Lost Boy
Lost Boy
by Phil Willmott
Commemorating the centenary of the Great War, Lost Boy is a new British musical from Phil Willmott – following the huge success of his musical Once Upon a Time at the Adelphi, in Liverpool, London and the USA. Who are the lost boys? What is Neverland? J.M Barrie suggests that his title character Peter Pan escorts children halfway to heaven after they pass. Neverland makes it easier cleansing these children of memories, washing away remanents of their past lives. Lost Boy is a a dark sequel to Peter Pan reuniting J. M. Barrie’s characters as young adults on the eve of the First World War. How has their extraordinary childhood equipped them for reality and how much does the child we were inform the adult we become?
Synopsis
Lost Boy centers around Slightly, a scrappy lost boy and his adventures in Neverland. We meet Slightly in his hosital room, listening to his mother read Peter Pan by his bedside. That night, Slightly is startled awake by a boy in his window. Baffled, he finally accepts that this boy is the infamous Peter Pan, whom, convinces Slightly to join his army of Lost Boys in Neverland.
The following morning Slightly wakes from a strange, vivid dream of a kind lady in a hospital reading to him. Confused and compelled to remember her, he confides in the other boys who assure him the dream is quite common, and the lady is probably just Wendy. Slightly plays along in Peter’s Games of war and banishment while in a hospital room. worlds away, Slightly’s Mother watches over her sleeping child.
Back in Neverland Hook has returned with renewed vengeance, new knowledge of Neverland mythology, and a serious bid for power. WHile Hook readies the pirates for war, we watch as Slightly begins to remember his life and his mother. Armed with these memories, Slightly uncovers the truth behind Neverland, Peter and his mother, and how he is the key to Neverland’s existence.
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Premiere
The professional world premiere 31 December 2013
Part of the Finborough Theatre’s
Celebrating British Music Theatre and THEGREATWAR100 series’
Then Moving to London - Charing Cross Theatre (formerly New Players Theatre)
The Arches, Villiers Street, London WC2N 6NL
Production Team
Directed by Phil Willmott
Musical Direction by Isaac McCullough
Choreography by Racky Plews
Musical Supervision by Mark Collins
Designed by Phil Lindley
Lighting by Miguel Vicente
Presented by Steven M. Levy and The Steam Industry in association with Neil McPherson for the Finborough Theatre.
Cast
Steven Butler
Lauren Cocoracchio
Grace Gardner
Hannah Grace
Richard James-King
Natalie Lipin
Luka Markus
Max Panks
David Scotland
Joseph Taylor
Andrew C Wadsworth
Joanna Woodward
Phil Willmott
Phil Willmott is one of the most commissioned musical theatre writers in the UK with original musicals currently in development at Shakespeare’s Globe, Bristol Old Vic, Liverpool Everyman and Playhouse and the New Wolsey Ipswich. His past musicals include Secret Love (National Tour) Once Upon a Time at The Adelphi (Liverpool, London and U.S.) and the widely and regularly revived Dick Barton Trilogy, Around The World In Eighty Days and Jason And The Argonauts. He is a multi-award winning director, artistic director, playwright, composer, librettist, teacher, dramaturg, arts journalist and occasional actor. He is founding Artistic Director of award winning theatre company The Steam Industry incorporating the Finborough Theatre (under the Artistic Directorship of Neil McPherson) and the London’s annual Free Theatre Festival at the open-air “Scoop” amphitheatre on the South Bank. He has international directing career incorporates everything from classical drama, musicals and family shows to cabaret and cutting edge new writing. He is a recipient of a TMA Award for outstanding direction of a musical, a Peter Brook Award for his outdoor classical productions and family shows, WhatsOnStage award nominations for best regional and Off West End productions, a Broadway World nomination for Best Musical in the UK, a Brooks Atkinson/Royal Court award in New York for Playwriting and four Spirit of Broadway awards.
The Great WAR1000 Series
THEGREATWAR100 series is a new occasional series of works to be presented by the Finborough Theatre from 2014 to 2018 to commemorate the centenary of the First World War. Other productions include the professional world premiere of Ivor Novello’s operetta Valley of Song in January 2014.
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Category: Musical
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