Hansel and Gretel are hungry. This life-threatening situation affects one in five children in Kassel, due to rising food prices and poverty rates. Hunger is literally eating Hansel and Gretel from the inside out. They can only dream of a gingerbread house decorated with their favorite sweets. When they spill the milk, their impoverished parents punish them by sending them into the forest to gather berries. Desperate, the siblings set off, but they can't find their way back home. In the enchanted fairy-tale forest, Hansel and Gretel encounter all sorts of fantastical creatures who help them on their adventure, until suddenly the famous question, "Nibble, nibble, little mouse, who's nibbling at my little house?" echoes from the woods.

Hansel and Gretel

Staatstheater Kassel

Zornfried Castle is a gathering place for the leading thinkers of the New Right: A lady of the castle philosophizes in a nationalist vein, groups of young men engage in martial training, and a mysterious poet crafts verses dripping with blood, consecration, and kitsch. And time and again, connections to a resurgent new party emerge. This also attracts critical journalists who grandiosely cover the New Right cultural center—losing all objectivity in the process and doing a disservice to democracy.

Viktor Jugovic

Events

Upcoming events

18 - 23 Apr, 2026

Zornfried (UA) · Staatstheater Kassel

Past events

1 - 4 Mar, 2026

Hansel and Gretel · Staatstheater Kassel

Future and recently performed repertoire

Conductor in Hansel and Gretel by Humperdinck

Staatstheater Kassel

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