Ballarat National Theatre presents a dramatised audiobook of James M. Barrie's novel, Peter Pan. This adaptation – directed by Elizabeth Bradford, Olivia French and Marli van der Bijl and featuring a cast of Australian actors – explores the darker themes in Barrie's classic tale and brings them to life with music and sound effects.
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2 min
No Place Like Home
'No Place Like Home' appears in Episode 7, 'The Little House'. The melody was taken from “Home! Sweet Home! Composed by Henry Bishop, with lyrics by John Howard Payne” and “(1860-1…
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2 min
Yo Ho, the Pirate Life!
A compilation of sea shanties used throughout this dramatised audiobook of 'Peter Pan'. The melody for the sea shanty, “Yo Ho The Pirate Life” is inspired by the well-known sea sha…
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3 min
Never Land
"Choices made in fear. Choices led him here. They come and they stay. Many careless names. Never will be a man. Never his feet shall land. Golden hair of girl. Waiting for winter's…
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1 min
Syreni
"By and by, there was to be heard a sound at once the most musical and the most melancholy in the world: the mermaids calling to the moon."Featuring the vocals of Anna Bilbrough, E…
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20 min
When Wendy Grew Up
Wendy is now grown up. She is married with a daughter of her own named Jane. Jane loves to hear stories about Peter Pan and the Neverland.This episode was directed by Olivia French…
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20 min
The Nursery
Chapter 17 – The Lost Boys have come to see the Darling house, with Wendy hoping that Mr and Mrs Darling will adopt them.This episode was directed by Elizabeth Bradford with Olivia…
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27 min
The Return Home
Chapter 16 – The Darlings are finally returning home, but Peter has flown on ahead to bar the window to Nursery.This episode was directed by Marli van der Bijl with Elizabeth Bradf…
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16 min
Hook or Me This Time
An oath fulfilled. Time has run out. The final battle between Pan and Hook will reveal all — Hook or Pan this time?This episode features 'You've Got Me, James Hook!' by Stamatis Se…
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21 min
Tick, Tock!
Chapter 15 – Hook and his crew have captured the children and are about to make them walk the plank, but the pirates are being taken out one by one. Who or what is doing this?This…
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26 min
The Pirate Ship
Chapter 14 – Captain Hook reflects on board the Jolly Roger after poisoning Pan, as the pirates prepare for the children to walk the plank. Will help come in time?This episode was…
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6 min
Soup (A Mini Adventure)
Wendy, John, Michael and the Lost Boys are in the galley with Smee. It's nearing lunch time, but who knows what trouble they will cook up. This episode was directed by Elizabeth Br…
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25 min
Do You Believe in Fairies?
Chapter 13 – The pirates have captured the children, but where is Peter? Still asleep in the home under the ground, blissfully unaware of tragedy unfolding. This episode was direct…
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12 min
The Night of Nights
Chapter 12 – A brutal battle between the pirates and the Neverlanders rages above the Home Underground, but what is Hook really after? This episode was directed by Elizabeth Bradfo…
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21 min
Wendy's Story
Chapter 11 – Wendy tells the boys a familiar story about three children who flew away from home.This episode was directed by Elizabeth Bradford with Olivia French and Marli van der…
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19 min
The Happy Home
Chapter 10 – The children find themselves new friends in the Neverlanders after saving Tiger Lily on Marooners’ Rock. The home under the ground starts becoming a family as they set…
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17 min
The Never Bird
Chapter 9 – Peter saved Wendy from Marooners’ Rock after they became stranded following the battle with the pirates. But who will come to save Peter? This episode was directed by M…
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33 min
The Mermaids' Lagoon
Chapter 8 – Peter, the Lost Boys and the Darlings are swimming in the Mermaids' Lagoon, but they're disturbed by pirates transporting a prisoner.This episode was directed by Elizab…
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6 min
Late (A Mini Adventure)
Three impatient Lost Boys are waiting in the Nursery for someone important. But he seems to be a little... late.This mini adventure features the voices of Evie Ifandoudas as Tootle…
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22 min
The Home Underground
Chapter 7 – The Darlings make a home in the Neverland with Peter and the Lost Boys. This episode was directed by Olivia French with Elizabeth Bradford and Marli van der Bijl.It fea…
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22 min
The Little House
Chapter 6 – Tinker Bell’s plan worked and Tootles shot the Wendy bird, but the Lost Boys’ triumph is short-lived. This episode was directed by Marli van der Bijl with Elizabeth Bra…