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Leaving J.M.Barrie dangling: High-flying Peter Pan at Welsh National Opera

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“I’m still not sure if I believe in fairies”
Reviewed at Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff on 16 May 2015
Ayres, Peter Pan
Erik Nielsen, Conductor
Keith Warner, Director
Nicky Shaw, Costume Designer
Jason Southgate, Set Designer
Iestyn Morris, Peter Pan
Rebecca Bottone, Michael Darling
Marie Arnet, Wendy
Ashley Holland, Mr Darling / Captain Hook
Fiona Harrison-Wolfe, Smallest boy
Hilary Summers, Mrs Darling, Tiger Lilly
Nicholas Sharratt, John Darling
Joe Roche, Nibs
Martin Lloyd-Evans, Slightly
Mark Le Brocq, Smee
Simon Crosby Buttle, Tootles
Laurence Cole, Curly
Aidan Smith, Nana / Starkey
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