Peter And The Starcatcher Play Analysis

Peter and the Starcatcher is an exhilarating and adventurous story that tells the tale of the well known free-spirited boy, Peter Pan’s backstory. Peter and the Starcatcher is based on the 2004 novel written by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson, which was fashioned into a play by Rick Elice. I had an exceptional experience of seeing the play on March 29, at 9:30, adapted by director, Kerry Bishop on the A.B Lucas Secondary School stage. This play certainly catches the whimsical and wonderful essence of the boy who never grew up and how he came to be. Starring Aidan Peters as Peter, Makayla Ashenden as Molly Astor, Michael Jenkinson as Black Stache and the entire A.B Lucas cast put together a humorous and heartwarming performance, leaving me on …show more content…
The costumes indicated the theme brilliantly, with various bright and prominent colours, which had me unable to take my eyes off of them. The costume creator and seamstress, Mrs. B Hawlik and Ms. D Knight, unquestionable planned how they were able to transform characters instantly and efficiently. I thought the set of the scene had a superb use of props and of the stage presented the setting of the story adequately from being on a ship to the jungle and later to an island, the stage was truly amazing. The lighting played an important part, of directing the audience to where to look and gracefully hitting the characters with perfect timing. The multiple lighting colours certainly set the mood the well and scenes were easily seen to be in the past as a remembrance and contrasted from the present. All I can say is, the story had somewhat of a quicker pace and sometimes harder to follow and small details could easily be missed, and the lighting was a tiny bit distracting when it flashed across the stage quickly. The use of sound effects was used to signify different things that caught the attention of the viewers and really added a special touch to the play. The play showcased beautiful and stunning singing which made the play more authentic, combined with the elaborate dances numbers truly made the show breathtaking and …show more content…
The audience had a genuine laughter from jokes and puns made on stage, cheer and clap at musical performances, which resulted in gleeful reactions to the play and after speaking to others who have also seen the play, many audience members were impressed. Peter and the Starcatcher was appealing, inspiring and adventurous, which left people coming back and seeing the show many times. I would recommend the play to people of all ages and would appeal to anyone who enjoys a fun and light-hearted play that would like a good laugh. I constantly found myself smiling on several occasions throughout the play and had me wanting more. Overall, I greatly enjoyed the play, and would say it’s 4 stars out of