Lawrence Walker will play the title role in Peter Pan, a new staging of J M Barrie’s work conceived and directed by Liam Steel, at Birmingham REP.
Walker played Tootles in the Royal Shakespeare Company presentation of Ella Hickson’s adaptation of Wendy and Peter Pan in 2015.
Nia Gwynne who was Apemantus in the RSC production of Timon of Athens in the Swan Theatre, Stratford in 2018 will be Captain Hook.
Making their professional stage debuts are Cora Tsang as Wendy, John Carter as Slightly and Sia Alipour as a pirate. Charlotte Merriam plays Smee and Stavros Demetraki is Starkey. They are joined by Chris Charles, Luke Johnson and Jocelyn Prah.
Birmingham actor Kascion Franklin is John Darling, Keiren Hamilton-Amos is Nibs and Hannah Millward plays Tootles.
Joining the gang of Lost Ones are Rose Ayling-Ellis and Faye Campbell as the twins and Dominic Owen as Curly. The cast is completed by Scarlett Ward as Michael Darling and dance, acrobatic and contortionist artist Mirabelle Gremaud as Tinkerbell.
Peter Pan runs at Birmingham REP from Saturday 30 November until Sunday 19 January 2020. Press night will be Thursday 5 December.