FUGITIVE Windmill Theatre Dunstan Playhouse Until 14 Aug 2010 Review by Tony Busch Matthew Whittet has taken the Robin Hood legend and created a kind of 21st century morality play. Awild blend of teen soap opera, physical theatre, road movie and post-modernist satire, leavened withsome real drama, it makes for a very entertaining night of theatre. In “Fugitive”, the classic Sherwood story is used to pose the question “When does ‘right’ cross the lineand become nothing more than ‘might’?” Director Rosemary Myers spent five weeks workshopping the play with its writer and cast and the resultis a very tight, slick show that, for most of its 90 minutes, zips along. The physicality of the piece is ajoy, the escape sequence, in particular, an absolute delight. The cast is uniformly first rate with Eamon Farren as an angst-ridden Robin, Louisa Mignone as theconflicted Marion, writer Matthew Whittet as a slightly nerdy Wil, and Patrick Graham as a thickish LittleJohn. Carmel Johnson, Danielle Catanzariti and Geoff Revell play everyone else, including the Sherrif,Friar Tuck, King Richard, Marion’s father Mr Maid, downtrodden peasants and sundry knights. Jonathon Oxlade’s design is witty and functional and Richard Vabre’s lighting makes it all workbeautifully. But a special mention must go to Luke Smiles’ sound design which adds another dimensionentirely to the performances and brings much of the action alive. Perhaps the structure laboured a little towards the end and perhaps the ‘deus ex machina’ arrival of KingRichard was a little disappointing, but nothing can detract from the fact that the audience was taken ona wonderful ride and justly showed its appreciation. Windmill has scored a bullseye; don’t miss it.