An all-Australian star cast will bring the five-time Tony Award-winning Peter and the Starcatcher to life for the very first time in a reimagined Australian production.
The Broadway smash hit is being toured nationally in 2024 and 2025 and will come to Melbourne from 8 November at the Playhouse at the Arts Centre.
Peter and the Starcatcher is the untold story of Neverland. Before Neverland there was an Island. Before Captain Hook, a pirate. Before Wendy, her mother Molly. Before Peter, a nameless boy.
The Australian production will feature a star-studded ensemble cast including Otis Dhanji from blockbuster Aquaman and Netflix hit The Unlisted as Boy / Peter; one of Australia’s most recognisable comedy faces Colin Lane from duo Lano & Woodley as Black Stache; and television star Olivia Deeble, known for roles on Home and Away, More Than This and Secret Society of Second Born Royals, as Molly.
Also featuring in the Peter Pan prequel story is Ryan Gonzalez (Moulin Rouge! The Musical, In The Heights) as Fighting Prawn; Paul Capsis (La Cage aux Folles, Head On, The Rocky Horror Show) as Slank and Hawking Clam; Hugh Parker (The Office, The Family Law) as Captain Scott; Morgan Francis (Boy, Lost) as Prentiss; and Alison Whyte (Death of a Salesman, Groundhog Day The Musical, The Dressmaker) as Lord Aster.
Originally developed by Disney Theatrical Group and written by renowned stage writer and 4-time Tony Award nominee Rick Elice (Water for Elephants, Jersey Boys, The Addams Family), with music by Wayne Barker, this all-new production is directed by Helpmann Award-nominated Australian director and Dead Puppet Society co-founder David Morton (Holding Achilles, The Wider Earth).
Reimagined for Australian audiences, this highly anticipated version of Peter and the Starcatcher blurs the lines between reality and fantasy, traversing oceans of mystical mermaids and lands of curious creatures.
Peter and the Starcatcher will play the Canberra Theatre Centre from 15 October 2024, before seasons at Arts Centre Melbourne from 8 November 2024, Adelaide Festival Centre from 9 January 2025, Sydney’s Capitol Theatre from 31 January and the Queensland Performing Arts Centre from 14 March 2025. For more information, visit: www.peterandthestarcatcher.com.au for details.
