The Dukes announce full cast and creative team for festive production of ROBIN HOOD

The Dukes in Lancaster have announced the full cast and creative team for their annual festive production Robin Hood, which runs at the venue from 24 November-31 December.

The production will mark the first time the theatre’s festive production has been staged in the venue’s larger 313-seat theatre The Rake in 11 years.

Chief Executive of The Dukes, Karen O’Neill, said: “As The Dukes continues to grow and bring brilliant live theatre to our area, this year we have moved our annual Christmas production to the Rake theatre. Being in the larger space we are able to welcome more audiences than ever before and meet the demand for tickets to what has become a key part of the festive calendar for much of our community. With more space to play with our creative team are loving making the magical world of Robin Hood and thinking of all the ways we can use this space to ensure all our audiences feel like part of Robin’s adventures. Plus this year we have to house the Sea Beast of Morecambe Bay!”.

The full cast of Robin Hood are Althea Burey (The Gruffalo’s Child) as Marian, Jacob Butler (It’s A Sin) as Robin, Amy Drake (One Man Two Guvnors) as Tuck, Helen Longworth (The Archers) as Ellen-A-Dale, and Lucas Cheong Smith (D’Eon) as Sheriff.

Following on from his acclaimed adaptation of The Jungle Book for this year’s Summer production in Lancaster’s Williamson Park, Andrew Pollard will return to adapt the classic tale of Robin Hood, which will be directed by Kirstie Davis, with composition by Ziad Jaberom, choreography by Zak Phillips-Yates, lighting by Brent Lees, sound by Kate Harvey, and set and costumes by Irene Jade.

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