All is not well in Lagoa! The wicked Sheriff is growing rich on the many taxes he is forcing the poor townsfolk to pay and he is just about to become even richer.
Pip and Penny, recently orphaned and heirs to vast fortunes, have been entrusted into the wicked Sheriff’s care and he is hatching a horrible plan to make sure that he will inherit the cash and marry the beautiful Maid Marion into the bargain.
All that stands in his way is the very brave and dashing Robin Hood and his Merry Men, the fearsome Nanny Coddle, brainless Dave Knave (the wannabe outlaw) and a rather overworked Fairy. Will they succeed in thwarting the evil plot and beat the Sheriff and his villainous henchmen?
To find out, you will have to get down to the Lagoa Auditorium next month for The Algarveans’ next production of ‘Robin Hood and the Babes in the Wood’.
The Pantomime is based on an old English Ballad from 1595, called ‘The Children in the Wood’ or ‘The Norfolk Gentleman’s Last Will and Testament’. It was first staged in 1793 as an opera at the Haymarket Theatre before it re-emerged as a pantomime at the Drury Lane Theatre, London, in 1827 entitled ‘Harlequin and Cock Robin or Babes in the Wood’.
Guaranteed to be full of terrible jokes, flying custard pies, music and laughter, The Algarveans Experimental Theatre Group is pulling out all the stops to ensure that its 20th anniversary pantomime will be one to remember.
Shows are on March 12, 13 and 14 at 8pm. Tickets are on sale at €10 for adults and €5 for children.
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Photo: Karen Barroso, choreographer, with some of the younger dance chorus
