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‘Peter Pan’ or ‘The Boy Who Wouldn’t Grow Up’ was dreamed up by Scottish author, J M Barrie and released in 1904 as a play, and then later written as the novel ‘Peter and Wendy’.  The story about the much-loved mischievous boy who did not grow up, was turned into a magical children’s Disney favourite in 1953, which was based upon the play.  The new script has been a labour of love for director Jonathan Mundy, and writer Ella Hickson, re-imagining this classic story into a modernised view of equal roles for women, with Wendy taking on a more vocal role dealing with the loss of her brother, and becoming the healer of wounds in Neverland, and at home with her parents.  Since the Disney movie was produced, the role of the woman has changed in society, with many more women bei...