Grimm Nights and Everafter Days
From: Wednesday, 29th November 2006
To: Saturday, 13 January 2007
Our Review: 
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Synopsis
When Hansel and Gretel are left in the forest to fend for themselves, a series of events is set off that take the two children on a journey through some of the Grimm Brothers best loved tales. Come and be enchanted by errant Princesses who dance until their shoes are worn out, the evil Rumplestiltskin and his vagabond band of children, at least one wicked stepmother, a couple of Kings and not forgetting Hansel and Gretel's father who searches the enchanted forest for a sign of his beloved children.
Our Review:
5 December 2006
Stephen Sondheim got there first with Into the Woods, but there is plenty of scope for other writers to mine Grimms’ fairy tales and come up with an original musical. David Carey has invented one set in the enchanted forest, the location for a number of familiar stories, and woven something which is flexible enough to accommodate the requirements of this unique company.
Making inclusivity a principle means that the cast numbers 160 and ranges widely in experience, age (eight to 50) and ability. Carey and artistic director Mary Ward had plenty of talent to draw on, though, and a degree of commitment that is scarcely matched anywhere.
The story is that of Hansel and Gretel with interludes and insertions from Rumpelstiltskin, Rapunzel, The Musicians of Bremen and The Shoes that were Danced to Pieces. If the plot is a bit difficult to follow in the first half as all the narratives are introduced this really doesn’t matter: there is always another treat to watch and li...
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Chicken Shed Theatre Company (Company)
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