Show Details
Director Martin Danziger
Designer Drew Burt
Music Mairi McGregor
Writers Megan Barker and Rob Evans
Arches Theatre Company, 2001
Winner of the Arches Award for Stage Directors 2001
Meshing
together contemporary stories of 20somethings dealing with the disillusionments
and the responsibilities of being a 'real grown up' with allegories and symbols
taken both from Barrie's tale of the boy who never grew up, but also the darker
roots of Pan in Greek mythology, the show follows a group of friends as they
make the transition from the careless arrogance of people who have not yet
tested their dreams of self against the reality of achievement to the
responsibilities of adulthood and acknowledgement of limitations. Each reacts
differently, each seeking a different way of keeping that element of youth, of
immortality in their lives.
These
contemporary tales are framed by a rich and visual background of myths of youth
and losing it. By enmeshing distilled images and structures from Peter Pan, and
the life and legends of Pan, this show combines the immediacy of modern
narratives with a darker symbolism and highly visual presentation.
A eulogy to the loss of youth, interlacing the Peter Pan story with ancient Greek myth, this is promenade and performance with some striking moments… a visual triumph.
The ScotsmanA birl through contemporary post-teenage angst, a revisionist take on Barrie’s play about the little boy who wouldn’t grow up and a critical look at the cavorting fun-seeking irresponsibility of the cross species Greek deity... full of clever things and staged with panache in a functioning bar and the flying trapeze with a quite superb soundscape.
The Herald
