Robin Hood: The Legend. Re-written. (Regent's Park Open Air Theatre) London Reviews and Tickets
Show-Score Member Reviews (13)
See it if You like great staging - good use of the set (and seats), interesting retellings and want a high energy show
Don't see it if You're looking for a traditional telling, you're hard of hearing (some of the dialogue was muffled), predictable characters annoy you
See it if Look at different aproach to the well known story
Don't see it if Don't like something new
See it if You desperately want to see something in the open air and will see anything
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See it if Nothing really. Love the venue, and I'm sure the cast are talented
Don't see it if It was super confusing. I think trying to prove some points, but none that would really shine through. It just was just not enjoyable
See it if Great setting and music.
Don't see it if You’re looking for a fast paced, action packed theatre performance with solid performances
See it if You want to see a new take on a classic that doesn’t really make sense.
Don't see it if You want to see the story of Robin Hood.
See it if You fancy catching 40 winks in a seat.
Don't see it if If you value your time on Earth.
See it if You want to see a new take on Robin Hood
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Critic Reviews (12)
“The show feels a little too twisty and messy at times but it is utterly winning too. The entire thing froths over with a great sense of fun and heaps of imagination. This is how to rewrite a legend: a must-see this summer.”
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“For all the brief, bang-on allusions to unjust land ownership, punishing taxation and eco-unfriendly road-building - the show never quite hits the theatrical bull’s-eye.”
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“The script has its moments of fun, but also feels in need of another edit or two. Best, I suppose, to treat it all as an early outbreak of panto in the sunshine.”
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"This reinvention exists in limbo between send-up and sanctimony, a clever exercise in theory that is enervating to watch."
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“Arrow-related illusions by John Bulleid are a bonus treat. It’s unlikely to dislodge the memory of cherished Robins past. But it’s a delirious evening of summery fun.”
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“This is a real disappointment and a rare misfire for this venue. It’s ponderous where it should be magical, and desperately lacking in purpose and clarity.”
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"The entire intent of this show was never made clear and felt like a particularly under-rehearsed pantomime in parts. ... 'Robin Hood' was a show whose riches were few and far between and overall was poorly executed."
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“Sometimes the ambition proves too much, the concept, execution and delivery jarring, no harmony to be found between the disparate elements...I suspect most men (and women) will be anything but merry after a show that repeatedly takes aim - and misses.”
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