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Peter Pan

Pavilion Theatre, Worthing
From: Thursday, 8th December 2011
To: Sunday, 1 January 2012

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Our Review:

Paul Lucas-Scott - 12 December 2011

The Pavilion Theatre in Worthing may be an end-of-the-pier venue but its festive presentation of Peter Pan is more in the style of a West End musical than the usual seaside Christmas offerings. All the usual pantomime set pieces are there – but add in the stunning sets, sumptuous costumes and dazzling lighting effects as well as a couple of Vegas-style song and dance numbers and you get a production that ticks all the boxes.

Darren Day provides the celebrity lead, initially as Mr Darling and later as a very villainous Captain Hook. In no time at all he whips all of the children, and most of the adults, into a frenzy of boos and hisses and then, in the musical numbers, he leaves all that behind and unleashes an incredibly powerful voice quite capable of lifting the rafters.

Following a series of reality television style auditions, Hook’s nemesis, the boy who never grew up, is played with great confidence by local guy, James-Royden Lyley. With a bac...

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Jackie Gardner - 2 January 2012:

I took my son to panto for the very first time and he was amazed at it all. He loved Jack the Lad as Cookie and also thought Darren Day was very good at singing (even if he didn't know who he was!!). An all round excellent show. Loved it...

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