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Riding through the royal forest of Sherwood on a glorious May morning, you don\u2019t have a care in the world. \u00a0Then you hear a bird call, the faint rustling of trees, and suddenly a man armed with a longbow appears in your path. \u00a0He wears a feathered cap, or is that a hood? \u00a0You can\u2019t see the man\u2019s face clearly, but you don\u2019t have to. \u00a0He is dressed in Lincoln green, the colour of Robin Hood \u2013 the most famous English outlaw of all time. <\/span><\/p>\n

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The earliest surviving Robin Hood ballad, <\/span>Robin Hood and The Monk<\/span><\/i>, dates from the 15th Century. \u00a0Subsequently, the legend has become one of the most popular movie and TV stories of all time: from <\/span>Robin Hood and His Merry Men<\/span><\/i>, a 1908 silent film; to British television\u2019s long-running series <\/span>The Adventures of Robin <\/span><\/i>Hood (1955-59); to 1973\u2019s <\/span>Walt Disney\u2019s Robin Hood<\/span><\/i>; to Mel Brooks\u2019 hilarious <\/span>Robin Hood: Men in Tights<\/span><\/i> (1993); and to the 2010 movie <\/span>Robin Hood<\/span><\/i>, directed by Ridley Scott and starring Russell Crowe.<\/span><\/p>\n

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And now comes Janice Honeyman\u2019s brand new pantomime adventure, <\/b>Robin Hood and the Babes in the Wood<\/i><\/b>, on the stage of The Mandela at Joburg Theatre from November 5th to December 30th 2016. \u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n

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The plot combines the babes-lost-in-the-forest story with the Robin Hood legend. \u00a0The young children, Hansel and Gretel, come to visit their uncle, the Sheriff of Nottingham, little suspecting that he is plotting their demise. \u00a0But never fear, help is at hand \u2013 in the shape of Robin and his Merry Men, plus Maid Marian and the Spirit of the Forest!<\/span><\/p>\n

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Playing the role of Robin in his first Joburg Theatre pantomime is Izak Davel, best known to TV viewers as <\/span>Isidingo<\/span><\/i>\u2019s arrogant Bradley Haines, and whose hit recordings include <\/span>Verlei My<\/span><\/i>, <\/span>Is Jy In Of Is Jy Uit<\/span><\/i> and <\/span>Vreesloos<\/span><\/i>. \u00a0Much loved panto star Desmond Dube returns to Joburg Theatre to play the jovial Friar Tuck, <\/span>Idols<\/span><\/i> 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 comic as Silly Sylviana, the Spirit of the Forest!<\/span><\/p>\n

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Also featured in <\/span>Robin Hood and the Babes in the Wood<\/span><\/i> are Graham Hopkins as the villainous Norman the Nasty, Sheriff of Nottingham, L J Urbani as the ever-popular panto Dame Emmarentia Ugly, Phumi Mncayi as chief lieutenant of the Merry Men, Little John, award-winning actress Candida Mosoma as Much the Miller\u2019s Son (written with an inevitable panto twist!), beautiful Carmen Pretorius as Robin\u2019s love interest, Maid Marian, and Jaco Van Rensburg as the wandering minstrel, Alan-a-Dale.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Joining them in the all-South-African cast are, in alphabetical order, TeeKay Baloyi, Darius Engelbrecht, Clive Gilson, Nuritt Graff, Kyra Green, Dirk Joubert, Dolly Louw, Yamikani Mahaka-Phiri, Tsepho Ncokoane, Noni Mkhonto, Dale Scheepers, Natasha Van Der Merwe and Maryanne Van Eyssen.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201cIt\u2019s an exciting year for us when Janice Honeyman writes a brand new pantomime script,\u201d says Bernard Jay, executive producer of the panto. \u201cWe don\u2019t 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 <\/span>double entendres<\/span><\/i>!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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Writer \/ director Janice Honeyman collaborates with producer Bernard Jay on their sixteenth Joburg Theatre pantomime together. \u00a0Rowan Bakker joins the team this year as musical director; Nicol Sheraton returns as choreographer; the eagerly anticipated, over-the-top, fabulous sets and costumes are once again supplied by Qdos in the UK; the lighting design is by Graham McLusky; sound design by Richard Smith; and Timothy Le Roux is the resident director. \u00a0As with many past successful pantomime productions at Joburg Theatre, Claire Pacariz and Simon James serve as associate producers.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Robin Hood and the Babes in the Wood<\/span><\/i> has preview performances on The Mandela stage at Joburg Theatre on November 5th and 6th with tickets from R170. \u00a0Its official Opening Night is scheduled for Sunday November 6th and the season continues until December 30th, with tickets priced from R220.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Over 30,000 tickets have already been sold for this year\u2019s panto, so best to hurry and get yours now for South Africa\u2019s most popular family entertainment tradition. \u00a0Tickets are available by visiting\u00a0<\/span>www.joburgtheatre.com<\/span><\/a>\u00a0or calling 0861 670 670, as well as through Webtickets and at Pick \u2018n\u2019 Pay stores. For group bookings of 10 or more, contact the theatre directly on 011 877 6853\/6815.<\/span><\/p>\n

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TWITTER HANDLE:<\/b><\/p>\n

@joburgtheatre<\/b><\/p>\n

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#RobinHoodPanto<\/b><\/p>\n

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