One usually heads to the theatre when they are looking for a way to escape into a world unlike any they have lived in before. Epic battles, love stories, broken hearts and fearsome villains are just some of the things you can find when you attend a Shaw Festival production. This summer’s dramatization of Peter and the Starcatcher is no different.
“When I was a boy, I wished I could fly.”
I am far from an expert when it comes to stage shows, but I know what I like. To be entertained and taken to places I can only dream of. Peter and the Starcatcher reaches the child that is within us all and delights her with it’s fantastical journey to that most revered of places: Neverland!
“O, pity the child that lives in a fact-based world!”
“Based on the 2004 novel by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson, Peter and the Starcatcher tells the story of what happened before JM Barrie’s novel Peter and Wendy. Before he became Peter Pan, the boy sails out from London on a ship headed for unknown shores, just one of three terrified, lonely orphans. When the ship’s precious cargo, a trunk of stardust, starts a battle between the British Empire, the infamous pirate captain Black Stache, and scheming ship captains, a young girl named Molly Aster bravely leads the boy straight into adventure. After a rousing battle between the three ships and a harrowing escape into the water, all the travellers land on Mollusk Island where a pack of Italian-cuisine-inspired natives join the battle with their extremely large crocodile, Mister Grin. With the help of Molly’s nanny Miss Bumbrake, the other orphans Ted and Prentiss, and the power of storytelling, Molly and Peter fight to keep the stardust safe from Black Stache and other selfish villains – and maybe learn what sacrifices it takes to grow up.”
Peter and the Starcatcher first debuted on Broadway in 2012 and went on to win five Tony Awards! It has been delighting audiences ever since and The Shaw Festival invites you to experience it. Both the young and those who are young at heart will want to explore this fantastic, witty and highly theatrical world on the Royal George stage in the picturesque Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario. The show is geared towards those ages 8 and older and runs two and a half hours, including intermission. You can catch this production of Peter and the Starcatcher from now until November 2015.
And we have some great news! One lucky reader of MapleMouseMama will win two tickets to a performance of their choosing of Peter and the Starcatcher!! Just enter via the Rafflecopter widget below. This giveaway is open to residents of Canada (excluding Quebec) and the US, ages 18 and older. Please note that the winner is responsible for their own transportation to the show, located in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, Canada. Please read our terms and rules for all giveaways before entering. This giveaway ends on July 1st, 2015 at 12:01am. Good luck!!
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Do you have a favourite stage production or musical? How about a favourite character? Mine is, hands down, Les Misérables. I have seen it a, ahem, few times. 🙂
FT&PD
Suz
Disclosure: I have received tickets to Peter and the Starcatcher and can’t wait to see it! All opinions expressed are my own.
Sounds like a great day! I have had the pleasure of seeing a few stage plays and yes “Les Miserables” was my favourite. I just saw a play this past week in Midland, Ont., it also was great “Snow White”
Favourite stage production is Lion King ! I love Timone and Poomba
I Love the Peter and the Starcatcher books! I read them to my kids when they were younger, and the musical was on my list to see when Katie and I went to New York. It was new then, and hard to get tickets to. How fabulous it is to have it playing at the Shaw festival!! (hope I win!!)
Elphaba from Wicked. Such a moving story about 2 friends! That musical never fails to make me cry.
My favourite it Les Mis and I love Jean Valjean 🙂
My all time fave production is Les Miserables! I love all the characters especially Cosette.
I recently saw the Diary of Anne Frank and enjoyed it also.
Favourite stage production..Cats
My daughters dance class did that number at their recital years ago..I’ve been wanting to see it on broadway ever since.
I really loved Jersey Boys! My favourite Jersey Boy is Bob Gaudio – oh, what a night!
Haven’t’ see that one yet, but I hope to one day..
I don’t remember ever seeing a stage production but I would love to see anything by ABBA or The Sound of Music.
Seeing something at the Shaw Festival is also on my bucket list.
Besos, Sarah
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Oh I would love to see an ABBA one as well Sarah, but I have seen SOM and loved it!
Just love seeing live theatre…gotta say Les Mis is my fav and I have cried my way thru it three times
I’ve always loved Annie but I fell in love with the witch in wicked when I saw it with mom, Kari and Aunt Heather
I loved Cats. My favourite character was Bustopher Jones.
I also loved Mirvish’s production of The Lion King; it was amazing!
My favourite that I’ve seen so far is Phantom of the Opera. This would be a great show to see with my daughter and/or my mother-in-law! 🙂
We are a theatre-loving family so picking one favourite show is very difficult! Les Miserables has always been a favourite of mine though – particularly the version staged by Etobicoke Musical Productions last fall featuring my younger daughter as Little Cosette!
My favourite stage production is Les Miserables.
I love watching love theatre. My favourite productions are those where I know some of the performers in real life!
I haven’t had the pleasure of seeing many stage shows but always loved the Phantom of the Opera and the mysterious Phantom was always intriguing to me. Here’s hoping I get to see more soon!