'Robin Hood: The Legend. Re-written' announces full West End cast

The Grinning Man creator Carl Grose adapts the folk legend with a 21st-century retelling. The play opens at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre this summer.

Sophie Thomas
Sophie Thomas

Get your band of merry men together for Robin Hood: The Legend. Re-written in London. The Robin Hood play begins previews at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre on 17 June, with an opening night on 23 June, and performances to 22 July. Get Robin Hood: The Legend. Re-written tickets on London Theatre.

Press material states the new Robin Hood adaptation will promise “humour, heart and a forest full of secrets, expect the arrows to fly in a bold new direction as trickery and truth collide with fiery results.”

Melly Still directs Charlotte Beaumont, Nandi Bhebhe, Stephanie Marion Fayerman, Dave Fishley, Samuel Gosrani, TJ Holmes, Paul Hunter, Katherine Manners, Shaun Yusuf McKee, Alex Mugnaioni, Simon Oskarsson, Ellen Robertson, Dumile Sibanda, Ira Mandela Siobhan, Elexi Walker, and musicians Amena Alicia El-Kindy, Taya Ming, and Marta Miranda.

The creative team includes Chiara Stephenson (set design), Samuel Wyer (costume design), Zoe Spurr (lighting design), and Emma Laxton (sound design).

The theatre's summer 2023 season includes Once On This Island, The Tempest, Dinosaur World Live, and La Cage Aux Folles. Find out more about upcoming shows at Regent's Park Open Air Theatre.

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Photo credit: Alex Mugnaioni and Ellen Robertson (Photos courtesy of production)

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