29 Dec 2005

Macabre, magical and magnificent

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[Daily Telegraph, 29 December 2005]

Rupert Christiansen reviews Hansel and Gretel at the Leeds Town Hall

With its gruesome fascination for the evils of starvation and gluttony, not to mention its rampant depiction of child abuse, Hansel and Gretel ranks among the more macabre of Christmas pantomimes.