The London premiere of Ella Hickson's exhilarating fresh take on JM Barrie's beloved classic heads to the Barbican in October.
The cast of Wendy and Peter Pan. Photo by Ellie Kurttz
Wendy & Peter Pan is part of an exciting season of work at the Barbican Theatre, including Twelfth Night , which stars Samuel West.
The production will be directed by Jonathan Munby and follows Wendy as she embarks on an awfully big adventure to find the key to her parents' forgotten happiness. She'll join Peter Pan, Tink and Tiger Lily and take on Captain Hook in a show that explores what it really means to grow up.
The cast includes the previously Toby Stephens as Captain Hook/Mr Darling, Lolita Chakrabarti (writer of Hamnet, Swan Theatre) as Mrs Darling, Daniel Krikler (Fiddler on the Roof, Regent's Park/Barbican)as Peter Pan, Charlotte Mills (The Winter's Tale, RSC) as Tink and Hannah Saxby (The Crucible, Globe) as Wendy.
The cast is completed by Joe Anthony as Shadow, James Berkery as Shadow, Kazmin Borrer as Shadow, Lili-Evangeline Bryden as Shadow, Harrison Claxton as Shadow/Doctor/Crocodile, Christopher Jeffers as Peter’s Shadow, Joe Hewetson as Martin the Cabin Boy, Scott Karim as Smee, Alexander Kranz as Shadow, Max Lauder as Slightly, Meg Matthews as Swing Shadow, Kwaku Mills as Michael Darling, Alexander Molony as Tom Darling, Kyle Ndukuba as Tootles, Guy Rhys as Doc Swain, Hadley Smith as Knock Bone Jones, John Sodiq Akanmu as Skylights/Swing Shadow, Ami Tredrea as Tiger Lily, Marcello Walton as Murt the Bat, Fred Woodley Evans as John Darling, and Tom Xander as Curly.
Wendy and Peter Pan will feature Set and Costume Designer, Colin Richmond; Choreographer, Lucy Hind; Composer, Shuhei Kamimura; Sound Designer, Christopher Shutt; Lighting Designer, Oliver Fenwick; Video Designer, Taiki Ueda; Fight Director, Terry King and Casting Director, Annelie Powell CDG.
It'll play at the Barbican Theatre from 21 October to 22 November.
