This magical version of Peter Pan has been brought together by an award-winning creative team.
They have created a bold, visually stunning reappraisal of J M Barrie's classic story, that's proved compelling for adults and children alike.
Peter Pan: The Creative Team
Ben Harrison
Director
Ben Harrison is one of the world's leading exponents of site-specific theatre having staged productions in locations ranging from a City Morgue to an International Airport. A former Associate Director of the Almeida Theatre where he created the acclaimed Participatory Projects Programme, Ben is currently Artistic Director of the multi-award winning Grid Iron Theatre Company. He is also Artistic Advisor and Regisseur of the Dutch Muztheater company for whom he has directed five productions. He has pioneered numerous overseas projects and is currently developing the new Lebanese piece Bint Jbeil with the National Theatre of Scotland.
William Dudley
Designer: Set, Costume & 3D Design
William Dudley is one of the UK's leading theatre designers. During his 40 years in the business, he's won seven Olivier Awards, and worked regularly at the National Theatre, Royal Court, and in the West End, with numerous play and opera designs to his name. William has an international reputation for his work creating 3D virtual environments, used in both theatre design and in commissions outside the theatre. He's worked with Trevor Nunn, Peter Hall, Peter Gill, Jonathan Miller and Howard Davies.
Tanya Ronder
Writer & Adaptor
Tanya has a reputation for outstanding adaptations of classic works. These include the award-winning adaptation of Vernon God Little (DBC Pierre) for the Young Vic, Saint Exupéry's Night Flight, Lorcas's Blood Wedding for the Almeida Theatre, Ionesco's Macbett, and Lope de Vega's Peribanez, also for the Young Vic. Her original works include Chain Play II for Indhu Rubasingham at the Almeida Theatre (a five-link play written by Neil LaBute, Abi Morgan, Tanya Ronder, Richard Bean and Stephen Adly Guirgis), The Boy, and the short film, King Bastard. Also in development are adaptations of Eduardo de Filippo's Filumena, and an adaptation of Dracula.
Benjamin Wallfisch
Conductor and Composer
Multi award-winning composer and conductor Benjamin Wallfisch has received over 50 commissions, including those for the BBC Proms, Bath International Festival, Rambert Dance Company, the Hallé and Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra. He is Associate Composer of the Orchestra of St John's and is exclusively published by Edition Peters. His debut film score (Dear Wendy) was nominated as "Discovery of the Year" in the 2005 World Soundtrack Awards. His most recent score for Rupert Wyatt's "The Escapist" was nominated for an Ivor Novello Award (Best Original Film Score). Benjamin orchestrated and conducted Dario Marianelli's Oscar-winning score for Atonement and his Oscar-nominated score for Pride and Prejudice and to date has worked on 22 other feature film scores. Benjamin also maintains an international conducting career, working with BBC Symphony, Philharmonia, Sydney Symphony and Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestras.
Fleur Darkin
Choreographer
Jerwood-nominated choreographer Fleur Darkin formed her own company Darkin Ensemble in 2003. In 2006, she developed the critically acclaimed Augustine, which toured extensively in the UK in 07-08. Fleur is currently working with eight artists to produce DISGO, an immersive dance event which tours internationally in 2010. Fleur's new choreography credits include Disgo The Place Prize; Parabolic, Bristol Old Vic and London Big Dance; Hotel, Cosmopolitan, Stories, The Sound Clash. Darkin has been the in-house choreographer at Glastonbury festival for three years choreographing for acts including Scissor Sisters, Kelis, Sister Sledge and Chemical Brothers. Fleur's film work includes Stories (Wag) and the three part science musical Dr Tatiana (Channel 4/Discovery). Fleur's theatre work includes Beauty and The Beast, for the Dundee Repertory Theatre; Low Fidelity, ROH/Dance SW; Helter Skelter, Tramway; Jenny on the Block, Birmingham Repertory Theatre; Jack and The Beanstalk, Cinderella, Dick Whittington for the Liverpool Everyman; Debutantes, C-Scape Dance; Virgins, Company of Angels. Her work with Ben Harrison includes Bint Jbeil, Roam, Grid Iron, and You Tell Us What Was, We Tell You What Is (National Theatre of Scotland). Darkin has enjoyed international residencies at PARTS Brussels, Meiningen Theatre Germany and Theatre Mono, Lebanon. Darkin is Associate Artist of Bristol Old Vic and is choreographer in residence at Laban International summer school 2009.
Mark Henderson
Lighting Designer
Mark Henderson has lit more than 50 West End productions, including West Side Story, Grease, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and Carmen Jones. He's worked as Lighting Consultant with the Almeida Theatre, and has also worked with the ENO, the Royal Shakespeare Company, The Old Vic and the Donmar. As an Associate of the National Theatre, Mark Henderson has lit productions such as The History Boys, Hamlet, A Little Night Music and Anthony and Cleopatra. He won the Olivier Award for Best Lighting Design in 1992, 1994, 2000 and 2002, and the Tony Award for Best Lighting in 2006.
