Theatre Royal Pantomime Robin Hood to be rescheduled
Following the government’s announcement last week that Newcastle was entering Tier 3 restrictions, Newcastle Theatre Royal and producer Qdos Entertainment have been considering all options for their Socially Distanced pantomime, Robin Hood, which was due to open on Saturday 19 December 2020 and run until Sunday 10 January 2021.
Today the theatre has
announced the difficult decision to reschedule Robin Hood to April 2021.
Current restrictions mean that theatres are unable to open, and without a clear
timeframe for the city moving to Tier 2, progressing with December plans is now
not possible.
Philip Bernays said: “This is a huge disappointment – this will
be the first year since 1900 that there hasn’t been a Theatre Royal pantomime
in Newcastle and Danny, Clive, Chris, Joe and the whole team are devastated.
We had really hoped to give some
Christmas sparkle but it will now be an Easter treat.”
Director and producer of Robin
Hood, Michael Harrison commented: “We
know how excited the audience were about this new production of Robin Hood,
with queues at the online box office when it went on sale. We’re delighted that
the theatre, cast and our friends at The National Lottery are all able to make
the show work at Easter, and we’ll be using the extra weeks to make the show
even bigger and better!”
This year’s socially distanced
production had been created by Michael Harrison especially for the Theatre
Royal, to allow audience members to come together safely and enjoy the magic of
the much-loved art form this festive season, following the rescheduling of
Humpty Dumpty; the pantomime the theatre had originally planned for 2020 which
is now on sale for Christmas 2021.
Ticket holders for the show
have been contacted and need take no action as all tickets will be
automatically refunded over the coming weeks; these customers will also be
offered priority booking for the rescheduled dates.
The new April dates and
performance schedule for Robin Hood will be announced on Friday 11 December and
go on sale the following week:
Friends members - Monday 14 December
10am,
Advantage members – Tuesday 15
December 10am,
Public booking - Wednesday 16 December
10am.
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