Into the Woods at Belvoir St Theatre

From the 18 March, the Belvoir stage will be transformed for an inventive, surprising, gorgeous, lo-fi spectacular production of Into the Woods.

Brought to the Sydney mainstage for the first time in thirty years, this musical will enthral audiences with its darkly comedic and utterly entertaining reimagining of the familiar Brothers Grimm fairy tales.

Into the Woods will have audiences questioning what ‘happily ever after’ means, proving nothing is as black and white as the children’s stories would have them believe.

It begins, of course, with “Once upon a time…” By the end of the opening number not one but six fairytale plots have intertwined, as Cinderella, the Baker and his Wife, Little Red Riding Hood and Jack of beanstalk fame all head into the woods in search of love, happiness, wisdom. Three midnights of brilliant plot twists later they all end up with their happy endings. Except this is only the interval…

We all want our wishes fulfilled, but are we prepared to pay the price?

Authors

• James Lapine
• Stephen Sondheim

Tony Awards and Nominations for Into the Woods