PETER PAN Will Embark on UK Tour Beginning Next Month
The tour kicks off 1 July at Norman Bragg Studio.
By: Stephi Wild Jun. 16, 2023
Celebrating silliness with another whistle-stop tour to outdoor venues around the UK, Slapstick Picnic returns with a spirited adaptation of J.M Barrie’s Peter Pan this summer. A production that’s fun for all the family, audiences are encouraged never to grow up in this hectic multi-roling production with hapless pirates, feral children and a particularly punctual reptile. With just three actors swapping wigs, wings and waistcoats to play all the parts, and told with Slapstick Picnic’s characteristic breakneck pace, this polished piece of buffoonery always seems just one step away from going completely overboard.
In 1992 Barrie generously gifted his copyright of Peter Pan to Great Ormond Street Hospital and in recognition of this, Slapstick Picnic will be donating a percentage of ticket sales to Great Ormond Street Hospital.
Director Nel Crouch said, “I’m so excited to be working with Slapstick Picnic again this summer on their second outdoor touring show. The company’s motto is to celebrate silliness and that’s exactly what we intend to do with our version of Peter Pan. Expect outlandish costumes, sword fights with baguettes and spades of slapstick. And all whilst enjoying a delicious picnic in a beautiful outdoor setting. What more could you want from your summer?"
Slapstick Picnic serve up classic tales with an untraditional twist, touring theatre across the UK with a pinch of naughtiness and lashings of atmosphere. This isn’t about reverence and snobbiness, it’s about having a good time and celebrating silliness. Slapstick Picnic comes from the mad minds that created the award-winning touring company, The HandleBards, who are currently touring Shakespeare’s classic romantic comedy A Midsummer Night’s Dream until 9th September as part of their tenth anniversary celebrations.
Running Time: 2 hours (inc interval) | Suitable for ages 8+
Company information
Directed by Nel Crouch Written by J.M. Barrie
Designed by Ella Barraclough Sound design by Zoe Milton
Set design by Mark Parsons (Studio Polpo) Movement direction by Jen Fletcher Produced by Tom Dixon and Paul Moss Fight direction by Tom Jordan
Tour Dates
1 July Norman Bragg Studio
Exchange Street, Aylesbury, England, HP20 1UG
7pm | £19.80 - £16.50
2 July Stow Hall Gardens
King's Lynn, England, PE34 3HX
2.30pm | £19.50 - £12.50
Under 10s go free
8 July Emmetts Garden
Sevenoaks, TN14 6BA
4pm | £19.50 - £12.50
Under 10s go free
9 July Dulwich Picture Gallery
Gallery Road London SE21 7AD
1pm | £19.50 - £12.50
Under 10s go free
13 – 15 July St Paul’s Church
Covent Garden Bedford Street, London, WC2E 9ED
7.30pm | £19.50 - £12.50
16 July Warninglid Grange
Haywards Heath, RH17 5TQ
4pm | Pay What You Can
18 July The Church Field
Churchfields, Witley, Surrey GU8 5PP
7pm | £19.50 - £12.50
Under 10s go free
19 July Chawton House
Alton, GU34 1SJ
7pm | £19.50 - £12.50
Under 10s go free
20 July Larmer Tree Gardens
Salisbury, England, SP5 5PY
6.30pm | £19.50 - £12.50
Under 10s go free
21 July The Hall
Bradford-on-Avon, England, BA15 1AD
7pm | £19.50 - £12.50
Under 10s go free
22 July Maumbury Rings
