The Dulwich Players will be premiering their online production of ‘Peter Pan’ in nightly chapters next week, writes Simon Throssell…
The amateur dramatic group, formed in 1969, recorded a new version of the classic children’s tale over Zoom.
Peter Pan and his fairy friend Tinker Bell, whisk away siblings Wendy, John and Michael to the island of Never Land, where Captain Hook seeks vengeance against Peter for cutting off his hand.
With theatre performances unable to take place due to coronavirus regulations, the Players had to develop new ways to perform and reach their audience.
Out of some very long discussions on Zoom and WhatsApp came their series of eight ‘lockdown productions.’
In June 2020, they ‘Zoomed’ an adaptation of Matthew Wilkie’s ‘Horst Buchholz and other stories’ about a group of friends at a pub quiz.
Members have since covered Much Ado About Nothing, The Importance of Being Earnest and Macbeth.
Peter Pan will be available to watch on the Dulwich Players YouTube channel each weekday evening from 18th March at 7 PM.