Find the best Hansel and Gretel play tickets at Shakespeare's Globe Theatre, West End. When Hansel and Gretel's parents decide their only option to give their children a better life is to abandon them in the woods, the children must fend for themselves.. 'A road made of bits of bread, says she? Yes, a road, and a road we can eat - follow me!' Hansel and Gretel's attempt to get home soon gets side-tracked - quite literally - by a trail of treats too good to resist and a seemingly-sweet stranger with a plan of her own... Immerse yourself in the enchanting world of Hansel and Gretel, as a new version of The Brothers Grimm's fairy tale by Poet Laureate Simon Armitage transforms the Globe Theatre with poetry, songs and hope this winter.