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Peter Pan (Mary Stevens Hospice)

This is the fourth review I've written for these productions, providing much needed funds for Mary Stevens Hospice an amazing charity providing vital services for those with incurable or life-limiting illnesses and every year they seem to surpass themselves on so many levels. This year we were taken off to Neverland by Peter Pan, you know the lad who never wants to grow-up (don't we all !) and played by local dynamo Charlie Bullock, bit of an all round stage star and obviously destined for success in the professional arts, pitted-up against star of X Factor and obviously more than just a stellar voice, Christopher Maloney as the nasty Captain Hook (somebody find me a crocodile). Talking of crocodiles and for that matter dogs as well, a big shout out for Ryan Standen as both the aforementioned reptilian and canine companion to the Darling Family, Nana. It was warm in the auditorium, I dread to think the temperature inside those costumes and how many pounds he must be losing acro