PETER PAN Will Embark on UK Tour Beginning Next Month

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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