The magic of panto: Robin Hood at the Birmingham Hippodrome 'five stars!'

REVIEW – Robin Hood panto at the Birmingham Hippodrome is as bold, brash and bawdy as it gets

MAKING its usual late arrival into the panto season, Robin Hood set up ‘camp’ at the Birmingham Hippodrome last night in a ritzy and glitzy cavalcade of over-the-top delightful froth and nonsense. It’s big and brash, crude and colourful with a book by Harry Michaels and Matt Slack offering little more than a passing nod to the original story about the hero of Sherwood. No worries there though, as the audience are here for a good time – not a les…

Robin Hood - Birmingham Hippodrome

Writers: Harry Michaels & Matt Slack Director: Karen Bruce Christmas at the Birmingham Hippodrome can only mean one thing – the annual feast that is the pantomime and, these days, the return of Matt Slack. It’s always been a spectacular affair, and this year seems even more so, with little expense spared to create a [...] The post Robin Hood – Birmingham Hippodrome appeared first on The Reviews Hub.

The magic of panto: Robin Hood at the Birmingham Hippodrome 'five stars!'

In the words of Noddy Holder, It’s Christmas! And that can only mean one thing, one of the biggest and the best pantomimes in the country opens, right here in the heart of the Midlands at the Birmingham Hippodrome.