Performance

Venue	Shakespeare's Globe Theatre
	Other spaces: Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, Inigo Jones, Globe Education Centre Theatre (Park Street)
Town	West End
County	Greater London
From	8th December 2023
To	7th January 2024
What is currently on at Shakespeare's Globe Theatre (V165)

Hansel and Gretel

T0448511352

Archive :: production:T0448511352, play:S01848872473, venue:V165

Production details

The boy's name was Hansel. The girl's name was Gretel. The dad was a woodcutter. The mum was a bread maker. In the rubble of their war-torn village, the woodcutting dad and the breadmaking mum decide that the only chance they have to give their children a safer life is to lead them - and leave them - in the woods. Left to fend for themselves, Hansel and Gretel's plans to find their way home get side-tracked, quite literally, by a trail of treats too good to resist and a strange old lady with a plan of her own...

Reviews

No UKTW or User reviews available.

Company

Author	Simon Armitage
Director	Nick Bagnall
Director	Cory Hippolyte (assistant)
Music	Gary Yershon
Costume	Rae Smith
Design	Rae Smith
Costume	Ilona Karas (costume supervisor)
Musical Director	Magnus Mehta
Performer	Ian Watson (accordion)
Performer	Magnus Mehta (percussion)
Performer	Lizzie Gutteridge (strings)
Performer	Paul Johnson (woodwinds)
Performer	Annette Badland (Narrator)
Performer	Ned Costello (Hansel)
Performer	Ayesha Dharker (Mum / Witch)
Performer	Kate Donnochie (Ensemble)
Performer	Chaya Gupta (Gretel)
Performer	Rachel-Leah Hosker (Ensemble)
Performer	Beruce Khan (Dad / Swanny)
Performer	Phillip Olagoke (Ensemble)
Performer	Lejaun Sheppard (Ensemble)

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