As if Robin Hood didn't already have enough on his plate dealing with the dastardly Sheriff of Nottingham and wooing the beautiful Maid Marion, the festive season also finds Sherwood Forest’s most famous resident getting tangled up in all manner of pantomime traditions (custard pie in the boar-race, anyone?)...

There’s a new dame in town at Lichfield Garrick this year, with Ben Stock taking on the role of Nurse Nellie (pictured), while another Ben - Thornton - stars as the eponymous hero.

The show marks the venue’s first in-house-produced pantomime in over a decade.

Meanwhile, over at the Swan, the Worcester Repertory Company are promising a production that’s positively awash with traditional panto mischief, mayhem and slapstick silliness.

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