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  • Venue Shakespeare's Globe, London
  • Performance dates Booking to 5 January 2025
  • Running time 1 hour and 45 minutes (including interval)
  • Age guidelines 5+

Experience this thrilling new version of The Brothers Grimm’s fairytale, as Hansel and Gretel returns to The Globe theatre for Christmas 2024.

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

A talented cast includes Ned Costello (Leaves of Glass, Park Theatre) as Hansel, Yasemin Ă–zdemir (School for Scandal, The Merry Wives Of Windsor, RSC) as Gretel, Harry Hepple (Hello Dolly!, West End) as Dad / Swanny, Beverly Rudd (Massive, Trollied, Oliver!) as Mum / Witch, Jenni Maitland (The 47th, Old Vic) as Narrator,

Featured in Evening Standard’s Best Children’s Shows to Book at Christmas, don’t miss this festive family treat in the beautiful setting of Shakespeare’s Globe theatre this Christmas. Book your tickets today!

Hansel And Gretel is playing from 29 November 2024 to 5 January 2025 at Shakespeare’s Globe, London.

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. 

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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Stars and Creatives

Who is in the cast of Hansel And Gretel?

Starring Mason Clark-Whale as Ensemble, Ned Costello as Hansel, Lizzie Grace as Ensemble / Cover, Aaron McCallum Hepple as Ensemble / Cover, Harry Hepple as Dad / Swanny, Jenni Maitland as Narrator, Jamie-Rose Monk as Ensemble, Yasemin Ă–zdemir as Gretel, Beverly Rudd as Mum / Witch, and Marc Zayat as Ensemble

Who are the creative team of Hansel And Gretel?

Written by Simon Armitage, directed by Nick Bagnall.

Music composed by Gary Yershon

Rae Smith and William Fricker (Co-designers), Magnus Mehta (Co-Composer / Orchestrator), Patrick Pearson (Co-Composer / Songwriter), Chi-San Howard (Movement Director), and Liz Flint (Voice), Cory Hippolyte (Associate Director)

Venue Information

Shakespeare's Globe , 21 New Globe Walk, London, SE1 9DT

Nearest Tube or Train: London Bridge (Jubilee line, Northern line)

Nearest Buses: 45, 63, 100, 15, 17, 11, 15, 17, 23, 26, 76, 381 , RV1, 344

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Critics' reviews of Hansel And Gretel

★★★★ "A bittersweet treat, bonkers and poignant in equal measure" - TimeOut

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Hansel And Gretel is playing at the Shakespeare's Globe in London
The running time of Hansel And Gretel is 1 hour and 45 minutes (including interval)
The age recommendations for Hansel And Gretel are: 5+
Yes, Hansel And Gretel has matinee performances on the following days: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, Sunday
No, sorry, Hansel And Gretel has now completed its run and is no longer on sale.

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