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Immersive Peter Pan nightclub musical Club NVRLND announces casting

Second star to the right, and straight on ’til Edinburgh!

Tanyel Gumushan

Tanyel Gumushan

| Edinburgh |

1 July 2025

Thomas Grant and Martha Kirby
Thomas Grant and Martha Kirby, provided uncredited

Immersive musical, Club NVRLND, has revealed who will feature in its world premiere.

The show follows Wendy, who is about to get married, but one night in NVRLND changes everything. There, she reunites with Peter Pan and is thrown back into a world she once knew. It’ll feature 2000s hits from the likes of Britney Spears, Katy Perry, Justin Timberlake, and more.

Written by Jack Holden and directed by Steven Kunis, the musical has choreography by Ashley Nottingham.

Set to star are Thomas Grant as Peter Pan and Martha Kirby as Wendy Darling.

Additionally, RuPaul’s Drag Race’s Le Fil will play Tiger Lily, with Lizzie Wofford playing Tink. Hook will be portrayed by Matthew Gent, with Jad Habchi as The Crocodile.

Concluding the cast are Becky Bassett as Nana and Joel Ekperigin as Smee.

Debuting at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe this year, Club NVRLND is produced by David Adkin and RJG Productions, with Midnight Theatricals in association with NewYorkRep. Suzu Sakai serves as set and costume designer, Robbie Butler is the lighting designer, Dan Samson is the sound designer, casting is by Lucy Casson, Aida Rocci is creative producer, and Colm O’Regan is music supervisor while music production and arrangements are by Hugo Dunn-Vereker, Liam James, Gregor Philip, and Kieran Smith, with vocal arrangements by Simon Nathan.

The costume supervisor is Caroline Stevens, the production manager is James Anderton, and the stage manager is Chloe Wilson.

You can find out more about the production here.

It’ll receive its premiere at the Assembly Checkpoint from 30 July to 24 August (not 6, 13 or 20). 

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