Into the Woods

Synopsis

What happens in a fairytale if the story takes the wrong turn in the woods? The Brothers Grimm meet panto with a twist. A childless baker and his wife live under the spell of a witch. In order to lift the spell they must bring the witch a cow as white as milk, a cape as red as blood, hair as yellow as corn and a slipper as pure as gold. On their quest they stumble across a world of familiar fairy tale characters creating confusion and chaos!

Our Review:

23 September 2009

If you go to see Into The Woods at the Landor Theatre, you won’t be in for a big surprise - rather an underwhelming production of Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine’s musical. This is unfortunate given that there are some excellent performances. But, ultimately, Robert McWhir’s inconsistent direction leaves one feeling cold after a rather long evening at the theatre.

Into The Woods takes the well-known fairytales of Cinderella, Little Red Riding Hood, Rapunzel and Jack and the Beanstalk and turns them on their heads in order to raise some pertinent questions, particularly on the subject of morality.

The story centres on a Baker and his wife who have been cursed by an evil Witch. As they battle to overturn this curse, they cross paths with each fairytale character, resulting in all of them facing the Giant’s wife who Jack has upset by killing her husband. Hence, each character has to take res...

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Latest User Review

james - 21 October 2009:

Pretty poor, Cinderella's prince wasn't great. Don't think the costumes matched either. music was alright. ...

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