The famous fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm is told in Engelbert Humperdinck's ever-popular opera, Hansel and Gretel, from the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Show more The famous fairy tale by ...

Though we admit that venturing as far as saying that the witch looks like a mix of Margaret Thatcher and the old Queen might ...

Written in droll rhyming verse (what else?), the Poet Laureate’s version of Hansel and Gretel is bookended by narration from a seen-it-all confectionary vendor (Jenni Maitland), whose grungy ...

The boy’s name was Hansel. The girl’s name was Gretel. The dad was a woodcutter. The mum was a bread maker. In the rubble of their war-torn village, the woodcutting dad and the breadmaking mum decide ...