01 Apr NEWS: Casting Announced for Peter Pan at the Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre

Direction – Timothy Sheader and Liam Steel
Set design – Jon Bausor
Costumes – Jon Morrell
Puppet designer – Rachael Canning
Composition and sound score – Nick Powell
Musical supervision and direction – Candida Caldicot
Lighting design – Rick Fisher
Sound design – Nick Lidster for Autograph
Casting – Polly Jerrold

It has been announced that Hiran Abeysekera will play the titular role in the Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre production of Peter Pan, which opens on 21st May 2015, following previews from 15th.

Starring alongside him will be David Birrell as Captain Hook, who returns to Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre following roles in A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Ragtime. Also returning to Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre will be Beverly Rudd (Smee) and George Bukhari (Nibs).

Further casting includes Kae Alexander (Wendy), Patrick Osborne (John), Thomas Dennis (Michael), Rachel Donovan (Tinker Bell), Eben Figueiredo (Tootles), Thomas Pickles (Slighty), Richard James-Neale (Curly), Jacob James Beswick & Chris Lew Kum Hoi (Twins), Carl Prekopp (Gentleman Starkey), Okorie Chukwu, Owain Gwynn, Jonathan Holby and Arthur Kyeyune (Pirates), Melanie Pappenheim, Daniel Bradley, Candida Caldicot, Zands Duggan & Tamara Young (Musicians) and Joe Swain (Show Climber).

Directors Timothy Sheader and Liam Steel previously worked together for Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre productions of Lord of the Flies, Into The Woods (Oliver Award, Best Musical Revival) and the 2015 Olivier Award nominated production of The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess.

“I ran away the day I was born,” said Peter, “cause I heard Father and Mother talking of what I was to be when I became a man. I want always to be a little boy and to have fun, Wendy”. But this could not be for the Darlings; all children, except one, grow up. 1914 is a very different world. Faced with this reality, their only escape is to let imagination take flight to Never Land.

George Llewelyn Davies, killed in action in WW1, was one of the children who inspired this iconic character. Remembering him, and a generation of lost boys, Timothy Sheader and Liam Steel rediscover J. M. Barrie’s original stage play.

For tickets and information: openairtheatre.com
Venue: Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre
Dates: 15 May – 14 June 2015