TANYA Ronder’s adaptation of
Peter Pan, which completes its run in Kensington Gardens this weekend, will transfer to the O2 Arena for a strictly limited Christmas season.
It will be performed ‘in the round’ in a specially commissioned state-of-the-art 1,300 seat theatre tent in the venue’s Meridian Gardens – from December 1, 2009 to January 10, 2010.
Previously Posted: Due to public demand,
Peter Pan has extended its run in Kensington Gardens until September 13, 2009. Next May, it embarks on a 12-month tour of North America. And in 2011, a second production will be launched in New Zealand to tour the Far East.
Previously Posted: Casting has been announced for the new version of
Peter Pan which will be performed in Kensington Gardens from June 10 (previews from May 26) to August 30, 2009.
Ciaran Kellgren and Abby Ford will lead the cast as Peter and Wendy, with Jonathan Hyde as Captain Hook/Mr Darling.
Kellgren, a recent LAMDA graduate, will be making his London stage debut, while Ford has previously appeared at the National Theatre in the original production of
Coram Boy.
Hyde’s numerous theatre credits include the RSC productions of
The Seagull and
King Lear, which played in rep at the New London Theatre last year;
Jumpers, Sleep with Me, The Real Inspector Hound and
The Duchess of Malfi (National Theatre); and
Antigone (Old Vic).
They will be joined in the cast by Karen Ascoe (Mrs Darling/Never Bird), Itxaso Moreno (Tinkerbell), Arthur Wilson (John) and David Poynor (Michael).
Previously Posted: This summer, a new version of JM Barrie’s
Peter Pan will be performed in a specially designed 1,100-seat tent in Kensington Gardens – from June 10 (previews from May 26) to August 30, 2009.
A mischievous boy who can fly and refuses to grow up, Peter lives on the small island of Neverland, where he is leader of the Lost Boys. He does, however, occasionally venture into the outside world and there meets Wendy and her brothers, Michael and John. Together the four set off to Neverland and an adventure that includes pirates, fairies, Indians, mermaids and even a crocodile.
Kensington Gardens has special significance for
Peter Pan, for it was here that JM Barrie first met the Llewelyn Davies family, the inspiration for his timeless children’s classic.
The new production will be directed by former Almeida Theatre Associate Director Ben Harrison, who specialises in producing site specific theatre. His previous work (with Scottish theatre company Grid Iron) includes
Night Flight (in an aircraft hangar) and
Ghost Ward (in an East End hospital).
Peter Pan is adapted by Tanya Ronder, whose previous adaptations include
Vernon God Little (Young Vic) and Blood Wedding (Almeida Theatre), and designed by William Dudley, who will create a 360 degree projected set using CGI technology.
The rainproof tent, complete with bar and restaurant, will be situated in the meadow between West Carriage Drive and the Long Water in the north-eastern part of Kensington Gardens (near Lancaster Gate Tube station).
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