Peter Pan: A Musical Adventure
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Peter Pan: A Musical Adventure is a musical based on J. M. Barrie
's play Peter Pan, or the Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up, with a book by Willis Hall
and music and lyrics by George Stiles
and Anthony Drewe
. The show opened in Copenhagen in 1996. The production was first broadcast in 2001 as a New Year's Eve concert, starring Sheila Hancock
, Laura Michelle Kelly
, and Joe McFadden. It was presented at Festival Hall in the 2002/2003 Christmas period where it was badly reviewed.
Since then, Stiles and Drewe have revised the show. In 2007/2008 the show played at the Birmingham Repertory Theatre
, directed by Rachel Kavanaugh and starring Peter Caulfield, Gina Beck
, and David Birrell, receiving positive reviews. A year later, it moved to the West Yorkshire Playhouse
starring James Gillan
, Amy Lennox, and David Birrell again as Captain Hook, again receiving positive reviews.
J. M. Barrie
Sir James Matthew Barrie, 1st Baronet, OM was a Scottish author and dramatist, best remembered today as the creator of Peter Pan. The child of a family of small-town weavers, he was educated in Scotland. He moved to London, where he developed a career as a novelist and playwright...
's play Peter Pan, or the Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up, with a book by Willis Hall
Willis Hall
Willis Hall was an English playwright and radio and television writer who drew on his working class roots in Leeds for much of his writings....
and music and lyrics by George Stiles
George Stiles
George William Stiles is an English composer of musicals for stage and screen.-Education:From 1974 to 1979, he was educated at Gresham's School, in Norfolk.George Stiles also went to Exeter University.-Collaboration with Anthony Drewe:...
and Anthony Drewe
Anthony Drewe
Anthony Drewe is a British lyricist and book writer for Broadway and West End musicals. He is best known for his collaborations with George Stiles.-Work with George Stiles:*additional songs for the musical Mary Poppins*Tutankhamun*Honk!...
. The show opened in Copenhagen in 1996. The production was first broadcast in 2001 as a New Year's Eve concert, starring Sheila Hancock
Sheila Hancock
Sheila Cameron Hancock, CBE is an English actress and author.-Early life:Sheila Hancock was born in Blackgang on the Isle of Wight, the daughter of Ivy Louise and Enrico Cameron Hancock, who was a publican. Her sister Billie is seven years older...
, Laura Michelle Kelly
Laura Michelle Kelly
Laura Michelle Kelly is an English actress and singer who achieved critical acclaim in the role of Mary Poppins in the musical of the same name.-Musical theatre:...
, and Joe McFadden. It was presented at Festival Hall in the 2002/2003 Christmas period where it was badly reviewed.
Since then, Stiles and Drewe have revised the show. In 2007/2008 the show played at the Birmingham Repertory Theatre
Birmingham Repertory Theatre
Birmingham Repertory Theatre is a theatre and theatre company based on Centenary Square in Birmingham, England...
, directed by Rachel Kavanaugh and starring Peter Caulfield, Gina Beck
Gina Beck
Gina Beck is an English actress and singer known primarily for her roles in leading musical theatre productions. Gina recently starred as Christine Daaé in Cameron Mackintosh's production of Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera in London's West End for two years...
, and David Birrell, receiving positive reviews. A year later, it moved to the West Yorkshire Playhouse
West Yorkshire Playhouse
The West Yorkshire Playhouse in Leeds, England is a theatre which opened in March 1990 as part of the regeneration of the Quarry Hill area of the city...
starring James Gillan
James Gillan
James Gillan may refer to:*James Angus Gillan, see Angus Gillan, Scottish rower, gold medallist at the 1908 and 1912 Olympics*James Gillan , Scottish actor...
, Amy Lennox, and David Birrell again as Captain Hook, again receiving positive reviews.
Musical numbers
Act One | Act Two |
---|---|
1. " There's Something in the Air Tonight" - Storyteller, Mr Darling, Londoners | 11. "Look Back Through a Rose-Tinted Eye Patch" - Smee, Captain Hook and Pirates |
2. "Just Beyond the Stars" - Mrs. Darling | 12. "Just Beyond the Stars (Reprise)" - Wendy |
3. "Tinker Bell and Peter Pan's Arrival" - Orchestra | 13. "One Big Adventure" - Peter Pan and Wendy |
4. "Never Land" - Peter Pan, Wendy, John and Michael | 14. "The Cleverness of Me (Reprise)" - Peter Pan |
5. "The Lost Boys Gang" - The Lost Boys | 15. "When I Kill Peter Pan/Good Old Captain Hook (Reprise)" - Captain Hook and Pirates |
6. "Good Old Captain Hook" - Pirates | 16. "One Big Adventure (Reprise)" - Peter Pan |
7. "Build a House" - Peter Pan and The Lost Boys | 17. "A Pirate with a Conscience" - Captain Hook, Smee and Pirates |
8. "The Cleverness of Me" - Peter Pan and Wendy | 18. "Never Land (Reprise)" - John, Michael, Wendy and The Lost Boys |
9. "Crocodile/Tiger Lily/Siren Song" - Tiger Lily and Mermaids | 19. "The Fight" - Captain Hook, Peter Pan, Wendy, John, Michael, Pirates and Lost Boys |
10. "When I Kill Peter Pan" - Captain Hook and Pirates | 20. "Just Beyond the Stars (Reprise 2") - Storyteller and Mrs. Darling |
21. "There's Always Tomorrow" - Peter Pan and Londoners |