Under the direction of Rob Ashford, and producer Harvey Weinstein; Finding Neverland is an uplifting and enjoyable take on the award winning film. This exciting new production is technically dazzling with sleek scene changes paired with innovative staging techniques. I doubt any expense was spared when creating this lavish adventure - then again, can you put a price on topless pirates swinging from the chandeliers?
Offering charm and warmth to their performances - Julian Ovenden (playing J.M Barrie), and Roselie Craig (playing Sylvia Davies) use all of their West End experience to capture and offer life to their subsequently tragic, love bound characters.
The stars of the show for me, were most definitely the expertly played Llewelyn Davies boys who between them gathered a fair number of 'Aaaaaw's' from the audience during their time on-stage (who can resist a child in a tux?), and the brilliant Captain Hook teaching us all a valuable lesson in life; from time to time, we must all "let the pirate out".
A boy we all know from a distant and magical fairytale once stated that "to die would be an awfully big adventure", but that is exactly what this production did not do - in fact, I might treat myself to another adventure, just so long as it doesn't involve growing up...
