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HANSEL AND GRETEL
THE SET
At the start of the show the outside arch is visible with shapes of stars and rectangles outlined on it. During the show the large rectangle on the right upright of the arch becomes a window to the control room of the Emerald Square Shopping Centre from which the security guard appears and makes his announcements. Various other rectangles have phtographs projected on to them during the show. A bright pink curtain is drawn across the stage. The words Hansel and Gretel are printed on it in white letters embellished with sparkles.
When the curtain is drawn back the interior of Hansel and Gretel’s sparsely furnished living room is revealed, with a piano to the the right, decorated with a string of Christmas cards, a small rug in the centre, and behind it an artificial Christmas Tree which has seen better days. In front of the Christmas tree is a large tool box and to the left of it a coat-stand with various coats, hats and scarves hanging on it.
As the show progresses the living room furniture is removed and the Emerald Square Shopping Centre is revealed. It’s enclosed by two further arches, each decorated with stars. The uprights of these arches can be lit from behind, and they have diagonal cross pieces, so they appear almost like stained glass, with green, red or purple lights glowing through them. The horizontal beams of the two inner arches are both decorated with big sparkling stars, one in the middle and one at each corner so that at times huge stars appear to be suspended in a 3 dimensional sky. There are two levels to the set. On the lower level, quite far back, there is a rack of shoes and centre back is a sliding door through which shadows of people and animals can be glimpsed. On the upper level a set of book shelves and a jewellery display appear. There is also a silvery white Christmas tree with lights, centre back. On the lower level the space leaves room for various shops to be represented, so a clothes rail with fancy dress costumes appears at the right front and Santa’s Grotto, a bench with parcels packed beneath it, at the left front. Later a mobile Candy Cabin is wheeled in by the Miss Isobel Candy. It is decorated in pink and white candy stripes with a pink and white decorative awning and has two shelves, full of jars of sweets in bright colours.
In the witch’s lair, centre back, is a man-sized cage. There is a unit of shelves on the left front of the stage with various potions and packets on it. On the right front of the stage is a huge piece of machinery, like two boxes joined together, with a very large corrugated pipe emerging from it like the vent for a tumble dryer, from which smoke emerges at one point.
THE CAST
Played by MICHAEL DRAKE, HANSEL is young, tall and slim, with brown hair brushed forward over his forehead. His oval face has thick dark eyebrows, and dark eyes.
He wears a short sleeved T- shirt with images of cartoon figures, under which is a long sleeved blue T- shirt. His tight fitting trousers are a tan colour, and his trainers are blue with thick white soles.
Going shopping, he puts on a green hooded puffa coat, long narrow black scarf, with a white stripe, and a grey and white woollen hat with a black pompom.
GRETEL is played by ROSIE BARRY. She is small, with shoulder length straight brown hair parted in the centre, an oval face, with a wide smile, straight nose, and small eyes. She wears a T- shirt, blue at the front, white at the back, with a red and white stripe across the shoulders, and a wide red band at the waist. Knotted round her waist is a long sleeved red, white and blue checked blouse. Black leggings and red laced shoes complete her outfit. She puts on a navy hooded coat and red woollen hat, and small grey rucksack when she goes to the shopping centre.
KEITH LYNCH plays two parts- DAD and AWESOME MAN.
A big burly man, with broad shoulders, black hair swept back from his square face, dark eyebrows, moustache and neatly trimmed beard.
As DAD he wears a long sleeved blue T-shirt with a picture of Rudolph on the front, and tiny white spots. He has black jeans and red shoes.
Leaving the house, he adds a long red and white football scarf, and blue and white knitted hat with a pompom.
As AWESOME MAN, with thrusting chest, he is dressed in a skin tight yellow top, with blue inserts under the arms, and navy blue shorts, over turquoise blue tights. Over the top he wears a blue padded breastplate, in an inverted A shape, attached to a broad blue belt with a yellow letter A at the front. His knee length blue rubber boots have three lines of yellow trim at the top. Attached to his back is a short navy cape, and his blue helmet has a yellow M shape on the front and yellow flaps at the sides. He also has grey gauntlets trimmed with yellow.
LOUISE MATTHEWS also plays two parts—MUM and FANTASTI-GIRL.
Of medium height, she is slim, with an oval face framed by long straight brown hair, small eyes, and a wide mouth.
As MUM in her home, she wears a long black top over grey jeans with red fur trimmed slippers. Heading for the shops, she adds a gray jacket, and grey woolly hat with pompom, and black shoes.
As FANTASTI-GIRL she is very glamorous- she wears a shoulder length blond wig, fringed at her forehead, long at sides, and very red lipstick. Her bright red dress is extremely short, cinched in at the waist by a broad gold band, emphasising her full bust and tight fitting shorts under the brief pleated skirt. The dress sleeves are gold, with a band of red at the elbows and wrist. Her tights are gold, with a red band down the inside of each leg, and below each knee. To complete this outfit, she wears high heeled gold knee length boots.
KEITH SINGLETON plays PETER PAN. He is young, of medium height, and slim. His face is oval, with a neat nose and small mouth; his hair and eyebrows are brown, and he has slight stubble of beard and moustache. He wears a green hat with an elongated point, trimmed with V’s of pale green. His green doublet, also trimmed with pale green V’s, is short sleeved. His brown leather belt has a sword at one side and a brown purse suspended from it. His sleeveless waistcoat is of a multi coloured floral pattern, with little sea shells. His tights are pale green, and his green pointed shoes are trimmed with pale green buckles.
He also plays one of the security guards, wearing a peaked cap, and all-in-one dark green overalls.
TINKERBELL, Peter’s companion, is played by BRIGID SHINE. Young and slim, with a broad smile, and pointed chin, she has long red curly shoulder length hair. She wears a very short strapped shiny lurex green dress, with a dark green floral pattern, trimmed with lighter green. Her green shoes have light green pompoms.
Shiny transparent wings flutter from her back.
She also plays three different shop assistants in the shopping mall:
For the dress shop she has a floral dress, with cut outs at the tops of the sleeves, and has dark hair parted in the middle and plaits.
In charge of the books and magazines, she wears a v-neck long flared dress with short sleeves and wears glasses.
As the jewellery assistant, her dress is black, with white collar and cuffs, large silver necklace and shiny silver circle in her hair.
SANTA and THE BIG BAD WOLF are played by RICHARD CROXFORD.
SANTA has a round face, twinkling eyes behind round glasses, plump cheeks and a wide mouth. He has a white beard, long curly white hair and he wears a dark green coat trimmed with a wide band of fur around the hood and cuffs, and lined with fur. His belt and boots are black and his gloves white.
THE BIG BAD WOLF has a wolf head, with long nose, and luminous blue eyes, big white clawed paws and feet, fur covering his back, long fat tail and beige belly and brown legs.
MS ISOBEL CANDY, the owner of the sweet shop, and THE SUGAR WITCH are played by COLLETTE LENNON.
She is tall, square faced, with high cheek bones, dark eyebrows and eyes, has straight chin length black hair, parted in the middle.
As MS ISOBEL CANDY she wears a pink skirt, with a floral top and short apron and pink jacket, with pink and white shoes.
As THE SUGAR WITCH she has bouffant half black, half pink hair, and wears a black V-neck top, decorated with three large V shaped stripes at the front, and elbow length sleeves, trimmed at the end with white, elbow length black gloves, silver at the tips, black leather trousers, and a long black sparkling net train with pink and silver bustle at the rear. Her wand is candy striped.
Members of the cast play THREE LITTLE PIGS, RED RIDING HOOD AND SHOPPERS, and SECURITY STAFF as well as WITCH’S SPRITES.
THREE LITTLE PIGS have pig masks, with snouts, pink suits with very fat tummies, and are labelled one, two and three.
RED RIDING HOOD wears a red duffle coat.
A LADY SHOPPER wears a long cream coat with cream high heels, and carries two grey carrier bags.
A MALE SHOPPER wears long dark gabardine coat, and carries one grey carrier bag.
SECURITY STAFF two male, two females wear dark green overalls, and peaked caps, with badges. One appears in a white shirt with dark green tie and dark green trousers.
WITCH’S SPRITES wear black, the man in a black one piece, the woman in a black skater’s skirt and tights. Both wear black balaclavas concealing most of their faces.
THE SET
At the start of the show the outside arch is visible with shapes of stars and rectangles outlined on it. During the show the large rectangle on the right upright of the arch becomes a window to the control room of the Emerald Square Shopping Centre from which the security guard appears and makes his announcements. Various other rectangles have phtographs projected on to them during the show. A bright pink curtain is drawn across the stage. The words Hansel and Gretel are printed on it in white letters embellished with sparkles.
When the curtain is drawn back the interior of Hansel and Gretel’s sparsely furnished living room is revealed, with a piano to the the right, decorated with a string of Christmas cards, a small rug in the centre, and behind it an artificial Christmas Tree which has seen better days. In front of the Christmas tree is a large tool box and to the left of it a coat-stand with various coats, hats and scarves hanging on it.
As the show progresses the living room furniture is removed and the Emerald Square Shopping Centre is revealed. It’s enclosed by two further arches, each decorated with stars. The uprights of these arches can be lit from behind, and they have diagonal cross pieces, so they appear almost like stained glass, with green, red or purple lights glowing through them. The horizontal beams of the two inner arches are both decorated with big sparkling stars, one in the middle and one at each corner so that at times huge stars appear to be suspended in a 3 dimensional sky. There are two levels to the set. On the lower level, quite far back, there is a rack of shoes and centre back is a sliding door through which shadows of people and animals can be glimpsed. On the upper level a set of book shelves and a jewellery display appear. There is also a silvery white Christmas tree with lights, centre back. On the lower level the space leaves room for various shops to be represented, so a clothes rail with fancy dress costumes appears at the right front and Santa’s Grotto, a bench with parcels packed beneath it, at the left front. Later a mobile Candy Cabin is wheeled in by the Miss Isobel Candy. It is decorated in pink and white candy stripes with a pink and white decorative awning and has two shelves, full of jars of sweets in bright colours.
In the witch’s lair, centre back, is a man-sized cage. There is a unit of shelves on the left front of the stage with various potions and packets on it. On the right front of the stage is a huge piece of machinery, like two boxes joined together, with a very large corrugated pipe emerging from it like the vent for a tumble dryer, from which smoke emerges at one point.
THE CAST
Played by MICHAEL DRAKE, HANSEL is young, tall and slim, with brown hair brushed forward over his forehead. His oval face has thick dark eyebrows, and dark eyes.
He wears a short sleeved T- shirt with images of cartoon figures, under which is a long sleeved blue T- shirt. His tight fitting trousers are a tan colour, and his trainers are blue with thick white soles.
Going shopping, he puts on a green hooded puffa coat, long narrow black scarf, with a white stripe, and a grey and white woollen hat with a black pompom.
GRETEL is played by ROSIE BARRY. She is small, with shoulder length straight brown hair parted in the centre, an oval face, with a wide smile, straight nose, and small eyes. She wears a T- shirt, blue at the front, white at the back, with a red and white stripe across the shoulders, and a wide red band at the waist. Knotted round her waist is a long sleeved red, white and blue checked blouse. Black leggings and red laced shoes complete her outfit. She puts on a navy hooded coat and red woollen hat, and small grey rucksack when she goes to the shopping centre.
KEITH LYNCH plays two parts- DAD and AWESOME MAN.
A big burly man, with broad shoulders, black hair swept back from his square face, dark eyebrows, moustache and neatly trimmed beard.
As DAD he wears a long sleeved blue T-shirt with a picture of Rudolph on the front, and tiny white spots. He has black jeans and red shoes.
Leaving the house, he adds a long red and white football scarf, and blue and white knitted hat with a pompom.
As AWESOME MAN, with thrusting chest, he is dressed in a skin tight yellow top, with blue inserts under the arms, and navy blue shorts, over turquoise blue tights. Over the top he wears a blue padded breastplate, in an inverted A shape, attached to a broad blue belt with a yellow letter A at the front. His knee length blue rubber boots have three lines of yellow trim at the top. Attached to his back is a short navy cape, and his blue helmet has a yellow M shape on the front and yellow flaps at the sides. He also has grey gauntlets trimmed with yellow.
LOUISE MATTHEWS also plays two parts—MUM and FANTASTI-GIRL.
Of medium height, she is slim, with an oval face framed by long straight brown hair, small eyes, and a wide mouth.
As MUM in her home, she wears a long black top over grey jeans with red fur trimmed slippers. Heading for the shops, she adds a gray jacket, and grey woolly hat with pompom, and black shoes.
As FANTASTI-GIRL she is very glamorous- she wears a shoulder length blond wig, fringed at her forehead, long at sides, and very red lipstick. Her bright red dress is extremely short, cinched in at the waist by a broad gold band, emphasising her full bust and tight fitting shorts under the brief pleated skirt. The dress sleeves are gold, with a band of red at the elbows and wrist. Her tights are gold, with a red band down the inside of each leg, and below each knee. To complete this outfit, she wears high heeled gold knee length boots.
KEITH SINGLETON plays PETER PAN. He is young, of medium height, and slim. His face is oval, with a neat nose and small mouth; his hair and eyebrows are brown, and he has slight stubble of beard and moustache. He wears a green hat with an elongated point, trimmed with V’s of pale green. His green doublet, also trimmed with pale green V’s, is short sleeved. His brown leather belt has a sword at one side and a brown purse suspended from it. His sleeveless waistcoat is of a multi coloured floral pattern, with little sea shells. His tights are pale green, and his green pointed shoes are trimmed with pale green buckles.
He also plays one of the security guards, wearing a peaked cap, and all-in-one dark green overalls.
TINKERBELL, Peter’s companion, is played by BRIGID SHINE. Young and slim, with a broad smile, and pointed chin, she has long red curly shoulder length hair. She wears a very short strapped shiny lurex green dress, with a dark green floral pattern, trimmed with lighter green. Her green shoes have light green pompoms.
Shiny transparent wings flutter from her back.
She also plays three different shop assistants in the shopping mall:
For the dress shop she has a floral dress, with cut outs at the tops of the sleeves, and has dark hair parted in the middle and plaits.
In charge of the books and magazines, she wears a v-neck long flared dress with short sleeves and wears glasses.
As the jewellery assistant, her dress is black, with white collar and cuffs, large silver necklace and shiny silver circle in her hair.
SANTA and THE BIG BAD WOLF are played by RICHARD CROXFORD.
SANTA has a round face, twinkling eyes behind round glasses, plump cheeks and a wide mouth. He has a white beard, long curly white hair and he wears a dark green coat trimmed with a wide band of fur around the hood and cuffs, and lined with fur. His belt and boots are black and his gloves white.
THE BIG BAD WOLF has a wolf head, with long nose, and luminous blue eyes, big white clawed paws and feet, fur covering his back, long fat tail and beige belly and brown legs.
MS ISOBEL CANDY, the owner of the sweet shop, and THE SUGAR WITCH are played by COLLETTE LENNON.
She is tall, square faced, with high cheek bones, dark eyebrows and eyes, has straight chin length black hair, parted in the middle.
As MS ISOBEL CANDY she wears a pink skirt, with a floral top and short apron and pink jacket, with pink and white shoes.
As THE SUGAR WITCH she has bouffant half black, half pink hair, and wears a black V-neck top, decorated with three large V shaped stripes at the front, and elbow length sleeves, trimmed at the end with white, elbow length black gloves, silver at the tips, black leather trousers, and a long black sparkling net train with pink and silver bustle at the rear. Her wand is candy striped.
Members of the cast play THREE LITTLE PIGS, RED RIDING HOOD AND SHOPPERS, and SECURITY STAFF as well as WITCH’S SPRITES.
THREE LITTLE PIGS have pig masks, with snouts, pink suits with very fat tummies, and are labelled one, two and three.
RED RIDING HOOD wears a red duffle coat.
A LADY SHOPPER wears a long cream coat with cream high heels, and carries two grey carrier bags.
A MALE SHOPPER wears long dark gabardine coat, and carries one grey carrier bag.
SECURITY STAFF two male, two females wear dark green overalls, and peaked caps, with badges. One appears in a white shirt with dark green tie and dark green trousers.
WITCH’S SPRITES wear black, the man in a black one piece, the woman in a black skater’s skirt and tights. Both wear black balaclavas concealing most of their faces.
