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Showing at:Stratford East, Theatre Royal
Box Office:020 8534 0310
Age:Family
Genre:Entertainment
Sub Genre:Pantomime
Right at the beginning of panto season, Theatre Royal Stratford East present an exciting, modern take on the fairy tale classic Hansel & Gretel. The production promises to be full of spectacle, fun and boisterous entertainment.
Teenagers Hansel and Gretel live a comfortable life with their widowed father in the city, until father loses all of his money...again. This time however, father comes up with a foolproof plan for success (again) as a woodcutter.
The whole family, including Hansel and Gretel's new stepmother, move to the middle of nowhere into a cottage at the edge of a spooky forest. As if that wasn't bad enough, the forest is also home to the Wicked Wicked Witch who, with the help of the Wolf, lures Hansel and Gretel to her candy-clad cottage deep in the forest.
With their new friends Arabella, Yellow Bird and Monty Mole, Hansel and Gretel embark on one of the scariest and most exciting adventures of their lives, discovering a bit about themselves along the way.
Theatre Royal Stratford East welcomes back Marcus Powell in his second stint at the theatre as the pantomime dame, in the role of the stepmother. Powell has recently appeared in the West End transfer of The Harder They Come.
In the role of Hansel is Darren Hart. Hart played Buttons in Theatre Royal Stratford East's pantomime Cinderella, which was nominated for a Laurence Olivier Award for Outstanding Achievement in an Affiliate Theatre.
Performance Details
- previews from: 29 Nov 2008
- opening night: 09 Dec 2008
- closing: 17 Jan 2009
show times: In rep - please ring theatre for schedule
ticket prices: £6-£19
Assisted Performances
sign language interpreted performance:
On Tue 16 Dec at 13:45 T: 02085340310 E: tickets@stratfordeast.com
E: tickets@stratfordeast.com
cast: Marcus Powell, Darren Hart, Nathan Amzi, Natalie Best, Marcus Cunningham, Peter Howe, Susan Lawson-Reynolds, Josephine Lloyd Welcome, Gemma Salter, Tony Timberlake
director: Dawn Reid
music by: Darren Benjamin, Kuljit Bhamra, Excalibah, Robert Hyman, Perry Melius, Wayne Nunes
sound: James Tebb
lighting designer: Zerlina Hughes
choreographer: Omar K Okai
designer: Jenny Tiramani
Venue location map (external link)
address: Gerry Raffles Square, Stratford, London, United Kingdom, E15 1BN
nearest tube: Stratford Station via Central or Jubilee Lines
nearest bus: 86, 104, 108, 158, 238, 241, 257, 262, 473, D8, S2, 158, 308, 69, 257, 25, 276 (Wheelchair accessible buses 104, 108, 238, 241, 257, D8, S2, 25)
nearest train: Docklands Light Railway, Silverlink and First Great Eastern
air conditioned: Yes
Assisted Performance Booking Information
Access Booking:Tel: 020 8534 0310 Minicom 020 8279 1114 Fax: 020 8534 8381
Accessible Facilities Venue Information
discounts: Access discounts available - please enquire with theatre.
limited mobility: Limited mobility seats are available, please enquire with theatre.
access description: Entering the theatre from Theatre Square; there is an automatic door for disabled access with a push button at low level. The box office is immediately on your right. Further into foyer is the lift to all levels with low level controls. Theatre open 30mins before performance. Level access to bar from main entrance through the foyer.
hearing impaired: Hearing loop system, an infra-red Senheisser system and minicom.
guide dogs policy: Guide dogs allowed into auditorium – please book an aisle seat. Alternatively staff are happy to dog-sit.
wheelchairs: Wheelchair accessible box office. 5 wheelchair spaces in the theatre itself in Stalls rows N, G and F. More wheelchairs can be accomodated by prior arrangement with the Theatre Manager (call 020 8534 0310) Lifts to the upper level, wheelchair accessible toilets
disabled toilets: Adapted toilets on all three levels. Ground floor in the bar, 1st and 2nd floors opposite the lift on the right.
legroom: Access guides, large print programmes, braille cast lists and touch tours available on request.
food: Caribbean Flavours restaurant serving Caribbean food. Wheelchair access through the theatre foyer.