Director Jonathan Munby said: “I am delighted audiences will be travelling to Neverland with Ella Hickson’s remarkable Wendy & Peter Pan. Bringing this production to the Barbican with such an exceptional company is both a privilege and an enormous creative joy. We have assembled an extraordinarily talented and diverse group of artists, each of whom will bring their own imagination, skill and courage to meet the challenges of this ambitious piece. Wendy & Peter Pan demands emotional truth, physical daring and a strong sense of ensemble, and I could not wish to embark on this journey with finer collaborators.”
Lolita Chakrabarti will play Mrs Darling. Her previous RSC work includes writing the adaptation of Maggie O'Farrell's novel Hamnet which premiered at the Swan Theatre before running in the West End and is set to tour in the USA in 2026. Lolita’s previous theatre work includes: Summer 1954 (Bath Theatre Royal and tour), The Hunt (St Ann’s Warehouse, New York), Hamlet (RADA), Fanny & Alexander (Old Vic), John Gabriel Borkman (Donmar Warehouse), Free Outgoing (Royal Court). Television includes: Silo (Apple), Screw, Born to Kill (Channel Four), Vigil, Showtrial (BBC), The Wheel of Time (Amazon), The Casual Vacancy (BBC1/HBO), Delicious (Sky), Beowulf, Jekyll and Hyde (ITV), Riviera (Sky), Criminal (Netflix). Playwright credits include: Red Velvet, (Tricycle Theatre, London, St Ann’s Warehouse, New York and London’s West End - Most Promising Playwright awards from the Critics Circle and Evening Standard), Booker Prize winning novel Life of Pi for the stage (Sheffield Crucible, West End, Boston, Broadway, UK, US and international tour - 5 Olivier Awards including Best New Play, 3 Tony Awards, 4 UK Theatre awards and more). Other writing credits include Hymn (Chicago Shakespeare Theatre and Almeida), Invisible Cities (MIF/ Brisbane Festival), dramaturgy of Sylvia (Old Vic) and Message in a Bottle (Peacock Theatre/US tour).
Daniel Krikler will play Peter Pan in his RSC debut. Daniel’s previous theatre includes: Fiddler on the Roof (Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre / Barbican West End transfer), Austenland (Savoy Theatre), Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet (Donmar Warehouse), The Motive and The Cue (National Theatre Productions), The Book Thief (Leicester Curve), The Secret Life of Bees (Almeida Theatre), The Tempest, Macbeth (Guildford Shakespeare Company), Fighting Irish (Belgrade Theatre), The Normal Heart (National Theatre), Pippin (Charing Cross Theatre), 4000 Miles, Present Laughter (Old Vic); Unicorns, Almost (Bristol Old Vic), Homos, Or Everyone In America (Finborough Theatre), Pink Mist (Bristol Old Vic/UK Tour), Jersey Boys (Dodger Productions), Mamma Mia! (Novello Theatre), Bare: A Pop Opera (Union Theatre); Loserville (Garrick Theatre & West Yorkshire Playhouse). His film and television work includes: The Halcyon (Leftbank Pictures for ITV).
Charlotte Mills will play Tink. She previously performed the role in the 2013 and 2015 productions of Wendy & Peter Pan at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre and has also performed with the company in The Winter’s Tale. Other theatre work includes: Doncastrian Chalk Circle (National Theatre/CAST Doncaster), Love’s Labour’s Lost, Much Ado About Nothing, The Two Gentlemen of Verona, Gabriel (Globe), The Country Wife (Chichester Festival Theatre), Abigail’s Party (Theatre Royal Bath Productions), Merlin (Royal and Derngate), Therese Raquin (Theatre Royal Bath), Jerusalem (Royal Court/West End/Broadway), By Jeeves (Landor Theatre), Billy Liar (West Yorkshire Playhouse), Old Vic 24 Hour Plays (Old Vic), Theatre EP (Hightide/Latitude), Paradise Lost (Southwark Playhouse), Iphigenia (Crucible Theatre). Television includes: Small Prophets, Doctors, Casualty, Dodger (BBC), Malpractice, Protection, The Moorside, Doctor Thorne (ITV), A Very Royal Scandal (Prime), Behind Her Eyes, Letter for the King (Netflix), Agatha Raisin (Sky One), The Bastard Executioner (FX). Film includes: Wilhelm Tell, Daddy Issues (Short), The Apology (Short), I’m Here (Short).
Hannah Saxby will play Wendy Darling in her RSC debut. Her previous theatre includes: The Crucible (Globe), Some Demon (Arcola Theatre and Bristol Old Vic), Julius Caesar, Playhouse Creatures, Earthquakes in London (Richard Burton Theatre Company). Television credits includes: Gentleman Jack 2 (BBC / HBO), Holby City, Doctors, Shakespeare & Hathaway (BBC), Malory Towers (CBBC). Film credits includes: The First Two (Cinesuper / Umbrella Collective).
The full cast comprises: Joe Anthony as Shadow, James Berkery as Shadow, Kazmin Borrer as Shadow, Lili-Evangeline Bryden as Shadow, Lolita Chakrabarti as Mrs Darling, Harrison Claxton as Shadow/Doctor/Crocodile, Christopher Jeffers as Peter’s Shadow, Joe Hewetson as Martin the Cabin Boy, Scott Karim as Smee, Alexander Kranz as Shadow, Daniel Krikler as Peter Pan, Max Lauder as Slightly, Meg Matthews as Swing Shadow, Charlotte Mills as Tink, Kwaku Mills as Michael Darling, Alexander Molony as Tom Darling, Kyle Ndukuba as Tootles, Guy Rhys as Doc Swain, Hannah Saxby as Wendy Darling, Hadley Smith as Knock Bone Jones, John Sodiq Akanmu as Skylights/Swing Shadow, Toby Stephens as Captain Hook/Mr Darling, Ami Tredrea as Tiger Lily, Marcello Walton as Murt the Bat, Fred Woodley Evans as John Darling, Tom Xander as Curly.
The full creative team comprises: Director, Jonathan Munby; Set and Costume Designer, Colin Richmond; Choreographer, Lucy Hind; Composer, Shuhei Kamimura; Sound Designer, Christopher Shutt; Lighting Designer, Oliver Fenwick; Video Designer, Taiki Ueda; Fight Director, Terry King and Casting Director, Annelie Powell CDG.
