{"id":277100,"date":"2015-10-20T14:46:26","date_gmt":"2015-10-20T13:46:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/8ce250469d.nxcli.io\/?p=277100"},"modified":"2020-08-23T00:33:42","modified_gmt":"2020-08-22T23:33:42","slug":"robin-hood-and-the-babes-in-the-wood-in-leeds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment-focus.com\/2015\/10\/20\/robin-hood-and-the-babes-in-the-wood-in-leeds\/","title":{"rendered":"Robin Hood and the Babes in the Wood in Leeds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s the countdown to the famous Rock \u2018n\u2019 Roll Panto at City Varieties Music Hall in Leeds, which runs from 27th November 27th to 10th January 10th. This year the venue presents Robin Hood and the Babes in the Wood in its own inimitable style.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe City Varieties pantomime has become a necessary-date-in-the-diary throughout the festive period,\u201d says Ian Sime, General Manager. \u201cIt\u2019s fair to say it\u2019s a bit of a Leeds tradition.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The soundtrack is played live on stage by the cast and is crammed with covers of big hit songs; this year\u2019s treats include Fleetwood Mac, Bruce Springsteen, The Clash, Meatloaf and Bob Marley. \u201cThe cast are extraordinarily talented,\u201d Ian continues. \u201cThe atmosphere is electric and has audiences, young and old, dancing in the aisles.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Rock \u2018n\u2019 Roll Panto has everything audiences expect from a traditional family pantomime \u2013 slapstick comedy, audience interaction and outlandish costumes &#8211; with the bonus of a rocking soundtrack and the now-legendary boulder fight &#8211; if you\u2019ve been before you\u2019ll know exactly what the \u2018boulder fight\u2019 is; if you haven\u2019t then there\u2019s only one way to find out.<\/p>\n<p>You can check out our review of the previous Rock \u2018n\u2019 Roll Panto, Dick Whittington, <a href=\"https:\/\/8ce250469d.nxcli.io\/theatre-review\/dick-whittington-rock-n-roll-panto-review\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Robin Hood the Rock \u2018n\u2019 Roll Panto is at City Varieties Music Hall from Friday November 27th to Sunday January 10th. Tickets are on sale now priced from \u00a315 to \u00a322 with concessions, group discounts and school group prices available. Book online at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cityvarieties.co.uk\">cityvarieties.co.uk<\/a> or call 0113 243 08 08.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Rock \u2018n\u2019 Roll Panto returns to City Varieties Music Hall this season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":277110,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[675],"tags":[18874,172,4437,55,171,4742,8811,14521,10748],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.6 (Yoast SEO v22.6) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Robin Hood and the Babes in the Wood in Leeds - Entertainment Focus<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/entertainment-focus.com\/2015\/10\/20\/robin-hood-and-the-babes-in-the-wood-in-leeds\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Robin Hood and the Babes in the Wood in Leeds\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Rock \u2018n\u2019 Roll Panto returns to City Varieties Music Hall this season.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/entertainment-focus.com\/2015\/10\/20\/robin-hood-and-the-babes-in-the-wood-in-leeds\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Entertainment Focus\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/entertainmentfocus\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2015-10-20T13:46:26+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2020-08-22T23:33:42+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/entertainment-focus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Babes-in-the-Wood.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"960\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"540\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Samuel Payne\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@https:\/\/twitter.com\/samueltpayne\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@Ent_Focus\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Samuel Payne\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/entertainment-focus.com\/2015\/10\/20\/robin-hood-and-the-babes-in-the-wood-in-leeds\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/entertainment-focus.com\/2015\/10\/20\/robin-hood-and-the-babes-in-the-wood-in-leeds\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Samuel Payne\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/entertainment-focus.com\/#\/schema\/person\/f0a6a3f09b126e80435e9fb8fb341bb1\"},\"headline\":\"Robin Hood and the Babes in the Wood in Leeds\",\"datePublished\":\"2015-10-20T13:46:26+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-08-22T23:33:42+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/entertainment-focus.com\/2015\/10\/20\/robin-hood-and-the-babes-in-the-wood-in-leeds\/\"},\"wordCount\":265,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/entertainment-focus.com\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/entertainment-focus.com\/2015\/10\/20\/robin-hood-and-the-babes-in-the-wood-in-leeds\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/entertainment-focus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Babes-in-the-Wood.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Christmas\",\"City Varieties\",\"Comedy\",\"Dick Whittington\",\"Leeds\",\"Musical\",\"pantomime\",\"Rock \u2018n\u2019 Roll Panto\",\"West Yorkshire\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Arts &amp; Lifestyle\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/entertainment-focus.com\/2015\/10\/20\/robin-hood-and-the-babes-in-the-wood-in-leeds\/#respond\"]}],\"copyrightYear\":\"2015\",\"copyrightHolder\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/entertainment-focus.com\/#organization\"}},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/entertainment-focus.com\/2015\/10\/20\/robin-hood-and-the-babes-in-the-wood-in-leeds\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/entertainment-focus.com\/2015\/10\/20\/robin-hood-and-the-babes-in-the-wood-in-leeds\/\",\"name\":\"Robin Hood and the Babes in the Wood in Leeds - 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