Peter Pan ** TNT
This adaptation feels more rehearsal than fully-fledged performance. Technical problems slow the action and lacklustre performances rip the poignancy from this tale of the boy who won’t grow up.
The enormous ticking crocodile and CGI cyclorama whirling us to Neverland are a treat, while Abby Ford makes a suitably gutsy Wendy. But Tiger Lily has no tribe and the dialogue is largely lumpen.
Overall this opportunity is as lost as Peter’s mislaid boys, with what’s happening overhead more impressive than the story on the ground below.
Kensington Gardens, W8 4PX (0871 386 1122; visitlondon.com/peterpan). Until Aug 30. £22.50-£47.50
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