Lee Mead Forum

Where to begin? Basically with saying the show is brilliant, the music is brilliant, and a certain pirate very much resembling Capt. Jack Sparrow is the most brilliant of all

So as most of you know, Luna and me went to see Peter Pan at the WYP in Leeds last week. And we're basically too tired to do a review now but to make amends for that and too ease the waiting we do have a little pressie. Courtesy of that same certain pirate

I second the brilliant and want to add wonderful, funny. great and more brilliant but will write when I'm (we) aren't so tired

And beautiful, not to forget beautiful

Awww wow!!!

Thanks Marieke and Luna. Can't wait for your review. Seem to have been waiting for ages to hear all about Peter Pan. James looks great.

Wow girls, thats a fab pic!!

I know I'm going next Saturday but want to hear all about your adventures as soon as you're not too tired

*Arrrrrggghhhh Jim Lad shiver me timbers*

Great pic ladies

Yay great pic!!!! Thankies JimmyJam!!!

Yes yes yes agree with all of that. Will wait for you girls to write your review before doing mine!

Thanks Girls - that's made up in part for not being able to go after aLL.
Glad to hear that you had a great time.
Good to see you again on Friday Marieke
Anne x

THANKS LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS NEXT WEEK

Mr JimJam is a scary pirate . thanks for the pic, can't wait for the review!
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*bounces in anticipation of the report* can't wait, can't wait!
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Mean aren't they Julie? The reviewers are making us wait, I see.

very mean Sally
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awwwwww thank you for that.

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Finally the one you've all been waiting for (And yes we lugged my laptop around London to type this up, so no complaining about the wait! ) Blue's me, green's Luna ^^

Peter Pan
There’s something in the air tonight
Watching Peter Pan had a twofold purpose, enjoying the show (I knew most of the songs and I really love them :) ) and James spotting. The first song was a good start for both. We spend a lot of time pointing, laughing and giggling, but at the same time it was just very brilliant seeing James on stage again. I think neither of us realized exactly how much we had missed seeing him in Joseph until we saw him there on stage again. Or how much we had missed hearing him (that goes for me at least). The first song was great, sung by a cast that’s vocally very strong. And that was the first inkling of how good the cast actually was. Up front, we weren’t actually that interested in the rest of the cast, but finally seeing the show it was good to hear how high the standards were. Quite a lot of the cast members came from the West End and/or had played in Peter Pan before. So even if these were still only the first shows, it was REALLY good.
Unlike Marieke I didn’t know any of the songs or anything about the musical so that was quite an interesting experience. The only thing I did know is that Bill Jukes was supposed to have tattoos which had me wondering about how far poor James would so for a part Anyway, I loved the song like Marieke said it’s vocally beautiful and James enters on the left in a suit and bowler hat with a moustache at which point my giggles took over but the song was still great.

Just beyond the stars
It used to be one of my favourite songs, because it’s so dreamlike, it still is a favourite, but it’s competing with a lot of others ;-). It introduces the Darling family, in whose house apparently the domestic normality is mostly due to the children. And of course it introduces Peter Pan, which is fun ^^
I like the song but it’s more of a ‘filler’ for me, but I want to say the Darling house set is amazing, very well done and Nana is brill.

Never land
Love this song! Very catchy, very fun. Especially when just before the song one of the cast members got stuck in the bathroom (flying equipment gone wrong) and Peter and Wendy had to fill the time with discussing other fairy tales.
I love this, by the time this song gets going I had gotten used to the Scottish Peter and the little reference to London are funny. Both ‘Michael’s’ we saw that did their part very well (think little Aled Jones) the star-backdrop is beautiful and I would say it has expert flying controllers

The Lost Boys Gang
One of my favorites, especially when the scenery isn’t breaking down half-way through. the third time we saw the show they had made the music rockier (?) which I thought worked better. Also we got a lot of attention from the boys that time round, I think rumors had been started backstage
Very fun song, and yes, the attention by the third show was great

