Little Red Riding Hood

A family musical panto that combines all the traditional elements

NARRATOR (M): Troubadour. Story-teller. Also plays the WOODCUTTER
GRANNY (F): Eccentric and independent, but easily flattered. (Not a panto Dame)
MOTHER (F): Hardworking, loving, exasperated. Single Parent
RED (F): Direct, plain-speaking, inclined to be bolshy. Teenager (about 14), but played by a young adult
ROBIN (M): Her younger brother (about 12), also played by a young adult
WOLF (M): Last of a long line. traces of aristocracy. Now sad and hungry. None too bright
WEASEL (M): A wheeler-dealer. Spiv with his own agenda

Sets: One frontcloth and three main settings (can be as simple or lavish as reqources allow)

“Sheer Joy from start to finish ... A great combination of traditional and modern” ~ The Stage

“The lost art of festive Theatre has been rediscovered in Winchester ... The Theatre Royal’s Christmas show is one of the best you could hope to see anywhere: a superb but modestly-budgeted production that keeps the whole family gripped with its inspired but straightforward retelling of a well-known fairy tale” ~ Winchester Chronicle