Hansel and Gretel

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A beautifully epic new version of The Brothers Grimm’s fairy tale, HANSEL AND GRETEL, by Poet Laureate Simon Armitage, transforms the Globe Theatre this winter.

Filled with music, magic, songs and a sprinkling of hope, the stage premiere of this new production of Simon Armitage’s poem, directed by Nick Bagnall (Love’s Labour’s Lost; Two Gentlemen of Verona, Globe), is the perfect treat for everyone aged 5+.

A road made of bits of bread, says she? Yes, a road, and a road we can eat – follow me!

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What is Hansel and Gretel about?

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…

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Running Time

2hrs (incl. interval)

Cast & Creatives

Simon Armitage (Writer), Nick Bagnall (Director)

Annette Badland (Narrator), Ned Costello (Hansel), Ayesha Dharker (Mum/Witch), Kate Donnachie (Ensemble), Chaya Gupta (Gretel), Rachel-Leah Hosker (Ensemble), Beruce Khan (Dad/Swanny), Phillip Olagoke (Ensemble), Lejaun Sheppard (Ensemble)

Age Guidance: 5+

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Venue Information

Sam Wanamaker Playhouse

Bankside, London SE1 9DT

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Nearest Tube/Rail Station

Blackfriars, Mansion House, London Bridge, Southwark

Buses

11, 15, 17, 23, 26, 76

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There is an NCP car park on Thames Exchange on the north side of Southwark Bridge

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