Hook
First sight of James in his pirate costume, which is very Jack Sparrow-y! And he looks brilliant in it!! Also the first time we heard his pirate voice. At that point I was stuffing my scarf in my mouth to stop from laughing too hard. I absolutely LOVE the voice. And also the pirates in general, they’re hilarious. Hook is a good example of that! The song is fun, the dancing is hilarious and it’s just great fun added together. It’s also a very catchy song. I’m still singing it :P Hook himself is great too. :D
James big entrance, what can be said my first thought was he looked like the love-child of Jack Sparrow and Asher I love the song, it’s catchy and fun and once you can breathe enough or have climbed back on your chair you do appreciate the singing but James’s first appearance is quite an event (fyi – the tattoos are a sleeve)

Build a house
Another song that had us in stitches by the third performance. We had already had the entire Lost Boys Gang staring at us through their song, but the third time they were definitely adding things they didn’t have in the first two times.
*remembers* *has fits of giggles* yes, Peter (James Gillan) had stopped looking in our direction by the third show I think that might have been the John-event fault

The cleverness of me
More Neverland *loves* Very fun and fantasy-like and just a great song. Peter Pan looks pretty smug from time to time ^^
*loves* James Gillan sings this very well and he is an excellent spoilt little boy it’s just a fun song with loads of bouncing on stage

When I kill Peter Pan
Hook’s song. Very good, he had a nice voice. And it’s just a fun song ^^ Especially when the other pirates join in

Look back through a rose-tinted eyepatch
We need tambourines, according to a Wispa ad on the side of a bus when we left Leeds. That pretty much sums up this song. We need tambourines. And if it’s James dancing with them, that makes it all the better.
:hysterical: I second that… won’t say more

One big adventure
I love this song as well. I never used to listen to it that much, but it worked so well and it’s just beautiful :)

It’s a curse to be a pirate with a conscience
Yay more pirates ^^
Very funny, no singing from James until the end but excellent faces and I would say I like the amended version better then the pre-view one we first saw.

The fight
Impressive *nods* no wonder all of them are covered in bruises, special note needs to be made for the crocodile’s rear-end after the song. Check out the boots
Yep, very impressive. Even though I still want to stop Hook from sending Bill Jukes into his cabin!! ^^

There’s always tomorrow
A song of hope, but also a sad song. In a way I loved how the musical stayed very close to the book at all times, but here I did miss bits. I won’t spoil that for those going, but will say that even with the sadness it’s a really beautiful and powerful song.
Been ages since I read the book but I just like that this is a beautiful musical but it doesn’t end with a happy end as such, it’s poignant but magical/hopeful (:shock: big words)

There’s something in the air tonight (reprise)
Curtain call. With either just generally a well deserved applause for all the cast members, or booing for the pirates and Hook. Or booing from most of the people anyway, when we were there, there we’re some people cheering as well ;-)
Cheering for the Pirates is fun because no-one else does


SD is non-existent. But waiting in a warm comfortable café is very nice as well.
Sit in the bar area and look towards the food serving place, James comes out there and he was very happy to see us. We have left him with a mountain of chocolate (literately) but we’re sure he’ll love more.

And last piece of random information: there'll be a cast recording!!!!!!

Now I'm really excited. Thanks girls for your review.

Great review girls. I wish I had been able to get up to Leeds.

Hope those who are going have a wonderful time.

Give James lots of Good Wishes from Maiden Lane.

thanks Marieke and Luna
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I'm sure he appreciated it, as well as meeting his fellow admirers! So THAT'S who James reminded me of...Captain Jack Sparrow! He makes a scary looking pirate. With that picture of him in makeup and looking like a rough guy with bad dental hygiene...*giggles* I'm sure he made an impression on people. I can just imagine him dancing around the stage and shaping everyone up.

Sounds like you two had a lot of fun!! ^_^