Pippa Ailion CDG
Casting Director
Pippa has cast over 100 productions for West End, UK, US and internationally. Seasons at Chichester, Crucible Theatre Sheffield & West Yorkshire Playhouse. She was Resident Associate Director and cast three seasons of 15 European Classics for Jonathan Miller at The Old Vic between 1987 and 1991. Her West End/London work includes Legally Blonde, The Importance of Being Earnest (Regent’s Park) ,The Fairy Queen (Glyndebourne), Been So Long (Young Vic), Spring Awakening, Billy Elliot, The Lion King, We Will Rock You, Marguerite, Chess In Concert, The Drowsy Chaperone, Porgy & Bess, Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks, Generations, The Postman Always Rings Twice, Blue Man Group, Follow My Leader, Enchanted Pig, Acorn Antiques, Tonight's The Night, Simply Heavenly, Disney's Beauty and the Beast, Japes, Wit, Rent, The Magistrate, Hair and Into the Woods.
Alison Chard CDG
Original Casting Director
Alison Chard has extensive credits for stage and screen over a 20-year career. She has cast dozens of productions for the National Theatre and the Royal Shakespeare Company, where she was Head of Casting. She has worked with many leading directors like Richard Eyre, Nicholas Hytner, Adrian Noble, Sam Mendes and Matthew Warchus. Alison's career highlights include the world premiere of The Madness of George III, the UK premiere of Angels in America, The Wind in the Willows, Ian McKellen's Richard III and Kenneth Branagh's Hamlet. Alison has also cast TV series for the BBC, ITV and Channel 4 in a wide variety of genres such as M.I.T., Real Women and Neverwhere, and since 1996 has been particularly associated with casting The Bill.
Sue Buckmaster
Head of Puppetry
Sue has many years experience as a Director and Puppetry Specialist. She has worked with Complicite on the Caucasian Chalk Circle at the National Theatre, Bartholomew Fair with the RSC, The Nativity with David Farr at the Young Vic plus productions with Sadler's Wells, the South Bank Centre, the Lyric Hammersmith, Leicester Haymarket, Opera Circus, Graeae, Tara Arts, Theatre Centre, Pop-Up Theatre, Roundabout TIE, the Crafts Council and the Puppet Centre. She is also the Artistic Director of Theatre-Rites; she's directed eight site-specific productions for the company. Sue trained at Middlesex University and has an MA in Contemporary Theatre Practice from Essex University.
Charlie Burnell
Producer
Charlie has been producing theatre in London since the premier of Anthony Minghella's Cigarettes and Chocolate in 1996. In 2003, he produced One Knight Only, starring Dames Judi Dench, Helen Mirren, Diana Rigg and Eileen Atkins, with Kevin Spacey and Zoe Wanamaker at the Theatre Royal Haymarket in response to the Asian Tsunami disaster. Charlie's other productions include Honour (Wyndham's Theatre), What the Butler Saw (Criterion Theatre), The Shape of Things (New Ambassadors Theatre) and Peter Shaffer's Black Comedy for the Colorado Festival of World Theatre.
Mat Churchill
Producer
Mat is a theatre and events producer who specialises in tented or site-specific events. In 1998, Mat financed and created the theatre tent for the National Theatre's touring production of "Oh, What a Lovely War!" He also converted the St Andrew Holborn crypt into a temporary theatre, producing Steve Tiller's sellout production Warcrime in the space. In 2005, he produced the Trade Justice event at Westminster Abbey for Christian Aid: performers included Ronan Keating, Beverly Knight, Jools Holland, Damian Lewis and Pete Postlethwaite.
PW Productions
General Management
PW Productions are the West End producers of the Royal National Theatre's multi-award-winning production of J B Priestley's An Inspector Calls, directed by Stephen Daldry, and Stephen Mallatratt's The Woman in Black, which has been running at the Fortune Theatre for 19 years. Most recently PW Productions have produced the Hampstead Theatre's production of Joe Orton's What the Butler Saw, which transferred to the Criterion Theatre, an Australian tour of An Inspector Calls, Joanna Murray Smith's Honour starring Diana Rigg at Wyndham's Theatre, a very successful UK tour of The Woman In Black and a UK tour of Andrew Lloyd Webber's Aspects of Love, starring David Essex, and a Japanese production of The Woman In Black at the Fortune Theatre. Current productions include a UK tour of Tim Firth's new comedy Sign of the Times starring Stephen Tompkinson and a UK tour of An Inspector Calls. Visit www.pwprods.co.uk, www.aninspectorcalls.com and www.thewomaninblack.com for more information.
Peter Wilson
Chief Executive
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Oliver Royds
General Manager
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Tim Wilson
Production Coordinator
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Sadie Keenan
Production Administrator
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R C Thomas
Financial Controller
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Daksha Vithlani
Assistant Accountant
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Sarah Hacking Brian
Production Assistant
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