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Stunning sets and amazing animatronics can't overcome an uneven book and lackluster direction in Pan, which is the most anticipated and biggest Australian theatrical event since Peter Allen bio-tuner The Boy From Oz, which grossed A$ 70 million ($ 40 million) on its home turf. While it might be the story about the boy who never grew up, the Peter Pan stageshow needs to grow up in a hurry and decide who its audience is and what sort of show it wants to be if it is to have any hope of flying successfully overseas and recouping its reported $ 8 million cost.
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Other standout is Olivier Award-winning thesp Philip Quast, who steals the show as Captain Hook and without whom the production would be in danger of sinking altogether.
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