HANSEL & GRETEL
ENGELBERT HUMPERDINCK
​OPERA HOLLAND PARK

Photography by Ali Wright

Trailer by Simon Wall | Tall Wall Media 

"John Wilkie adds a welcome dose of light, shade, and delight, to make Humperdinck’s fairytale opera a moreish treat… You’ll eat up this delicious night at the theatre."                                                                               

★ ★ ★ ★ The Times
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“This well cast, well sung, and well staged Hansel And Gretel shows Opera Holland Park at or near its best… a colourfully presented, well performed production… a joy.”

★ ★ ★ ★  The Mail
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“Recent revivals have turned this fairytale into an allegory, but this spirited show allows its cast’s acting and voices to shine.”

★ ★ ★ ★  iNews
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"Wilkie skilfully mixes its ingredients into a sort of Great Grimm Bake-Off. It hints at horrors but never really threatens to turn sour. Audiences will surely wolf it down with glee."

★ ★ ★ ★ The Arts Desk
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“Jam-packed. Richly filled and inventive production with some exceptional singing”

★ ★ ★ ★ The Stage
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"It feels very special indeed. The secret to it’s success may lie in it’s ability to highlight the thin dividing line between the everyday and the mystical, and the excitement and danger to be found in the fantasy realm."                                                            

★ ★ ★ ★  Music OMH
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"You believed very strongly... the opera had enthralled about five hundred children in an earlier matinee show, and a similar spell was woven around the adults in the evening performance."

 ★ ★ ★ ★ British Theatre
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"The production is bursting with happy charm and endearing characterisation."

 ★ ★ ★ ★ London Unattached​

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HANSEL 
CHARLOTTE BADHAM
GRETEL
LAURA LOLITA PEREŠIVANA
THE WITCH
ELEANOR DENNIS
​GERTRUD
MEETA RAVAL
PETER
PAUL CAREY JONES
THE SANDMAN
APRIL KOEYJO-AUDIGER
THE DEW FAIRY
CHARLOTTE BOWDEN

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CONDUCTOR
KARIN HENDRICKSON
DIRECTOR
JOHN WILKIE
DESIGNER
NEIL IRISH
MOVEMENT DIRECTOR
MICHAEL SPENCELEY
LIGHTING DESIGNER
ROBERT PRICE
​ASSISTANT DIRECTOR
ELEANOR BURKE