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Archive listings for Hansel and Gretel (2023)

Work type: Play. There are performances of this work in the listings (current and future) database, see Hansel and Gretel

T0448511352

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...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).

8 Dec 23 to 7 Jan 24

Shakespeare's Globe Theatre, West End :: V165
listing details L01651388413

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