Wendy & Peter Pan: (adapt) (NHB Modern Plays) - Tapa blanda

More than matches the success of Matilda ... The reworking of the story is masterful. There is a gleeful use of anachronism and plenty of nods to other classics of children's literature but it is the emotional punch of the show that really sets it apart... it works. Brilliantly... there is something particularly special going on here. I laughed, I gasped, I cried... It has the potential to enthral audiences for many years to come...Five Stars. --whatsonstage.com

Ella Hickson's cherishable new version... a warm, sensitive and humorous reboot... Hickson has come up with an amusing amalgam of colloquial and traditional language, setting the piece firmly in its original period while making it fluidly accessible to modern children... Delightful...Five Stars. --Evening Standard

Ella Hickson's feminist reworking is clever and gripping... all done with a comic lightness of touch... A gripping account of a ripping yarn -and anyone who says otherwise should be made to walk the plank. --Telegraph

Ella Hickson's version of J.M. Barrie's much-loved story puts the character of Wendy firmly centre stage, in an adaptation that is refreshingly modern but never loses the charm of the original. Winter, 1909. Snow is falling across London. Wendy Darling and her brothers sleep peacefully in their bedroom, as their parents bicker downstairs. In a sudden flurry of snow their window blows open, and into their lives tumbles a mischievous boy called Peter, followed by a fractious fairy called Tink. With the aid of a little fairy dust, Wendy agrees to fly with Peter to Neverland, seeing not only the promise of an awfully big adventure, but also the chance to rediscover the key to her parents' lost happiness. Once there, she will give the Lost Boys a run for their money, defeat Captain Hook and his pirate crew, and ultimately, learn what it means to grow up. Commissioned by the Royal Shakespeare Company, Ella Hickson's Wendy & Peter Pan premiered at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, in December 2013. The play will suit any theatre company or youth group looking to stage a classic tale, full of magic, adventure and strong female roles. "[A] sensitive, funny and intelligent reworking... I laughed, I gasped, I cried - it is wonderful to be transported so completely by a piece of theatre." - WhatsOnStage "Delightful... a warm, sensitive and humorous reboot." - Evening Standard "Resoundingly successful... witty, pointed, adventuresome... Hickson isn't just subverting this story, she is strengthening it." - The Times (London) "Wittily inventive... a constant joy to behold." - Guardian Ella Hickson is an award-winning and critically acclaimed playwright. Her debut play Eight won a Fringe First and played in London and New York. Other work includes Precious Little Talent (Trafalgar Studios), Boys (HighTide Festival, then Soho Theatre), Hot Mess (Latitude Festival, then The Arcola) and The Authorised Kate Bane (Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh).