Hansel & Gretel in the press

In the run up to opening the show this week we have been really pleased at the amount of interest from local and national press for the show - here are some of the highlights of this week

The Guardian
Lyn Gardner theatre tips with an image from our show

BBC Radio Cambridgeshire (Breakfast show) You can hear it again here:(Scroll in 1hr 27 mins)

Cambridge Evening News - Jennifer Shelton's interview with Director Alex Byrne

Final rehearsal days

We did a run through of the show today - its shaping up to be a great show, but still needs a bit of editing to make it around 60 minutes running time. A few shots below from the run through:

 Hansel & Gretel with their Father (and Stepmother)

Hansel collecting pebbles to find their way home

 Explaining the plan to Gretel....

 Finding their way back home

In the Witch's House

Hansel being fattened up to be eaten!

Script run through

In the last few days of rehearsals we spent some time going through the script and getting the text right:

And some more pictures

Some more of Claire's great shots:













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More rehearsal pictures

We have been working hard this week and the lovely Claire Haigh came in to take some pictures of us working, here are a few of them:




Carly as the witch





Unai plays scary music




And so does Mia.

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Some more rehearsal days

We have been working like mad together through the story and at these time trying out costume ideas and plying with puppets is different scales. Here are a few shots of what we have been up to.









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Lost in the forest

Here are some more images from rehearsals. We worked on the part in the story where Hansel & Gretel have been left in the forest and are trying to find their way home with the help of some stones glittering in the moonlight....