Peter Pan Goes Wrong

THE OLIVIER NOMINATED AND CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED
PETER PAN GOES WRONG
STUMBLES INTO NEW ZEALAND FROM
LONDON’S WEST END FOR LIMITED F/RUN

Following hot on the wobbly heels of the box office hit The Play That Goes Wrong, comes another triumphant disaster from London’s West End. If all goes to pan/plan, Peter Pan Goes Wrong should be stumbling around New Zealand from 31 October to 2 December 2018. Nominated for an Olivier Award in 2016 for Best New Comedy, Peter Pan Goes Wrong sees Mischief Theatre bring their trademark comic mayhem to the J.M. Barrie classic, Peter Pan.

In Peter Pan Goes Wrong, the much-loved members of The Cornley Polytechnic Drama Society once again battle against technical hitches, flying mishaps and cast disputes on their way to Neverland with hilarious and disastrous results.

Peter Pan Goes Wrong is co-written by Mischief Theatre company members Henry Lewis, Jonathan Sayer and Henry Shields, creators of the Olivier Award-winning comedy The Play That Goes Wrong, which played to packed theatres in Wellington, Christchurch and Auckland in 2017. Both 'Goes Wrong' productions are renowned for their highly physical comedy packed with finely-tuned farce and Buster Keaton-inspired slapstick delivered with split-second timing.

“We’ve been looking for Neverland, and someone said it was over this way, but I think maybe they got confused – Neverland, Newzealand – anyway we’ll go on a little ‘tricky tour’ or whatever you call it while we’re here and then maybe head back to London,” said Henry Lewis.

Peter Pan Goes Wrong will play at The Civic in Auckland from 31 October to 18 November, at the Opera House in Wellington from 21 -25 November, and then at the Isaac Theatre Royal in Christchurch from 28 November to 2 December.

James Cundall, CEO of Lunchbox Theatrical Productions and presenter of Peter Pan Goes Wrong in New Zealand, said “Audiences in New Zealand gave a rapturous welcome to The Play That Goes Wrong when it toured last year, demonstrating their fantastic sense of humour and love of a good time. Peter Pan offers another marvellous opportunity for things to go drastically wrong for the Cornley Polytechnic Drama Society, and for New Zealand audiences to once again ache from laughter.”

Peter Pan Goes Wrong premiered at the Pleasance Theatre in London in December 2013 before going on to tour the UK during 2014. The production made its West End debut in 2015 for a Christmas season, returning the following year from October for another Christmas season, making it the third show running in the West End from the Mischief Theatre Company after The Play That Goes Wrong and The Comedy About a Bank Robbery.

Peter Pan Goes Wrong is directed by Adam Meggido, with set design by Simon Scullion, lighting by Matt Haskins, costumes by Roberto Surace,sound design by Ella Wahlstrom and songs composed by Richard Baker and Rob Falconer.

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