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play ''

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'', and ruin it through amateurism and personal rivalries.

Production history

London

The play made its premiere at the Pleasance Theatre in

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in December 2013 before touring the UK in 2014. The production transferred to the West End in London at the

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for a Christmas season run in 2015, running from 4 December 2015 to 26 February 2016. It featured the original cast of ''The Play That Goes Wrong'' reprising their cast and crew characters from the original production, with the addition of Ellie Morris as Robert's niece Lucy, who is subjected to increasingly serious injuries over the course of the show. It returned to the Apollo Theatre the following year for another Christmas season run from 21 October 2016 to 29 January 2017, making it the third show running in the West End from the Mischief Theatre Company after ''The Play That Goes Wrong'' and ''The Comedy About A Bank Robbery''.

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Children's Charity benefited from royalties of the play, in accordance to the terms of the

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which granted them a right to royalty in perpetuity from adaptations of the story of ''

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'' on stage, publication and film in the UK.

UK Tour

It was announced in April 2019 that the show would embark on a UK Tour starting in October 2019 at

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in Cheltenham before visiting

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, Brighton,

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and stopping in

at the Alexandra Palace for a Christmas run from 13 December 2019 till 5 January 2020.

Broadway

It was announced on 5 January 2023 that the show would transfer to Broadway at the

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for a limited sixteen-and-a-half weeks beginning 17 March 2023, with an opening night set for 19 April 2023.

Reception

Like ''The Play That Goes Wrong'', ''Peter Pan Goes Wrong'' received positive reviews. WhatsOnStage.com gave it five out of five stars. The original West End run was nominated for the 2016 Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Comedy but lost to ''Nell Gwynn''.

Television special

The play was adapted into a one-hour television special which was broadcast on 31 December 2016 on BBC One, guest-starring David Suchet as the narrator, and featuring the original cast, with the exception of Rob Falconer. It was filmed in front of a live audience at dock10 studios and featured additional footage of other BBC television sets being accidentally invaded.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Play That Goes Wrong West End plays 2013 plays Sequel plays Plays based on other plays Works based on Peter Pan Mischief Theatre