A 4 page, 5 part readers theater script for the fairy tale hansel and gretel. Kneehigh is a cornwall based theatre company with a local, national and international profile. Jeremy wardle, the host emcee and political commentator of lovelyville. Hansel and gretel oberon plays for young people oberon modern plays paperback 30 dec. Dec 10, 2009 hansel and gretel 4 5 stars 4 out of 5 stars. This sparked interest from the bbc blue peter producers who then commissioned a chain reaction. He has brought the classic story back to life, modernising it slightly with the language so that it can be read, understood, and engaged with by children young and old. Sent into the woods, hansel and gretel meet up with a number of peculiar characters.
In 2009 i made the mechanical set and props for kneehigh theatre s production of hansel and gretel. The enduring story of the children, the breadcrumb trail and the gingerbread house is brought to life by master storyteller, neil gaiman. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading hansel and gretel oberon plays for young people. Mike klaassens retelling of hansel and gretel was a pleasure to read.
It scored a big west end hit in 2008 with a typically idiosyncratic take on brief encounter and now it arrives to cheer the south bank for an alltooshort christmas season, with a show. But hansel and gretel were not sleeping, in fact, they were listening to the whole conversation. There once lived a sister and brother named hansel and gretel. Kneehigh is a devising company out of cornwall, and i love. Dec 17, 2010 kneehigh, that admirable company of cornish conjurers, is currently in its 30th year of playful theatre making. Cast announced for kneehigh and everymans dead dog in a. One day, hansel and gretel grew tired of playing at the edge of the forest. The kneehigh cookbook kneehighs digital education site. For 40 years we have created vigorous, popular and challenging theatre and perform with joyful anarchy. The story of hansel and gretel pioneer drama service. The company are based in barns on the southern cornish coast but the administration is in truro. Hansel and gretel oberon plays for young people oberon modern. Review of hansel and gretel from the theatre dance and drama.
Details of hansel and gretel from the archive of the theatre. Hansel and gretel, southbank centre aladdin, west yorkshire. Each day, hansel and gretel would play at the edge of the forest and wait for their father to finish work. Although the grimms later story is the best known hansel and gretel plot today, a much earlier variant comes from italy, penned by giambattista basile 1566 1632. Hansel and gretel, kay nielsen, first edition abebooks. This collection contains the performance texts of four of their highly acclaimed shows. Though it features puppets of animals, these creatures are also a long way from being cutesie. In 2009 i made the mechanical set and props for kneehigh theatres production of hansel and gretel. Limited to 600 copies signed and numbered by the artist nielsen, kay, illustrator.
Steptoe and son, the wild bride, the red shoes, hansel and gretel and cymbeline. Newbery award author, seuss geisel award in 2006 audience. Wilhelm grimm adulterated the text with alsatian dialects, reappropriated. Mike is the artistic director of kneehigh theatre and. Kneehigh now finds itself celebrated as one of the uks most exciting theatre companies. With forewords from emma rice, tom morris, anna maria murphy and carl grose, it offers a unique insight into kneehighs approach to making theatre. The slightly too long first half sets up hansel chris price and gretel joanna holden as loving, teasing twins from a happy but. Coupled with breathtakingly haunting illustrations from lorenzo mattotti, you will be enticed into the world and into the woods.
Kneehigh theatre wikimili, the best wikipedia reader. Next morning, when they went into the forest, their stepmother gave each one of them a piece of bread. Hansel and gretel are sweet the story of hansel and gretel. Hes also written for told by an idiot, national theatre of wales and is currently writing. A 12strong company of kneehigh actormusicians will bring groses script and hazlewoods music and songs to life. This sparked interest from the bbc blue peter producers w. Hansel and gretel, though a wellknown fairy tale from the brothers grimm, is very far from a cutesie childrens story. Jul 14, 2015 a 12strong company of kneehigh actormusicians will bring groses script and hazlewoods music and songs to life. Superstition mountain 2009 also as director oregion. Watch videos of interviews, backstage and onstage footage to give a real flavour of how our shows come together.
A multitude of gretels inventions and chain reactions created for hansel and gretel 2009. Review of hansel and gretel from the theatre dance and. The asylum is a purposebuilt tent that can be configured in 5 ways and pitched in 1 day on any surface. About kneehigh innovative cornish theatre company kneehigh. Hansel and gretel, national theatre not the grimmest grimm, katie mitchells childrens show is full of fun but lacks magic. Sarah wright will be working with vale as puppet designer. Kneehighs hansel and gretel stretches the story as far as possible, and then lets it go ping in the most satisfying way possible.
Hansel and gretel oberon plays for young people oberon. Kneehigh announce full cast and tour for fup by bww. Hansel and gretel is a coproduction with the newly revived bristol old vic. Even more, an articulate owl, a forest sprite, and two hobgoblins are in the service of an evil but extremely funny witch. Paint, mud, fairytales, live music inspired by robert johnson. Hansel and gretel is a fairytale for the benefit cuts era. Kneehigh, that admirable company of cornish conjurers, is currently in its 30th year of playful theatremaking. Anthony banks worked at the national theatre until 2014 as an associate director commissioning and developing scripts for nt connections. Were always thrilled by the return to these parts of kneehigh, the inimitable theatre company who turn out wonderfully inventive, physical and beautifully soundtracked theatre from their home in a series of barns off the south cornwall coast.
