Robin Hood comes to Joburg
JOBURG – Get ready for the brand new pantomime at Joburg Theatre.
Janice Honeyman’s brand-new pantomime adventure, Robin Hood and the Babes in the Wood, will be on stage at the Joburg Theatre, in November.
The plot combines the babes-lost-in-the-forest story with the Robin Hood legend. The young children, Hansel and Gretel, come to visit their uncle, the Sheriff of Nottingham, not suspecting that he is plotting their demise. But never fear, help is at hand, in the shape of Robin and his Merry Men, plus Maid Marian and the Spirit of the Forest.
Playing the role of Robin in his first Joburg Theatre pantomime is Izak Davel.
Much-loved panto star, Desmond Dube returns to the Joburg Theatre to play the jovial Friar Tuck, Idols finalist Bongi Mthombeni features in his fifth Joburg Theatre pantomime as the dandy Will Scarlet, and leading lady of South African musical theatre, Kate Normington, will surely be wildly comical as Silly Sylviana, the Spirit of the Forest.
Also featured in Robin Hood and the Babes in the Wood are Graham Hopkins as the villainous Norman the Nasty, Sheriff of Nottingham; L J Urbani as the ever-popular Dame Emmarentia Ugly; Phumi Mncayi as Little John, chief lieutenant of the Merry Men; award-winning actress Candida Mosoma as Much the Miller’s Son; beautiful Carmen Pretorius as Robin’s love interest, Maid Marian; and Jaco Van Rensburg as the wandering minstrel, Alan-a-Dale.
“It’s an exciting year for us when Janice Honeyman writes a brand-new pantomime script,” said Bernard Jay, executive producer of the panto, who added, “We don’t know exactly what to expect until the last minute, but we do know it will be full of her magical flair for story-telling, spectacular special effects, zany comedy and outrageous double entendres.”
Writer and director, Honeyman is collaborating with producer Jay on their 16th Joburg Theatre pantomime together. Rowan Bakker joins the team as musical director; Nicol Sheraton as choreographer; costumes supplied by Qdos in the UK; lighting design by Graham McLusky; sound design by Richard Smith; and Timothy le Roux is the resident director.
As with many past successful pantomime productions at the Joburg Theatre, Claire Pacariz and Simon James serve as associate producers of the show, which runs from 5 November until 30 December.
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