Ballads of Robyn Hode

5 APR

MEDIEVAL AND EARLY MODERN WEEK 2025: Expanding our Horizons

Saturday 5 April, 2pm and 4pm, St Mary le Wigford Church, Lincoln High Street (near the Railway Station).

Tales of outlaws have captured human imagination for centuries, none more so than the legendary Robyn Hode. Come along to The Lincoln Mystery Plays performances of ‘Ballads of Robyn Hode’ to be entertained and enchanted as we sing and enact these medieval tales – both comic and macabre, sinister and cerebral. Accompanied by the Lincoln Mystery Players with their medieval instruments, we will tell of hungry outlaws, destitute knights, luckless clerics and an exasperated King who will fall foul of his capers.

Our ballads, drawn from the earliest written tales of Robyn Hode, convey the famed outlaw in his authentic medieval context. A violent criminal, loyal to his friends, antagonistic to authority and utterly brutal to his enemies – this is not the hero you know!

Performances at 2pm and 4pm

Performances last for approximately an hour – No ticket is required, but registrations will help us prepare for attendance numbers.
If you are planning to attend one of the performances, please register here: https://forms.office.com/e/hv0vrgDnJi

Performances will take place in the medieval church of St. Mary-Le-Wigford as part of the University of Lincoln’s Medieval and Early Modern Week and last approximately one hour. No tickets are needed but your donations for the upkeep of this, the oldest church in Lincoln, will be most gratefully accepted.

Story submitted by Renee Ward
rward@lincoln.ac.uk