Hans en Griet (7+)
Hans en Griet (7+)
De Toneelmakerij / Silbersee / Paul Knieriem
5th row from €10.00 – 1st row from €34.50
Magical musical theatre for the whole family.
Starting time 2:30 p.m.
Duration 80 minutes, no intermission
Location Grote Zaal
Language Dutch
Premiere on the 17th of October
Please note that stroboscopic lights are used in the performance
About the performance
This time, Hansel and Gretel don’t get lost in the woods. Kicked out of the house by their parents, they wander the abandoned streets of the big city at night. They meet the optimistic MooiWeerWolf who never seems to worry about anything, and the philosophical GroteStadsDuif who keeps giving conflicting advice. Will they ever go back to their parents, or will they continue to try and make it on their own?
-|-A bittersweet mix of opera, play, song, hip-hop, and dance makes this grim fairy-tale an unforgettable experience for the whole family. An exciting, funny, and touching coming of age story accompanied by surprising video stills of Amsterdam.
ITA & De Toneelmakerij
Together with youth theatre company de Toneelmakerij, we are developing new ‘Main Hall performances’ in Amsterdam. We already made a good start with De Toverfluit in 2019. From now on, we will present a new performance together every year in September; a regular fixture during the autumn break. After the premiere, we will bring the performance back in the autumn for a longer run, with both private school performances and public performances.
Credits
direction
Paul Knieriem
musical direction
Romain Bischoff
libretto
Jibbe Willems
musical composition
Engelbert Humperdinck, Genevieve Murphy
vocal arrangements
Michaela Riener
set and video design
Marloes and Wikke
costumes
Jorine van Beek
lighting design
Gé Wegmans
sound design
Maurits Thiel
assistant director
Florian Slangen
actors
Laura Bohn, Jan-Paul Buijs, Yung-Tuan Ku, Arnout Lems, Genevieve Murphy, Nienke Nasserian, Carl Refos, Michaela Riener, Rop Verheijen
choir
Aslan music centre children choir: Ada, Alexander, Amana, Arjun, Aryana, Ceren, Denzelino, Dylan, Elif, Jaynina, Jette, Kotobuki, Kurumi, Lester, Lily, Majdouline, Nhakisha, Nina, Saar, Selma, Sherly, Teuntje, Valerie, Vienna, Yuki, Zeynep, Zuma
in collaboration with
Internationaal Theater Amsterdam
with thanks to
Fonds 21, Fonds 1999, Stichting LVE, Stichting De Versterking, Stichting Melanie, Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds, Zadelhoff Cultuurfonds, Stichting Zabawas
WITH COVID ADMISSION TICKET
To visit this performance you need a valid COVID admission ticket. This can be a negative test result, a vaccination certificate or proof that you have recovered from corona (proof of recovery). You must convert one of these into a QR code in the CoronaCheck app or a print via CoronaCheck.nl. Only then will you have a valid COVID admission ticket.
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