The Guardian - theatre tips

We were really pleased to get a mention in The Guardian's theatre picks by Lyn Gardner for forthcoming shows this week:

"Keep your eye on the Junction for the forthcoming Hansel and Gretel, which seems like a perfect match for inventive international group NIE Theatre"

http://www.guardian.co.uk/stage/theatreblog/2011/nov/18/what-to-see-theatre-tips

Trying out some costumes and puppets

This week we started rehearsal this week in Cambridge. As well as working on music and some the key scenes from the story we tried out some costume ideas and played with the two Hansel and Gretel puppets.












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A gingerbread house

Steffi just sent me these great pictures of our gingerbread house so I thought I should share them here.








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A model gingerbread house

I have just put 2 big bags of costumes and props into our storage and got very excited about starting rehearsals next week.




As well as beautiful puppets we now have the model of our gingerbread house. It will be made out of gingerbread and sweets and have a glowing light inside. Had a great chat with Steffi about ways of making smoke come out of the chimney. Any ideas on how to make that happen (without setting it on fire) very welcome.

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Competition to win tickets to Hansel and Gretel!

Working with Cambridge Creative Network, we are delighted to launch a brand new competition for all those creative children in Cambridgeshire to help celebrate the magic of theatre and Christmas. Children can make their own puppet, theatre or story and be in with a chance of winning a family set of tickets for Hansel and Gretel AND £50 worth of vouchers to spend in Tindalls! The closing date is 31 November

There are 3 age groups, 4 - 7, 7 - 11 and 12 - 16 and a winner will be selected from each group.

For full information on the competition and how to apply, please click:

Cambridge Creative Network

Getting close now...

we are getting closer and closer to rehearsals, I can't believe that it has come around so fast.  I spent the afternoon with Steffi yesterday talking through the design plans and looking at the puppets and some bits of costume as well.

Nest week we are going to try out some projection ideas and find out more about how our design might look in the space...

We also had a look at the puppets for Hansel and Gretel yesterday...

Design meeting and ideas

Today we had a design meeting with Steffi who is designing the set and costumes for the show.




We also had a look at the next version of the puppets of Hansel and Gretel that we will be using for some parts of the show and I think they look really good.








Steffi had made a small set model working on our ideas about trees and branches in a forest. We also talked about some ways of using projections as part of the set.





Things are really moving on now, we also talked a lot about costumes and how e design will be used to tell the story....

More soon - the show is getting closer and closer, and tickets are selling fast!



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