Robin Hood shares some fascinating panto facts before bidding farewell to Milton Keynes


But just before they wave farewell to the leafy boulevards of Milton Keynes, here are a few fascinating facts and stimulating stats about the show that you might not have known…
> Shane Richie’s Personal Assistant takes his dog, Archie, to work with him
> In total, there are 18 performers in the cast
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> There are two teams of eight children from DanceBox Studios in the Hub in each show
> It takes seven people to operate the dinosaur featured in the show
> Five musicians, including the Musical Director, play all the music and songs in Robin Hood
> Just as Friar Tuck and Robin Hood are good friends in the show, so Peter Piper and Shane
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Hide Ad> Richie are great mates who do panto together every year
> Think doing panto at Christmas time is a doddle for the cast? They’ve got to keep making magic
on stage throughout 62 performances in total
> The set came to the theatre on seven different lorries
> The get-in took approximately three days with two overnight shifts needing 13 staff from MKT in action
and ten from production company Qdos working collaboratively
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Hide Ad> Through their commitment to making Robin Hood accessible to all MKTheatre have delivered a British Sign
Language Interpreted performance, a captioned performance, a touch tour, an audio described
performance and a relaxed performance.
> Creative Learning have delivered their first BSL interpreted backstage tour for students from St
Paul’s Catholic School as well as two Robin Hood onstage family workshops and a ‘back by
popular demand’ behind the scenes tour of Robin Hood.