Show Score | Hansel and Gretel (Shakespeare's Globe) London Reviews and Tickets

65%

(96 Ratings)

Positive

56%

Mixed

11%

Negative

33%

Members say

Great acting, Disappointing, Absorbing, Confusing, Slow

About the Show

Poet Laureate Simon Armitage's new adaptation of the classic Brothers Grimm fairy tale.

In a bid to give their children a safer life in the midst of their war-torn village, a woodcutting dad and a breadmaking mum decide to leave their two children in the woods. Left to fend for themselves, Hansel and Gretel’s plans to find their way home get disrupted when they discover a trail of treats that are too good to resist…

Filled with music, magic, and songs, this production marks the premiere of Simon Armitage’s adaptation of the classic Brothers Grimm fairy tale.

Nick Bagnall directs this production, which is recommended for ages 5+.

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Critic Reviews (7)

"a short and sweet Christmas treat"
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"Simon Armitage’s outdoor take on Hansel and Gretel is a bittersweet treat"
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"Songs and sweeties, but insufficient sourness and sadism for fans of fairytales"
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"Pick’n’mix production fails to hit the sweet spot"
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"struggles to satisfactorily meld the horror of warfare and the fairytale classic together"
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"Simon Armitage’s sugar-rush adaptation is stuffed with sweet treats"
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"It’s a shameless plot twist appropriate for a show that doesn’t"
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Cast and creative team

Shakespeare's Globe (UK)

Author of Original Book

Yasemin Özdemir