A few weeks back on the 9th April, me and my best friend Robyn and a couple other friends went to see Robin Hood – the Easter pantomime at Cast, Doncaster 😄😄

The heroic outlaw legend, Robin Hood, who famously steals from the rich, and gives to the poor, is certainly prominent in our psyches; depicted heavily in cinema, theatre and literature. Countless films (including Disney’s cartoon version) have portrayed the dashing swordsman and archer. One of my dad’s favourite films is actually ‘The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938), with swashbuckler golden age of Hollywood – the hedonistic romancer, Errol Flynn

It was unfortunate that in Cast’s Easter pantomime, Louie Spence, who was supposed to be playing the bad ‘Sheriff of Notingham’, took ill and was unable to perform 😢 Instead Divino Decampo, a professional drag queen, actor and singer, understudied almost perfectly. As she only had a few days to learn her lines, she unsurprisingly made one or two mistakes/ long pauses (i.e. not remembering lines). But, on the whole, a dastardly delight, with a wicked, bold deliverance 😜

There were quite a few ‘Britain’s Got Talent’ former auditionees in the pantomime, such as Ashleigh and Sully playing ‘Maid Marian and Sully’, Jamie and Chuck’ as ‘Little John and Friar Chuck’ and George Sampson as a dashing Robin Hood. Sully the dog was exceptionally talented! Jamie and Chuck were very funny too, but I thought Ryan Greaves, who played ‘Wally Scarlett’ was a comic genius! He graduated 🎓 from the Manchester Met School of Theatre with a first class honours degree in Acting. Kate Salmon as ‘Fairy Cher’ and Wayne Morgan-Williams as ‘Dame Dolly’ were both fantastic on stage too, and complimented the other characters’ comedy very nicely

The production was so impressive. The song choices or ‘musical numbers’  were great. It was so much fun! Giant beach balls were flung out into the audience, sweets being tennis racketed, water guns etc.. 😁 (We stupidly thought the water guns wouldn’t get us at the back!) ..There were chicken costumes, and all kinds of objects, inflatable bananas 🍌/ hula hoops, all sorts, tossed around the stage! The cast impersonated a well known Chuckle brothers scene: ‘If I weren’t a so and so, I would be…’ with repetitive movements/ and bumping into each other! Dame Dolly and Wally Scarlett did the classic cake in your face, and a hilarious magic show involving chopping a cucumber 🥒 🤣

Overall, a brilliant Easter pantomime!

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My next few posts will be a ‘Stitch’ Disney diamond art 💎 🎨,  a ‘giraffe’ 🦒 pub painting and a travel blog: Alton Towers with friends in May! So watch this space 😜

Much love, Lauren xx

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