Andersen spent most of his adult life in hotels, rented lodgings, or the palatial homes of loyal friends, many of whom set ...

Today is International Children’s Book Day – chosen to coincide with Hans Christian Andersen’s birthday – and we’re looking back at the author’s influence and the significance of ...

“I’d seen that done well by people like Martin McDonagh ... Last Christmas, her new version of Hans Christian Andersen’s dark fairy-tale The Red Shoes had its UK premiere at the Royal ...

The Banshees of Inisherin writer-director Martin McDonagh has brought together an all-star cast for his new film Wild Horse Nine, which is currently in production on Easter Island/Rapa Nui ...

SALT LAKE CITY — Utah has long been a great destination for filming movies, and the trend will continue in 2025 with Academy Award-winning director Martin McDonagh joining the fun. The Utah Film ...

Director Nick Martin presents a playful rendition of Sometimes the Rain, Sometimes the Sea, a play by Julia Izumi based loosely on Hans Christian Andersen’s story “The Little Mermaid.” But don’t ...

There was once a prince who wanted a princess, and only a real princess would please him. He traveled the world to find one, but was unable to, and came back home discouraged. One evening there was a ...

Just as the two left for the castle, their younger brother, named Hans Clodhopper, ran up and resolved to join them. He rode on a billy goat, as their father would not allow him a horse, and soon ...

Hans Christian Andersen Lives Next Door is a funny and thought-provoking middle-grade novel about the power of stories – especially the ones we tell ourselves. Real life isn’t a fairy tale for Andie ...

The playwright Martin McDonagh has said theatres have refused to revive his work because he would not allow changes to the language. He blames "petty outrage" for some venues wanting to make his ...

Martin McDonagh’s disdain for the medium in which he made his name is well known. While promoting The Leenane Trilogy in the mid-1990s, he called theatre “boring” and “rubbish”.