PRESS RELEASE
Lantern Light’s Tempting Treat HANSEL &
GRETEL Tours the South East!
December 2015 – February 2016
The Seagull, Lowestoft 4th December 10.30am & 12.30pm 5th December 12pm & 3pm |
Rialto, Brighton 12th December 12pm & 3pm | New Wimbledon Studio 29th December &
30th December 11am & 2pm 2nd January 2016 11am & 2pm | Towngate Theatre, Basildon
12.30pm & 3.30pm | Central Studio, Basingstoke 6th February 2016 12.15pm
Fresh out of the oven and hot from successful sell-out shows in Brighton 2013, Lantern Light are
back and on the sugary road with their charming adaptation of the classic Brothers Grimm fairy-tale!
Cooking up all the magic of the original story, but with a refreshing new sensibility, Hansel and
Gretel will make a host of new friends with their treacly tale. Songs, dancing, magic and pebblehunting, baked together and dusted with fresh new characters, a witty script and plenty of
imagination, bring enchantment and delight to children and adults alike.
The story starts in a small village, deep in the heart of the Black Forest, when a handsome young
woodcutter marries a temptingly mysterious woman. His children don’t like her, but they also don’t
like doing their chores or village life! Bread-hating, cake-loving, tomboyish Gretel wants to leave the
boring old forest for the excitement of the city and shy, sensitive Hansel – he doesn’t want to cut
down trees, he wants to paint them!
Join Lantern Light this Christmas for a tasty treat and find out how the story ends – what kind of a
spell has their new stepmother put on Hansel and Gretel’s father?... Can the bird outside the cottage
really talk?... And why is there the scent of gingerbread wafting through the trees?...
Children are encouraged to come dressed as their favourite fairy-tale characters!
“I’m so excited to bring the show to new audiences - children have had as much fun watching the
show as we’ve had doing it! With Hansel & Gretel I wanted to write something faithful to the original
elements of the fairy-story, but with new wit and character, not just fairy-tale stereotypes. Our show is
a magical, exciting adventure, but also a story about learning to love your family and not always
getting what you want!”
Sophie Flack, Writer/Director
“It’s important to show that girls can be boisterous, boys can be gentle and everyone has something
wonderful to offer, all while having loads of fun!”
Andy Wilson, Actor (The Woodcutter)
For more Information contact Sophie Flack on lanternlighttheatre@outlook.com | 07969 168 032
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Lantern Light Theatre Company
11 Gleneagles | Malvern Way | London W13 8DZ
lanternlighttheatre@outlook.com
www.lanternlighttheatre.weebly.com
Editorial Notes
Lantern Light is a young, professional London based theatre company, led by Artistic Director,
Sophie Flack. Sophie is a member of the Young Vic Directors Programme. She directed Lantern
Light’s successful production of W.B. Yeats’ The Shadowy Waters, which ran to sell-out audiences at
the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. She has also directed several new writing productions with Ghost Dog
Productions and Page-to-Stage, provided the acting direction for BUO’s production of Debussy’s
L’Enfant Prodigue and directed the physical chorus in Creative Reconnaissance’s George & Friends.
As a writer Sophie has had stage plays produced by Lost Theatre, See You Next Tuesday at The New
Players Theatre and with Lantern Light. Her radio play The Brighton Race Course Murder had a
rehearsed reading at Rich Mix and is under development for radio. Her first short play, The Night
was picked up by a television executive to be developed into a short film. She is also currently
developing a two-part drama for television and working on her first feature film script.
Kerren Garner, Actor (The Stepmother)
Kerren trained at London Repertory Company Academy and since graduating has worked on a range
of shows from comedy sketches on stage and television to a verbatim play about Brighton’s
Homeless. Kerren appeared as Mistress Page this summer in The Brighton Open Air Theatre’s
production of ‘Merry Wives of Windsor’ as well as being the assistant director. Kerren has been
involved with Lantern Light theatre since the first productions of ‘Hansel and Gretel’ where she codirected the piece as well as appearing as The Stepmother. She is very excited to be involved in
touring the show and bringing it to a new audience alongside working with a great new cast.
Andy Wilson, Actor (The Woodcutter)
Andy has toured with numerous theatre companies, performing at venues such as The Rose
Kingston, BAC, The Rag Factory and Twickenham Stadium. He has worked in film and radio and for
Nickelodeon. He is excited to show a well-known folk tale, but with a modern exploration of gender
roles and values.
Kim Yates, Actor (Gretel)
Kim trained at Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts and since finishing has performed numerous
theatre roles including: 'Macbeth' with RIFT Theatre Company; Alice in 'Alice Through The Looking
Glass' ; Percival in 'Lord of the Flies' at the Gateway Theatre and 'The Chalk Garden' and
'Kindertransport' with Chester Little Theatre. She has also worked on a series of short films. Kim is a
keen singer and plays the violin. She is excited to be touring with Lantern Light and exploring all the
sides of Gretel's naughtiness!
Gus Kennedy Jacob (Hansel)
Gus is a London based actor, writer and musician. He recently graduated from the MA course at East
15 Acting School, where he played roles such as Laertes in 'Hamlet'; Trofimov in 'The Cherry
Orchard'; Slim in 'Cowboy Mouth' and Alex in 'The Other Place'. He also sings and writes music in folk
band The Woodsmen. Gus is overjoyed to be telling stories that reside in fairy-tales and fantasy, a
place where he has spent much of his life daydreaming, letting his imagination run wild.
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Lantern Light Theatre Company
11 Gleneagles | Malvern Way | London W13 8DZ
lanternlighttheatre@outlook.com
www.lanternlighttheatre.weebly.com