{"id":20664,"date":"2017-12-23T01:00:07","date_gmt":"2017-12-23T00:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/2017\/12\/23\/ugly-duckling-review-feathers-fly-in-a-plucky-take-on-andersen-classic\/"},"modified":"2017-12-23T01:00:07","modified_gmt":"2017-12-23T00:00:07","slug":"ugly-duckling-review-feathers-fly-in-a-plucky-take-on-andersen-classic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/?p=20664","title":{"rendered":"Ugly Duckling review \u2013 feathers fly in a plucky take on Andersen classic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Albany, London The set is captivating and the standout moments are performed with swagger by Tutti Frutti, yet the heart of Hans Christian Andersen\u2019s story feels lost The Ugly Duckling is a deeply strange and darkly framed story, even by Hans Christian Andersen\u2019s standards. It features moments of real cruelty, potential child or chick kidnapping and an existential crisis. Its messages are complex and often contradictory \u2013 is beauty a thing to be desired or dismissed? Emma Reeves has adapted the tale for this co-production by Tutti Frutti and the Albany, directed by Wendy Harris. Reeves has past form: her version of Jacqueline Wilson\u2019s Hetty Feather was nominated for an Olivier. Continue reading&#8230;<br \/>\nVia: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/stage\/2017\/dec\/23\/ugly-duckling-review-hans-christian-andersen-tutti-frutti-albany\" target=\"_blank\">Ugly Duckling review \u2013 feathers fly in a plucky take on Andersen classic<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Albany, London The set is captivating and the standout moments are performed with swagger by Tutti Frutti, yet the heart of Hans Christian Andersen\u2019s story feels lost The Ugly Duckling is a deeply strange and darkly framed story, even by Hans Christian Andersen\u2019s standards. It features moments of real cruelty, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20664","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20664","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=20664"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20664\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=20664"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=20664"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=20664"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}