The Little Mermaid review " musical fable is a valentine to the oceans
Bristol Old VicIn Sonali Bhattacharyya's tale, Liana Cottrill's striking and gracefully realised mermaid is driven to leave her home not for a crush on a prince but in order to save the seas In Hans Christian Andersen's fairytale, the oceans are cornflower-blue and clear as purest glass. But retelling The Little Mermaid today calls for a consideration of environmental damage and Disney's 2023 blockbuster had Ariel's …