Red Riding Hood

Written by Jim Fowler and directed by Anne Fowler

Within the village, there lurks an evil individual so unpleasant, so cunning, that no-one is safe. The beast will stop at nothing to achieve his goal….

His goal? To convince the villagers that within the forest, there lurks an evil beast so unpleasant, so cunning, that no-one is safe...

Lord Blackthorne wants to build 50, one bedroom properties on the site of the local forest. He knows his development plans won’t be popular, so he creates a scapegoat… or should that be scapewolf? Blackthorne persuades the locals that the wolf is responsible for the theft of the villagers’ livestock. Along with his inept sidekick Sebastian, Blackthorne attempts to whip the locals into a nervous frenzy to convince them to cut down the forest in a bid to capture the wolf, leaving him in a position to begin his housing development.

However, Blackthorne hasn’t accounted for Red Riding Hood. Having discovered Blackthorne’s intentions, Riding Hood recruits some unlikely allies to help scupper Blackthorne’s plans. Bonkers the Bunny and Lennie the Leprechaun both lend their own style of assistance, much to the frustration of Red Riding Hood.

Meanwhile, Red Riding Hood’s Grandmother, Mandy Valentine, is keen to find a one bedroom house and is quite enthusiastic about Blackthorne’s development plans.

Alas, Mandy Valentine eventually becomes part of Blackthorne’s evil plot as he decides that to finalise his dastardly scheme, Grandmother should receive a visit from “The Big Bad Wolf.”

Escaping by the skin of her teeth, Grandmother assists Red Riding Hood and friends (with the help of the audience) to put paid to Lord Blackthorne’s evil plans and hit him where it hurts.

Deviating from the standard format of Red Riding Hood, Tads Theatre Group, as usual, bring a slightly wacky, 21st Century slant to the classic fairy tale.