Hansel and Gretel, Shakespeare’s Globe Review (2024) — Theatre & Tonic

Reviews 8 Dec Written By Emmie Newitt Written by Cathie for Theatre and TonicDisclaimer: Gifted tickets in exchange for an honest review This festive season the Globe has ditched Anderson’s little fir tree and have gone decidedly more Grimm in a retelling of Hansel and Gretel adapted for stage by Poet Laurate Simon Armitage. In this adaptation, we see the overriding reasoning behind the abandonment of the children is that instead of famine their parents want to save their children from their war torn village instead. This is an outdoor based venue and the show will continue, sun or rain and on my viewing of the show it poured down quite heavily throughout the entire performance. However, from the actors top notch performance and commitment to the show, unless you were shivering in the seats you would never have realised the inclement weather (I strongly suggest to bring thermals and the thickest jumper possible to truly enjoy this show).The story is introduced by a Globe popcorn seller...