Sydney theatre company hansel and gretel sydney theatre company theatre of. Hansel and gretel was handspan theatres first production, created in response to a newspaper advertisement in the age, melbourne, calling for puppeteers to create a show for sunday lunchtime performance in a family restaurant handspan founders ken evans, andrew hansen, helen rickards, peter j. Gretel, father o high transitional roughly dra 1418. Jan 11, 2020 kneehigh theatre is an international touring theatre company founded by mike shepherd and based in cornwall, england. The libretto was written by humperdincks sister, adelheid wette, based on the grimm brothers fairy tale hansel and gretel. Oct 06, 2008 116 of over 2,000 results for hansel and gretel books. Beauty and the beast 2007 told by an idiot lyric hammersmith. Hes a rather busy man, also impersonating wilhelm grimm and, more surprisingly, rostislav, the oven. In the grimms original 1812 version of the tale, both parents agreed to send the children into the woods, but by 1857 it was the wicked stepmother who came up with the plan. Weve made exclusive videos of key creative, technical and management staff talking about their work. Kneehighs the umbrellas of cherbourg at the gielgud theatre.
Hansel and gretel is happily a display of all of kneehighs virtues. President nick dallas president of lovelyville and father of bobbi dallas. Donmar warehouse, welfare state international, contact theatre, liverpool lantern company. For order enquiries contact our uk distributors marston book services. Woodsmoke floats, the moon shines, an owl flies in the night sky, and. Kneehigh is a registered charity number 290218 and is supported by arts council england and cornwall council. Carl grose based on alfred jarrys 1896 riottriggering play which caused outrage. It was not the axe, however, but a branch which he had fastened to a withered tree which the wind was blowing backwards and forwards.
Hansel and gretel, a genially entertaining pastiche of storybook bavarian folk clothes and music jolly accordionists and banjos, feels almost like something knocked up at an outdoors folk festival, which i mean entirely as a compliment in the centre of rowdy, packed london. Rob higgs hansel and gretel trailer for kneehigh theatre youtube see more. Theatre company kneehigh return to galway international arts festival with their show dead dog in a. Ferrets down trousers, a greek chorus of fluffy bunnies and a couple of puppet hens who come to a sad end may not sound like the usual ingredients for hansel and gretel, but then kneehigh are a. Dec 14, 2012 in this hansel and gretel there is no cartoonish dame with a suffocating bosom, but the cast being small marta, the wicked stepmother, is played by a man, amit shah. The company have performed at the asylum since 2010, using it a venue for their own work as well as housing associate artists in what they describe as being. Carl grose author, kneehigh theatre company author 4. Rob higgs hansel and gretel trailer for kneehigh theatre on vimeo. But a company does not get to tour the usa, coproduce with the national and the rsc without having a powerful and distinct mission. Hansel and gretel oberon plays for young people kindle. Hansel and gretel oberon plays for young people by carl grose, kneehigh theatres, kneehigh theatre company paperback, 96 pages, published 2011 by oberon books. What you lose is the delicate balance by which both children play an. Kneehighs dead dog in a suitcase comes to home, manchester. K5th grade the main characters in this story are hansel, the boy and gretel, the girl who were siblings.
It is much admired for its folk musicinspired themes, one of the most famous being the abendsegen. Hansel and gretel oberon plays for young people oberon modern plays. With their trademark brand of wit, charm and sometimes anarchic storytelling, the innovative cornish theatre company has reimagined the classic brothers grimm fairytale in. May 24, 2019 then touring to exeter northcott, june 1822. About kneehigh innovative cornish theatre company kneehigh for 40 years we have created vigorous, popular and challenging theatre and perform with joyful anarchy. Rob higgs hansel and gretel trailer for kneehigh theatre.
The script is written with primary students in mind and contains parts for emergent to fluent readers as follows. The story of hansel and gretel is timeless, and klaassen has not altered it so that it deviates from the version originally told by the brothers grimm. Mar 8, 20 kneehigh is a devising company out of cornwall, and i love most of the ideas in this production of the wild bride. Carl grose get textbooks new textbooks used textbooks. Hansel and gretel 2010 kneehigh theatre bristol old vic. Who better to retell the brothers grimms greatest, and perhaps darkest, fairy tale, hansel and gretel. Whilst primarily being a touring theatre company, kneehigh have their own home performance space called the asylum.
They were smart and wise children, they lived with their father and stepmom. Wilson, christine woodcock and maeve vella all working together at the time for the parry. In fact, the story has been reinvented the kneehigh way, through carl grose, to have pertinent messages for the modern world. The company obviously had a lot of fun putting this show together and it is fun to watch, but it never grabs the attention with either fright or magic as, for instance. Hansel and gretel and other stories by the brothers grimm. Hansel and gretel oberon plays for young people by carl grose, kneehigh theatre s, kneehigh theatre company paperback, 96 pages, published 2011 by oberon books isbn. Hansel and gretel sat by the fire, and when noon came, each ate a little piece of bread, and as they heard the strokes of the woodaxe they believed that their father was near.