Best Fairytale

Swan Lake, Op. 20 is Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's first ballet, composed between 1875 and 1876 and premiered at Moscow's Bolshoi Theatre in 1877 with choreography by Julius Reisinger. The initial production received mixed reception, but after Tchaikovsky's death, the 1895 revival choreographed by Mari...

The Wolverhampton Grand Theatre’s 2025 pantomime production is a traditional retelling of Sleeping Beauty. It represents an ongoing commitment from the theatre to create original Christmas entertainment for its local audience. This in-house performance appeals primarily to families and those seeking...

*Ma mère l'Oye* is a work by the French composer Maurice Ravel, originally written in 1910 as a suite of five pieces for piano four-hands. The music depicts scenes from classic French fairy tales, including "Sleeping Beauty" and "Beauty and the Beast." Ravel later orchestrated the suite and expanded...

The Swansea Grand Theatre presented a production of Beauty and the Beast in 2022, offering a traditional pantomime experience to Welsh audiences. As one of Wales’s largest theatres dating back to 1897, the performance showcased a classic fairytale story. This event was intended for families and thea...

Shrek is a 2001 animated film produced by DreamWorks Animation. The story centers on an unconventional fairytale protagonist, an ogre named Shrek, and his unlikely friendship with a talking donkey. Notably, it was the first recipient of the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature. This film appeals...

Maurice Ravel’s *Ma mère l'Oye* (Mother Goose) is a renowned orchestral suite composed in 1908. Originally conceived as a piano duet, Ravel masterfully orchestrated it into a captivating work featuring iconic fairy tale melodies like “La Belle au Bois Dormant” and “Le Papillon.” The piece’s evocativ...

Company XIV’s *Cinderella* is a theatrical burlesque show exploring the fairytale through a baroque-inspired aesthetic. The production features elaborate costumes, striking visuals, and evocative music, creating an adult entertainment experience. It's designed for audiences interested in burlesque p...

Company XIV’s Snow White presents a theatrical burlesque interpretation of the fairytale. The production utilizes baroque design elements alongside acrobatic performances and mature storytelling. It is intended for audiences interested in historical performance art, burlesque entertainment, and reim...

The Princess is a traditional Czech wooden marionette, hand-carved to represent a classic fairytale royal heroine. It is constructed with articulated joints and operated using a standard wooden controller and vertical strings, a method characteristic of European puppetry. The detailing of the figure...

The King’s Theatre Glasgow presented Sleeping Beauty as its 2017 Christmas pantomime. This production featured veteran comedian Elaine C. Smith and actor Johnny Mac, marking Smith's return to the theatre after a decade. The show offered a traditional fairytale experience suitable for families and au...

Taisho x Alice Epilogue delivers a definitive conclusion to the Primula visual novel series. This final installment unites the storylines from all previous routes within the fairytale narrative. It’s designed for fans of otome games and those invested in the characters' journeys through this reimagi...

The Courtyard Hereford presented “Beauty and the Beast” as its 2022 Christmas pantomime. This production, a traditional fairytale adaptation, was staged at the Herefordshire-based arts centre which opened in 1998. It’s intended for families and audiences within the Welsh Marches region seeking festi...

The Sleeping Beauty pantomime performed at Derby Arena in 2021 offers a stage adaptation of the classic fairytale. Featuring elements like a wicked fairy’s curse and a prince’s valiant rescue, it provides family entertainment. This production is intended for audiences of all ages, particularly child...

Röki is a 2020 point-and-click adventure game developed by Polygon Treehouse. Players control a young girl named Tove who must navigate a dark fantasy world inspired by Scandinavian folklore to save her family. The game features a distinct, storybook-like art style and puzzle-solving mechanics that...

"Beauty and the Beast" is a 2024 pantomime production staged at the Wolverhampton Grand Theatre in England. The venue has a long-established history of producing large-scale pantomimes during the festive season, a traditional British form of family-oriented musical theater. This specific adaptation...

Räuber Hotzenplotz is a marionette adaptation of the robber created by German children's author Otfried Preußler. The Augsburger Puppenkiste, an Augsburg puppet theater known for filmed and televised marionette productions, presented the character in a 1970 television adaptation. Hotzenplotz is the...

The Wanderer is a medium-size marionette depicting a magical elderly traveler with wizard-like characteristics. Created by Czech puppet maker Pavel Novotny, it features detailed costume elements and articulating joints typical of traditional string-controlled marionettes. This handcrafted puppet exe...

Die kleine Hexe is the title character of Otfried Preussler's children's novel about a young witch who seeks acceptance from older witches while learning what it means to be good. The Augsburger Puppenkiste, a German marionette theater based in Augsburg, adapted the story for puppet performance and...

Zdar Marionettes: Pinocchio is a handcrafted Czech string puppet depicting the wooden boy from Carlo Collodi's 1883 Italian novel "The Adventures of Pinocchio." Carved from wood and operated by strings, the marionette embodies the traditional Czech puppet-making craft, an art form with deep historic...

The Mercury Theatre in Colchester, Essex, is a regional producing house that staged this production of Beauty and the Beast during the 2022 Christmas season. The venue is known for creating its annual festive pantomimes entirely in-house, employing local cast and crew. These productions offer family...

"The Tale of Tsar Saltan" is an opera in four acts by Russian composer Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, premiered in 1900. The libretto is directly adapted from the 1831 narrative poem of the same name by Alexander Pushkin, preserving the structure of a traditional Russian fairy tale. The opera is best know...

The King's Theatre Glasgow, which has hosted annual pantomimes for over a century, presented this Beauty and the Beast as part of its 2022 festive season, one of Scotland's most attended theatrical events.

A Czech handmade string puppet depicting a wanderer, a traveling character shaped by the country's long tradition of wooden marionette theater.

Taisho x Alice Episode 3 is the third part of Primula's otome visual novel series, expanding the central mystery behind its fairy-tale worlds.

SmartGames Three Little Piggies is a preschool logic puzzle from Belgium's SmartGames, notable for combining a fairy-tale theme with 48 placement challenges.

SmartGames Little Red Riding Hood is a single-player path-building puzzle from Belgian publisher SmartGames, notable for its 48 fairy-tale challenges.

Ravenswatch is an action roguelike game developed by French studio Passtech Games and released into early access in 2023 before its full launch in 2024. The game is designed for both solo and cooperative play, utilizing an isometric perspective for its fast-paced combat. Players control heroes inspi...

The 10th Kingdom is a five-part fantasy miniseries that aired on NBC in 2000, written by Simon Moore. The story centers on a young waitress named Virginia and her father, Tony, who are transported from New York City to a parallel universe where fairy tales are real. Alongside a cursed prince trapped...

A traditional Czech marionette portraying Snow White, the persecuted princess best known from the Brothers Grimm fairy tale published in 1812.