O, Canada! The Bard is ribbed and revered at Ontario’s Stratford festival
The side-splitting Something Rotten! fondly mocks Shakespeare and musicals at the annual arts jamboree celebrated for both. It is a witty accompaniment to fresh takes on Romeo and Juliet, Twelfth Night and Cymbeline
December 2023
Christmas shows: Evita; Peter Pan review – from Argentina to Neverland, a search for connection
Wendy: A Peter Pan Story review – an awfully modern adventure
July 2023
Lost plays of Gertrude Robins, Bernard Shaw rival, to be revived a century on
Powerful dramas that speak to today’s audiences, retrieved after British Library discovery, will be performed in London next month
April 2023
Peter Pan & Wendy review – Jude Law has fun in a so-so reinvention
The actor’s full-throated performance as Captain Hook is the most distinctive thing in a passable but unnecessary Disney live-action remake
November 2022
Peter Pan and Wendy review – modern-day myth goes light on existential dread
Thiswholesome adaptation, featuring a preening Captain Hook, focuses on playroom fun in a beautifully designed production
September 2022
At last the curtain falls on Boris Johnson: the pantomime prime minister utterly lacking in character
James Graham
‘Boris’ favoured pixie dust rather than trust, and barefaced lies rather than resignation with honour, says the playwright and TV writer James Graham
June 2022
Stream team
There are countless Peter Pan adaptations – but this underrated version is the best
PJ Hogan’s 2003 film is uniquely magical, with Jason Isaacs doubling splendidly as Captain Hook and Mr Darling
January 2022
Wendy & Peter Pan review – Wendy finds her way in a boy-shaped world
Wendy and Peter Pan review – swashbuckling bombast, darkness and laughs
December 2021
Peter Pan review – punchy and playful show has make-believe built in
Five actors take on all the parts in Lotte Wakeham’s production, engaging our imaginations in an affecting reworking
October 2020
'Lost' letters reveal JM Barrie and Robert Louis Stevenson's mutual affection
Newly examined correspondence shows deep respect between Peter Pan and Treasure Island authors, who never met
August 2020
Forgotten plays
Forgotten plays: No 10 – Mary Rose (1920) by JM Barrie
The Peter Pan author caught Hitchcock’s eye with this Hebridean-set ghost story about the intensity of mother-son relationships
February 2020
The problem with Wendy: how did an Oscar-nominated director get it so wrong?
After breaking out with Beasts of the Southern Wild, Benh Zeitlin has stumbled with his misjudged take on Peter Pan
Quality Street review – a box of mixed delights
Uneven adaptation of JM Barrie’s 1901 romcom
Quality Street review – JM Barrie's bittersweet romcom is a treat
Shakespeare meets Richard Curtis in the play that gave its name to the chocolates, carried by boisterous performances and sweet-wrapper chic
January 2020
Neverland forever: the tiny Scottish island that gave us Peter Pan
Eilean Shona inspired the author JM Barrie. It seems some dreams do come true …
December 2019
Peter Pan’s dark side emerges with release of original manuscript
Peter Pan review – Barrie classic staged with plenty of pixie dust
November 2019
Further reading
Mary Poppins, Madame Doubtfire and a murderer: the best books about nannies
‘Always keep a-hold of Nurse,’ wrote Hilaire Belloc. But some nannies are best avoided …
