Hans + Gret

When Hans and Gret’s mum arrives home from a radical health retreat with the years literally shaved off her, their lives are thrown into chaos. As parents become teenagers again and kids all over their community start disappearing, the pair are led down a seductive forest path that will see them leave everything they know behind.

Part teenage fever-dream, part dystopian nightmare, Hans and Gret warps reality to epically reinvent a classic fairytale and turn it into a tripped-out psychological thriller pulsing with danger, betrayal, and dread.

Based on an original concept by Rosemary Myers and written by Lally Katz Hans and Gret is an anarchic, knife-edge production that uses immersive audio technology to plunge audiences into a dangerous world of seduction, mind control and candy.

Working with Sandpit, a Brendan helped bring to life a key conceit in the show - that the "Witch" could talk directly with the audience via telepathy - we used bone conducting headphones. Much of the experience was driven by the audience being divided into groups (adults and youth) and hearing different narratives along the way. Paired with a thumping soundtrack of original tracks, score and licensed music, this was a trip of a production. Premiered at Adelaide International Festival of the Arts

"Clever and engaging... equal to the best of theatre for youth anywhere." - The Conversation "It’s risky stuff, made all the more so by the ingenious use of technology on an individual level... a marvel." - The Advertiser "Utterly fascinating... A production not to be missed." - The Barefoot Review "★★★★ As innovative as it is spectacular... a dynamic contemporary reworking of an iconic fairytale." - Hi-Fi Way

Don’t eat the gingerbread.