The Fir Tree

I want to know what the other trees know
Go where the other trees go
Where do they go?

Writer Hannah Khalil collaborates with Shakespeare’s Globe in London in this magical re-imagining and re-wilding of Hans Christian Andersen’s classic fairy tale TheFir Tree.

Written for just four actors this inventive and dynamic adaptation harnesses all of the joy of the Christmas season and reminds us that we can all make a difference in taking care of our planet. Music, song and storytelling combine in this accessible and enchanting adaptation that is suitable for families and young people to perform and read together in a story of hope.

This edition was published to coincide with the premiere at the Globe Theatre, London, in December 2021.

Hannah Khalil is currently under commission to write new work for Shakespeare’s Globe, Soho Theatre, The Kiln and Golden Thread San Francisco. Her work for stage includes A Museum in Baghdad, which opened at the Royal Shakespeare Company’s Swan Theatre in 2019 directed by Erica Whyman, Interference for The National Theatre of Scotland, The Scar Test for Soho Theatre and Scenes from 68* Years for the Arcola. Scenes from 68* Years was nominated for the James Tait Black award and has subsequently been produced by Golden Thread Theatre in San Francisco and in Tunisia production (supported by British Council Tunisia and AFAC and produced by Alia Al Zougbi).
Alongside her theatre work, Hannah has written numerous radio plays, including The Unwelcome, Last of the Pearl Fishers and The Deportation Room all for BBC Radio 4. Television work includes multiple episodes of the Channel 4 drama Hollyoaks. Hannah has been named 2021 Charles A. Heimbold Jr. Chair of Irish Studies at Villanova University, Philadelphia and a Creative Fellow of the Beckett Archive at Reading University for 2021/22. She is is a resident artist at Golden Thread Productions in San Francisco.