ST LAWRENCE CHURCH Social Committee visit to PETER PAN Lyceum Theatre, Sheffield Sunday 2 January 2011 48 excited people –adults and children alike set off on the ‗Peter Pan Express Coach‘ to Sheffield. OH ! YES WE DID !! The journey was trouble free so we arrived at the theatre in good time to buy fairy wands and chocs (and that was just me ! ). The theatre was buzzing with noise and anticipation, waiting for that wonderful moment when the curtain went up. Immediately we were in the home of the Darling family with Nana the dog and Mrs Smee, the nursemaid. Mrs Smee turned out to be the perfect, typical pantomime Dame—outrageous outfits, jokes and having fun with the audience. When she came on we all had to shout ―Who are you ?‖ and she would reply ― It‘s mee !‖ The story then moved into the well known magical journey when Peter Pan flew through the window and took the children off to Never Never Land accompanied by Tinkerbell, Peter Pan's fairy friend. There were adventures with the Lost Boys, the Indians, the Mermaids and the Pirates captained by a very wicked Captain Hook brilliantly played by Nigel Planer (he was in the Young Ones a few years ago). Oh! how we booed when Captain Hook came on and cheered when Peter Pan defeated him and cheered again when he was swallowed by the crocodile — hurray! We had to resuscitate Tinkerbell when she drank the poison that Captain Hook intended for Peter Pan, by shouting ―We do believe in fairies !‖ To finish the performance off in good old fashioned pantomime style we all had to stand up to sing a song and do all the actions, led by Mrs Smee, of course. There were certain adult members of our group who were singing, shouting, booing and cheering with such gusto that one of them was described by his mother as being ‗a hooligan !‘ A very happy band of ‗pantomimers‘ went home after a ‗Grand Night Out and Yes, we all do believe in fairies ! Thank you to Rachel Grimsey for suggesting the idea of a Pantomime outing and to Angela Lister for the major part of the organisation. Cath Watson
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