Poor Hansel and Gretel. Their new pop-star-wannabe stepmother thinks that the family budget is too tiny to support a household of four, so she’s decided to let them go. Their henpecked father doesn’t quite agree, but even he’s feeling the pinch in this new economy!
So the brother and sister are abandoned in the jungles of Mandai to fend for themselves. There are strange cries in the dark and eyes glowing in the bushes. Will they ever make their way back home?
To their surprise, they stumble upon a house, made from the tastiest goodies they’ve ever seen. Fences of fishball sticks, walls of kueh lapis, and roof tiles made of kaya toast! Little do they know that the homeowner is a batty, flamboyant witch, known mysteriously as ‘the Chef’.
Will Hansel and Gretel realise in time that they have jumped out of the frying pan and into the fire? Will their father stop making goo-goo eyes at their stepmother and start looking for his kids? And what exactly is the secret identity of the Chef’s assistant, a spunky, rapping dynamo called Nicki Minah?
Hansel & Gretel’s star-studded cast includes Sebastian Tan (Broadway Beng), Dwayne Tan (Army Daze), Denise Tan (Gold 90FM), Siti Khalijah (Boeing Boeing), Dwayne Lau (Cinderel-Lah!) and Vernetta Lopez (CLASS 95FM). It will also feature 30 young talents from the age of 4-12 as part of W!LD RICE’s FIRST STAGE! programme.
