"A witty and immensely enjoyable production from a company who deserve all their plaudits"
— Bristol Culture
In the middle of a cold, dark forest Hansel and Gretel are lost and hungry. But as they sit, shivering, they glimpse a tiny cottage through the trees…a cottage that’s unlike anything you’ve ever seen before. Its roof is made of gingerbread, the walls are made of chocolate cake, the door is made of boiled sweets and the windows of clear sugar glaze. But what’s inside? This Christmas follow Hansel and Gretel into the forest and find out.
In the middle of a cold, dark forest Hansel and Gretel are lost and hungry. But as they sit, shivering, they glimpse a tiny cottage through the trees…a cottage that’s unlike anything you’ve ever seen before. Its roof is made of gingerbread, the walls are made of chocolate cake, the door is made of boiled sweets and the windows of clear sugar glaze. But what’s inside? This Christmas follow Hansel and Gretel into the forest and find out.
Press
“New International Encounter has devised a witty, wintry take on one of the Grimm Brothers’ bleakest tales… with a show that is so entertaining and inventive and provides such pleasure” — WhatsOn Stage
Credits
Director: Alex Byrne
Assistant Director: Fiona Mikel
Associate Director: Rich Rusk
Scenography: Stefanie Mueller
Musical Director: Carly Davis
Lighting Designer: Anna Barrett
Cast: Unai Lopez de Armentia, Rew Lowe, Mia Hawk, Carly Davis and Stefanie Mueller Production Manager: Chris Swain Stage Manager: Elke Laleman
Previous tours
Hansel and Gretel played a six week run at the Tobacco Factory Theatre, Bristol from December 2012 to January 2013. The show then visited the Key Theatre in Peterborough in February 2013 and played in December 2013 at mac, Birmingham and Brewery Arts Centre, Kendal. In 2014, the show was remounted by Riksteatret and toured across Norway during Autumn 2014.
Cambridge 2011
Bristol 2012
Peterborough, Birmingham and Kendal 2013
Norway 2014
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The project "NIE Theatre - Graphic design/branding" is financed by the European Union - NextGenerationEU within the Creative Vouchers program by Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic.