HÄNSEL UND GRETEL
Manual Cinemaʼs adaptation of Engelbert Humperdinck’s Hansel & Gretel is a cinematic shadow puppetry performance created with overhead projectors and live costumed actors in silhouette, and designed to be performed along with the full score of Humperdinck’s 1893 opera score Hansel & Gretel.
Hänsel und Gretel premiered at La Monnaie De Munt, Brussels December 15 – 22, 2015
Created by Manual Cinema
Storyboards by Drew Dir
Photo by Bernard Coutant for La Monnaie
Photo by Bernard Coutant for La Monnaie
Photo by Bernard Coutant for La Monnaie
Credits
Commissioned by La Monnaie De Munt
Created by Manual Cinema
Storyboards by Drew Dir
Production
Puppet Design by Drew Dir and Lizi Breit
Costume and Wig Design by Mieka van der Ploeg
Shadow Mask Design by Julia Miller
Production Manager Mike Usrey
Puppeteers
Julia Miller (Hansel)
Sarah Fornace (Gretel)
Dan Kerr-Hobert (Father/Witch)
Lizi Breit (Dew Fairy)
Sam Deutsch (Mother/Sandman)
Ben Kauffman
Kyle Vegter
Music
Music Direction by Lothar Koenigs
Conductor of Children’s Chorus Denis Menier
Dietrich Henschel (Father)
Natascha Petrinsky (Mother)
Gaëlle Arquez (Hänsel)
Talia Or (Gretel)
Georg Nigl (Witch)
Ilse Eerens (Sandman/Dew Fairy)
Additional Cast
Alexis Atwill (Puppeteer)
Charlotte Long (Puppeteer)