We went to the Robin Hood New Years Eve 5:15 performance at the Birmingham Hippodrome and there was a good mix of young children and young at heart. There was laughter all around and real contact between the performers and the audience. John Barrowman was even better than last year but it was not a one-man-show all the cast, including the "Baddie" were marvelous. We enjoyed it so much we have already booked for next year.

The ventriloquist in Robin Hood at the Birmingham Hippodrome was excellent - really the only consistently good thing in the show in our opinion. We found the storyline incomprehensible - especially to the children with us. The robot got on our nerves as did the shrieky vocals of the witch character. The continual rather forced fits of giggles by the performers also grew tiresome very quickly. Very disappointing we thought, especially after the wonderful Aladdin last year. It would have been better for the show to stick to traditional storyline and components instead of trying to be too clever for its own good and not nearly as witty as it thought it was