Grimm Tales (2020)
by Philip Pullman from The Brothers Grimm, adapted for the stage by Philip Wilson
Performances: Evening performances on Thursday 10 to Saturday 12; matinees on Saturday 12 and Sunday 13; community performance on Sunday 13; and live streamed on Tuesday 15 December 2020, Old Fire Station
Contents
Introduction
In 2012 Philip Pullman published a book of retellings of 50 of the folk tales collected and published in the early 19th Century by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm. In 2014 Philip Wilson adapted five of the tales for a seasons at Shoreditch Town Hall and later the same year a further seven for a season at Bargehouse, Oxo Tower Wharf. Our selection includes two well known tales - Little Red Riding Hood and Hansel and Gretel - and another - The Donkey Cabbage - that is, frankly, too bonkers not to include!
Casts
Litte Red Riding Hood
- Litte Red Riding Hood - Laarni Cornista-Hollebon
- Mother / Grandmother - Geraldine Vaughan
- Wolf - Justin Bikram
- Hunter - Audrey Lindsay
Hansel and Gretel
- Woodcutter / Duck - Justin Bikram
- Stepmother / Snow-White Bird / Witch - Audrey Lindsay
- Hansel - Laarni Cornista-Hollebon
- Gretel - Geraldine Vaughan
The Donkey Cabbage
- Narrator / Kitchen Maid - Audrey Lindsay
- Young Hunter - Justin Bikram
- Witch - Geraldine Vaughan
- Daughter - Laarni Cornista-Hollebon
- Stage Manager / Miller - Mark Ireson
Crew
- Stage Manager - Mark Ireson
- Lighting Design - Bex Law and Jo Boniface
- Operators - Bex Law; Ben Rathe (Sunday performances)
- Rigging - Sean Thomas
Reviews
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Gallery
Reminiscences and Anecdotes
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See Also
Grimm Tales(2008), a totally different selection adapted from the Carol Ann Duffy book by Melly Still and Tim Supple