Peter Pan Goes Wrong

I never saw "A play that goes wrong" but this was absolutely hilarious.

You probably know the premise: they try to do this familiar play but at every turn everything goes spectacularly and side splittingly pair shaped from technical problems, actors confusing lines and costume malfunctions.

I appreciate that on paper it sounds a bit painful and liable to just coast people humiliating themselves and easy gags that are just copy and pasted from disastrous rehearsals the writers have been in but the whole thing is impeccably thought through and choreographed to precision and executed flawlessly by an amazing cast.

And on top of all that there is a narrative among the in-universe cast that develops and resolves without detracting from the main thing.

I can be something of a comedy snob but this was the real deal. Legit comedy in its purest form.

I love and saw all three major plays by the Mischief Theatre several times. The Play That Goes Wrong, Peter Pan Goes Wrong and Comedy About the Bank Robbery and I love all of them. Saw all three with the original cast. Every time I'm in London I go and see one or more of their plays, which is what I plan to do this January, too (I'll go and see Petert Pan Goes Wrong). I was pleasantly surprised to see that BBC planned to show it on New Year's Eve and told all my friends. The TV version was almost all there, they obviously shortened it a bit. I especially missed the part in which the mother tries to turn off the lamps in the children's room, but also enjoyed the video additions which you don't see in the theatre (the joke on the lake and later going through the various BBC studios etc.) If this becomes available somewhere online, definitely watch it. It's hilarious.

Finally! After the soaps have all taken their turn to depress us, several 'specials' have been anything but, and ITV have rammed a Harry Potter season down our necks, it's great that the BBC have brought us this brilliant bit of fun entertainment.

This was a joy from start to finish, and if anything meets the 'perfect family viewing' title it's this. It was good old fashioned slapstick entertainment, that brilliantly spoofed not only Peter Pan but life in Am-Dram groups in general.

If only there was more programmes like this on telly across the year. I certainly would rank this up there with 'Ethel and Ernest' as the best things that have been on over Christmas.

This is an excellent way to spend an hour. I laughed out loud a number of times and even when I wasn't laughing, I was smiling. I highly recommend.

I'm not one for slapstick humor. Although this has it, it is acted so very well.

Nancy Zamit as TinkerBell (she plays more than 3 characters throughout the entire play) was hysterical. I had to go back a few times to watch her and some of her dance ditties.

All of the characters are adults...playing children in some parts. They carried it off really well. Several of the actors played more than 1 character and were enjoyable to watch them play a different character but still have remnants (on purpose) of the other characters they play. Sounds simple enough, but it's not. Many Hollyweirdohs high and mighty have been paid much more and would never be able to do it.

Just go in to this not knowing too much, other than the Peter Pan story itself.

Stick with it and you'll be in for a pleasant and funny watch. Some parts just to put a smile on your face as it's just clean fun.

Great humor, no cussing, just general good fun for the entire family.

So refreshing in these days and times where fighting, full frontal nonsense, and social justice pontificating have become the norm in everything made now.

It'd be so refreshing to have more of this type of viewing.

Kudos to the writers and actors. Good job. I watched this on Youtube Red free movies in case you're looking for it.