Redhood

Rosemary through the ballet will be seen as a 10 year old and grows to a teenager. She is a sweet young lady, loves her mother but is aware of the nastiness of Mr Wolf. She is very brave and courageous and follows her instincts.

Mr Wolf/The Wolf

A dandy, trickster type character who has the characteristics that are wolf like. He is very deceitful and in Rosemary’s dream, Mr Wolf turns into the mean wolf that Rosemary always knew he was.

Mrs Redhood

Rosemary’s mother. A slightly eccentric lady, who loves to dress well and admire herself. She loves Rosemary very much but lets Mr Wolf distract her but, in the end, realises her mistake.

The Butterfly

The butterfly is seen in Rosemary’s dream and represents the spirit of Rosemarys grandmother who has passed away. The Grandmother would tell Rosemary that when she saw a butterfly, that was her protecting Rosemary.