A new production of Grimm Tales for Young and Old takes over the Bargehouse on London’s South Bank next month.
Adapted from Philip Pullman’s Grimm Tales for Young and Old by Salisbury Playhouse former artistic director Philip Wilson, this is an immersive experience involving unnerving encounters with characters from the tales and folkloric surroundings in the venue's labyrinthine chambers.
16 storytellers will guide audiences through The Frog King or Iron Heinrich, Hansel and Gretel, Thousandfurs, Faithful Johannes, The Goose Girl at the Spring and The Three Little Men in the Woods.
Pullman said of the adaptation: "when I saw this team’s previous production at Shoreditch Town Hall, I was thrilled with the vividness and fidelity with which they’d carried the tales from the page to the performance space.
"Imagination, wit, a mastery of all the theatrical possibilities of lighting and costume and make-up and the simple magic of transformation all combined in an experience that was a joy to encounter. I’m sure the venerable Brother's Grimm themselves, if they could see it, would be as delighted as I was.”
Grimm Tales for Young and Old first played Shoreditch Town Hall in Spring 2014.
The event is suitable for adults and brave children aged 8 and up. Children under 16 must be accompanied by an adult.