Hans Christian Andersen News

A FAIRYTALE with a touch of the 21st century will be performed by members of the Young Wick Theatre Company.

The Princess and the Pea opens July 31 and run through August 30 at The Marriott Theatre for Young Audiences, 10 Marriott Drive.

Oscar-winning Japanese animator Hayao Miyazaki releases his first full-length film in four years this weekend, dropping computer graphics for his pencil to tell the story of a fish-girl and the sea.

Young Wick Theatre Company's choice for this season is A Grimm Night for Hans Christian Andersen, by Sue Gordon.

Can't imagine it? Well, Stephen Sondheim could. He and librettist James Lapine took the stories of Cinderella, Rapunzel, Jack , Little Red Riding Hood and their fairy-tale ilk, collected them all together ... ...

Monday, 7 July 2008, 10:28 am Press Release: Save The Children Fairytale design provides boost for Save the Children Leading New Zealand fashion designer Sherilyn Catchpole whose label State of Grace epitomises ...

The gravestone of Denmark storyteller Hans Christian Andersen has been vandalised at a cemetery in Copenhagen, in response to the city ridding a wall of graffiti.

THE gravestone of Denmark's famed storyteller Hans Christian Andersen has been vandalised at a cemetery in Copenhagen.

An ugly and honking duck has breathed a fresh lease of life into an old fable. Tom Hunt reports on Nayland College's latest production.

Nonetheless, New York's official storyteller, Diane Wolkstein, insists the act always adds to a rich tradition: "Storytelling is about being close, sharing.

Below sea level -- that's where King Neptune demands that his beautiful mermaid daughter Ariel remains.

Playschool star and multi award-winning actress Deborah Mailman will join The Queensland Orchestra and the internationally acclaimed Silver-Garburg piano duo in a very special concert performance of the much ...

Story time will begin at 11 a.m. tomorrow at Barnes & Noble Booksellers, 4100 Summit Plaza Drive.

There is nothing worse than a guest who outstays his welcome, and that was how Charles Dickens felt when Hans Christian Andersen came to stay 150 years ago.

He may have written the most fascinating fairy tales, but Hans Christian Andersen was the houseguest from hell for Charles Dickens.

First, Robert Lepage transported theatergoers to the stratosphere with his sublime solo "The Far Side of the Moon." Then he upped the ante on multimedia alchemy with Cirque du Soleil's phenomenally successful ...

The 165-year-old amusement park that inspired both Walt Disney and Danish fairy tale writer Hans Christian Andersen offers style and charm of a kind often imitated.

“Maisy's Nature Walk -- A Maisy First Science Book.”

Story time will begin at 11 a.m. tomorrow at Barnes & Noble Booksellers, 4100 Summit Plaza Drive. via The Courier-Journal

The Little Mermaid fable by Hans Christian Andersen is a depressing love story, but in the end conflicts resolve when the mermaid is granted an afterlife. via Creative Loafing

In the well-known tale by Hans Christian Andersen, an ugly duckling is transformed into a beautiful swan. via Austin American Statesman