Robin Hood - The Musical
Schillertheater Berlin
Opening 2007
Idea, Book, Concept and Production: Andrea Friedrichs
Music by: Martin Doepke
Idea, Book, Concept and Director: Hans Holzbecher
Lyrics: Elke Schlimbach
Lyrics: Grant Stevens
Choreographer: Paul Kribbe
Choreographer: James de Groot
Costumes: Ella Singh
Lightdesign: Manfred "Ollie" Olma
For freedom, love and justice
... The fairytale-like medieval stage designs by Christoph Weyers strikes the nerve of our time precisely...
Weser Kurier Kultur 10.12.2006
Heroes in tights
...The audience of Robin Hood forgets the old film images in their heads and even the legend of the split arrow. There is a colossal stage set (Christoph Weyers) with a fairytale forest and mighty castle walls and play levels that rise and fall, so that while Robin is grimacing down in the cellar, Lady Marian is pining for him three metres up in the bedchamber...
Michael Zirnstein / Süddeutsche Zeitung 03.03.2006
Rousing musical: Robin Hood in Bremen
...There was no shortage of applause for the scene in other respects either; the reception was enthusiastic - thanks to elaborate, constantly changing sets...
Thomas Hillmann / Münchner tz 03.2006
Robin Hood with sword instead of bow and arrow
...In terms of set design, the Bremen Musical Theatre offers a lot of variation in every respect. The dungeon is moved out of the stage floor or large pieces of scenery are lowered from the ceiling to form a church, the castle or Sherwood Forrest. The set designer Christoph Weyers has done a great job here and developed the appropriate rooms for the plot...
NUfermann / WDR 12.2005