Robin Hood, a pantomime
By The Severed Orcs
Age range
11 – 13, 13 – 15, 16 +
Cast size
15 +
Approx. running time
90 mins +
Gender breakdown
Male: 12
Female: 10
Also: All parts can be played by any gender. Additional chorus roles for 'Merry Men' & 'Guards'. Parts can be doubled up if required.
Female: 10
Also: All parts can be played by any gender. Additional chorus roles for 'Merry Men' & 'Guards'. Parts can be doubled up if required.
Setting
Various Sherwood Forest Locations.
Note
A modern panto written by a youth theatre for youth theatres.
First performance
Backstage Youth Theatre, 2015. The Severed Orcs are a writers group in Backstage Youth Theatre, Longford.
Synopsis
All is not well in Sherwood Forest! The Sheriff of Nottingham is planning to kidnap Maid Marion & The Merry Men and put them in his dungeon (the creepy one, not the nice one he just had re-decorated.) What on earth can Robin Hood do? In panto-land, anything can happen. Hansel & Gretel arrive and organise auditions for a new band of 'Merry Avengers' to help Robin with the rescue. They include Humpty Dumpty, Spiderman/Goldilocks and is that
Johnny Depp? ... It can't be, can it? ... No! It's not ... Oh! Yes, it is!
Johnny Depp? ... It can't be, can it? ... No! It's not ... Oh! Yes, it is!