8. - 10. MARCH 2024

A Black Box Stage production by 16th Avenue Theatre, Tauranga

Play by Margarete Kraemer
Directed by Geraldine Broderick

GRIMMS' TALES THEY NEVER TOLD YOU

FORGET DISNEY

Forget those syrupy sweet versions of Grimms’ fairy tales. This is different. This is dark and maybe disturbing. This is real drama.

Chances are you only know the sanitised versions of Grimms’ fairy tales, and only those that haven’t disappeared from books. But the original stories are different. Some are quite grim and gruesome. On a scale of Grimm, some tales we are going to tell you are … well, maybe close to a 10.

The performance comprises stories from the first (1815) edition of Grimms’ Children’s and Household Tales. Dramatised and acted rather than read out, the pieces are nested in a frame story, interweaving contemporary with historic elements and mixing magic with horror.

The play’s episodic structure includes music between acts, mirroring and enhancing the mood of the tales brought to life by different storytellers.

Charlotte Grimm’s unexpected appearance adds some interesting and surprising information to the plot: the unknown story behind the stories that her brothers collected.

While somewhat earlier than 20 March, this is our contribution to World Storytelling Day. Everybody loves a good story. Some enjoy a scary story (check out here why this is so). We even bring you nine.

But be warned: it’s not for the faint-hearted. 

ARE YOU BRAVE ENOUGH TO COME?