‘Hansel and Gretel’s Halloween Adventure’

This pair already know how to deal with a witch, and they have encounters with many more fantastical creatures in this puppet production, written and directed by Bruce Cannon and Candice Burridge, with music by Daryl Kojak, at the Swedish Cottage Marionette Theater. Geared to ages 3 through 9 (and appropriately tame), the show, which closes this weekend, is a sequel to the theater’s original “Hansel and Gretel,” introducing characters like mermaids, cute monsters, charming vampires and valiant pirates.