Weymouth Avenue, Dorchester, England, DT1 1QZ
6pm | £16 - £14
23 July Marine Theatre
Church Street, Lyme Regis, England, DT7 3QB
7pm | £21 - £12
Under 10s go free
25 July Norton Barton Artisan Food Village
Bude, England, EX23 9LG
6.30pm | £15 - £11
26 July Tapely Park
Bideford, England, EX39 4NT
6pm | £15 - £11
27 July Castle Gardens
Castle Green, Taunton, TA1 4AA
6pm | £19.50 - £11.50
28 July The Grange
Farm Road, Street, BA16 0BQ
7pm | £19.50 - £12.50
Under 10s go free
29 July Staunton Country Park
Petersfield Road, Havant, PO9 5HD
6pm | £14
30 July Ventnor Fringe
11 Church Street, Ventnor, PO38 1SW
2.30pm & 7.30pm | £12
3 August Robert Glanville Trust Playing Fields
Westbury, Wells, BA5 1HQ
6.30pm | Free to attend
4 August Abbey Home Farm
Burford Road, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, GL7 5HF
7pm | £19.50 - £12.50
Under 10s go free
5 August Berrybank Amphitheatre
Main Road, Moreton-in-Marsh,GL56 0XW
2pm | £32.50 - £27
6 August Castle Bromwich Hall Garden
Off Hall Road, Birmingham, B36 9BT
7pm | £16 - £11
8 August Stoughton Grange Farm Park
Gartree Road, Leicester, LE2 2FB
7pm | £19.50 - £12.50
Under 10s go free
9 August Old Swan & Minster Mill
Minster Lovell, Witney OX29 0RN
7pm | | £19.50 - £12.50
Under 10s go free
10 August St Paul’s Walden Bury
St Paul’s Walden, Bury, Hitchin SG4 8BP
7pm | £19.50 - £12.50
Under 10s go free
11 August Itchen Valley Country Park
Allington Lane, Southampton, SO30 3HQ
3pm | £14 - £12
12 August Claremont Landscape Garden
Portsmouth Road, Esher, KT10 9JG
6pm | £19.50 - £12.50
13 August The Orangery, Chiddingstone Castle
Hill Hoath Road, Edenbridge, England, TN8 7AD
2pm | £14
16 August Spetchley Park Gardens
The Estate Office, Spetchley, Worcester WR5 1RS
7pm | £19.50 - £12.50
Under 10s go free
17 August Hillsborough Park
Parkside Road, Sheffield, S6 2AB
6pm | Pay What You Can
18 August Marsden Mechanics
16 Peel Street, Huddersfield, HD7 6BW
7pm | £18 - £11
19 August Heeley People’s Park
View Rd, Heeley, Sheffield S2 3DJ
7pm | Pay What You Can
20 August Lawrence Batley Theatre
Queen St, Huddersfield HD1 2SP
3pm & 7pm | £19 - £12
22 August Merchant Adventurers’ Hall
Fossgate, York, YO1 9XD
7pm | £19.50 - £12.50
Under 10s go free
24 August Kiplin Hall & Gardens
Richmond, DL10 6AT
7pm | £19.50 - £12.50
Under 10s go free
25 August Hexham Abbey
Beaumont Street, Hexham, NE46 3NB
7pm | £19.50 - £12.50
Under 10s go free
26 August Etal Manor
Cornhill-on-Tweed, England, TD12 4TL
6.30pm | £16
27 August Longframlington Memorial Hall
Rothbury Road, Morpeth, NE65 8AH
7pm | £19.50 - £12.50
Under 10s go free
29 August The Maltings
Eastern Lane, Berwick-upon-Tweed, TD15 1AJ
2pm | £10 - £7.50
30 August Richard Whiteley Theatre, Giggleswick
Giggleswick School, Settle BD24 0DE
7pm | £18 - £11
Under 10s go free
31 August Castletown Estate Wedding Venue
Carlisle, England, CA6 4BN
7pm | £19.50 - £12.50
Under 10s go free
1 September Shakespeare North Playhouse
Prospero Place, Prescot L34 3AB
6pm | TBC
2 September Hoghton Tower, Blackburn
Lancashire PR5 0SH
2pm | £19.50 - £12.50
Under 10s go free
3 September The Reader, Calderstones
Calderstones Road, Liverpool, L18 3JB
3pm | £18 - £11
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