Set sail for Neverland, where pirates, Lost Boys, a very hungry crocodile, and questionable wigs collide in a whirlwind of chaos and comedy.
Smee, Smoo and Old Captain Hook
Aboard the Jolly Roger. Captain Hook, old, fed up, and too tired to even fight Peter Pan, decides to end it all by walking the plank. In an attempt to talk him down, bumbling crew mates, Smee and Smoo bring up the subject of The Magic Eye, a supernatural trinket attached to Chief Squatting Bear’s totem pole! It’s what keeps Peter Pan and the Lost Boys young forever. If Hook can steal it, it will make him young… and eligible once again. Smee and Smoo make a plan to steal the Magic Eye and hold a beauty pageant to find Hook a new wife.
Many years ago in London.As a young Wendy reads John and Michael the story of Peter Pan and the Magic Eye, Peter arrives at her window inviting her back to Neverland, but Wendy is distracted by a new shop outside her window… Greggs! She rushes off to investigate leaving Peter bemused.
Wendy & Peter reminisce
Many, many years later and many, many sausage rolls later. Enter Wendy (our Dame), now older and with a ‘Greggs’ waistline. A surprisingly middle-aged Peter Pan arrives to tell her about the stolen Magic Eye, and how without it, he’ll be in a nursing home by Christmas… if she doesn’t come to Neverland and help him get it back!
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Big Chief Squatting Bear and his not-so-brave warriors
In Neverland, Big Chief Squatting Bear is searching for his daughter, Tiger Lily. She has run away to avoid an arranged marriage. Armed only with his warriors (now more ‘soft’ than ‘savage’ since the Magic Eye went missing) he sets off in search of his daughter and the very thing that’s turned his fearsome fighters into full-time flakes!
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Hook and two (dodgy) beauty contestants
In a chaotic beauty contest aboard the Jolly Roger, a now fully restored Captain Hook judges a parade of bizarre disguised contestants (Lost Boys and pirates in drag) and falls for “Miss Gloria” (Peter Pan in disguise). But when the trick is exposed mid-heist, Hook captures Peter and sentences him to walk the plank at dawn!
Tied to the mast, Peter Pan despairs as dawn approaches and he faces walking the plank. Even the warriors and their wives refuse to help him while they search for the Magic Eye. Chaos ensues in true Laurel & Hardy-style as Smee, threatened by the warrior wives, quickly swallows the Magic Eye to keep it safe!
The Old Lost Boys and their younger selves
The Magic Eye is finally returned to the totem pole, restoring the warriors’ strength – much to their wives’ delight – and the Lost Boys youth. During a final confrontation between Peter and Hook, the truth is revealed: Captain Hook is actually Peter Pan’s long-lost father, transforming the conflict into emotional resolution. As identities and loyalties shift, Tiger Lily falls for Peter and persuades him to remain a grown up, Squatting Bear settles the chaos with gold, and Wendy moves on with Smee, leading to reconciliations, new relationships, and a final celebratory ending for Neverland.
Did Tinker Bell manage to save Peter from walking the plank? (of course she did!)
Did Wendy come up with a plan to retrieve the Magic Eye from Smoo’s stomach? (of course she did – with the help of gallons of grog and a large dose of syrup of figs!)
And did Mr Smee promise to feed Wendy’s Greggs addiction by giving her all the sausage she could handle? (Well, you’ll have to wait and see!)
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- Fully editable word document with prop and staging suggestions
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In 1929, author J.M. Barrie gifted the copyright of Peter Pan to Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) in London. If you wish to perform this pantomime please contact GOSH to make a donation.
