Review: Dickens Abridged at the Arts Theatre

Dickens Abridged

Arts Theatre

Reviewed on Monday 2nd December 2013

Dickens Abridged is the most exciting show I have seen for a very long time, it is incredibly refreshing to see such a creative production in the West End. Adam Long's piece thinks outside the box in every way possible.

Louise Dearman, Tim Driesen, Gerard Carey & Lucy Sinclair to workshop a brand new musical version of Peter Pan

West End stars Louise Dearman (Wicked), Tim Driesen (Never Forget), Gerard Carey (Masterclass) and Lucy Sinclair (We Will Rock You) will lead a workshop presentation of a brand new musical comedy version of JM Barrie's Peter Pan.

The workshop, which will take place in front of an invited audience at the Lyric Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue at 1.00pm on Thursday 28th June, will feature Louise Dearman as Tinker Bell, Tim Driesen as Peter Pan, Gerard Carey as Captin Hook and Lucy Sinclair in the role of Wendy.

7 other actors will take on the 35 other characters in the show. She script has been described as fast-paced, frantically funny.

The workshop of Peter Pan is directed by Christian Durham (Chicago, We Will Rock You), with movement by Lucie Pankhurst, musical direction by Dean Austin (Taboo, Zorro, Spamalot), casting by Anne Vosser and orchestrations by Tom Curran. Music, book and lyrics are by Jimmy Jewell, with additional book and lyrics by Nick Stimson. This is incredibly strong cast for a workshop and the production sounds quite interesting! 

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