HANSEL & GRETEL " Museum of Childhood
In the expansive hall and gift shop of the V&A's Museum of Childhood, one corner has been set up as a playing space for Popup Opera's Hansel & Gretel. Director James Hurley doesn't focus on the darker elements of this fairytale, though. Using surtitles as a vehicle for humour and contemporary references, Popup Opera succeeds at making Englebert Humperdinck's full-scale opera fun and accessible.