FORGET EVERYTHING YOU EVER KNEW ABOUT ROBIN HOOD. ENTER THE FOREST
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Playwright David Farr’s wildly imaginative, theatrically dazzling new spin on the familiar fable has thrilled and surprised audiences internationally, and now it swings into Toronto for a limited engagement! December 23, 2014 - March 1, 2015 Royal Alexandra Theatre, 260 King Street West
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FORGET EVERYTHING YOU EVER KNEW ABOUT ROBIN HOOD.
ENTER THE FOREST
EVERY LEGENDARY HERO HAS TO START SOMEWHERE.
THE HEART OF ROBIN HOOD is playwright David Farr’s wildly imaginative, theatrically dazzling new spin on the familiar fable. Commissioned by Britain’s Royal Shakespeare Company and subsequently produced at the American Repertory Theatre in Cambridge, the show has thrilled and surprised audiences and critics alike.
IN THIS REIMAGINING, ROBIN AND HIS UNMERRY GANG OF CUTTHROATS STEAL FROM THE RICH, BUT IT’S NEVER OCCURRED TO
THEM TO GIVE ANYTHING BACK TO ANYONE.
MISSING IMAGE
BUT WHEN WICKED PRINCE JOHN THREATENS THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY, MARION STEPS IN TO PROTECT THE POOR AND TRANSFORM A
THUGGISH ROBIN FROM HOOD TO GOOD.
THE PRODUCTION FEATURES SWASHBUCKLING, ACROBATICS, COMEDY, DRAMA, CROSS-DRESSING, TRAP DOORS, AERIAL WORK AND ORIGINAL
MUSIC PLAYED BY AN ON-STAGE BAND, THE ACCLAIMED ‘PARSONSFIELD’.
“A TOP QUALITY PIECE OF FAMILY ENTERTAINMENT WITH ALL THE THEATRICAL MAGIC AND EXCITEMENT
THAT AUDIENCES LOVE!” – WHAT’S ON STAGE
FPO
“SWASHBUCKLING! IT WILL BE A RARE THEATERGOER WHO’S NOT WON OVER.”
– THE BOSTON GLOBE
Critics have cheered the eye-popping, athletic and endlessly inventive production from acclaimed director Gisli Örn Gardarsson, which explodes off the stage to take place in front, above and on all sides of the audience.
“A SMASHING NEW TREATMENT OF THE LEGEND.” – EVENING STANDARD, LONDON
”THE RSC’S OUTSTANDING NEW FAMILY SHOW WILL ENCHANT ALL.” – INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY, LONDON
”A SHOW WITH A DIFFERENCE, STAGED WITH SUCH VERVE AND INVENTION THAT IT IS IMPOSSIBLE NOT TO SURRENDER TO IT.”
– THE GUARDIAN, LONDON
”MAKES YOUR HEART LEAP AND YOUR FEET STOMP.” – THE PATRIOT LEDGER, BOSTON
Be sure to tread carefully through the
forest, THE HEART OF ROBIN HOOD
will definitely steal your heart!
DECEMBER 23, 2014 - MARCH 1, 2015
ROYAL ALEXANDRA THEATRE, TORONTO
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Photos of American Repertory Theater production of THE HEART OF ROBIN HOOD by Evgnia Eliseeva
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