Here, the traditional angels are replaced by characters from folklore who frolic as the children sleep: Snow White, Red Riding Hood, a wolf, Cinderella and Rapunzel gambol across the stage.

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This Christmassy production is trying to have its gingerbread and eat it too - and loses some of Humperdinck's musical magic ...

Before directing feature-length films like Nosferatu, Robert Eggers showed his talent making shorts like Hansel and Gretel, ...

The little clock at the top of the stage whirrs round madly, the gauze rises on the atmospheric panorama of the German ...

Witch Hunters, the fairytale horror film starring Jeremy Renner and Gemma Arteton, has climbed into the top 10 on Prime Video ...

Macabre and spectacular, this is Christmas fare as it once was and should still be, fully trusting its audience.

In this performance from Christmas Day, 1982, Thomas Fulton conducts Frederica von Stade (Hansel) and Judith Blegen (Gretel) ...

It is heartening to see so many children in the audience for this second revival of Antony McDonald’s 2018 production of Hansel and Gretel (sung ... on traditional fairytale terms – and ...

The exposition is leisurely, the scenes of family tension are extended (though adults might regret the way Hansel and Gretel’s parents fade from view after Act I) and the lyrical expansion is generous ...