I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here contestant Boy George is set to star in a new show at the M&S Bank Arena.
The 61-year-old said he is looking forward to "showing off his evil side" as he takes on the role of Hook in Peter Pan this coming December. A big budget extravaganza adaptation of J.M Barrie’s much-loved tale Peter Pan says it promises to be a spectacular spin on the timeless classic adventure.
Following the success of ELF -THE MUSICAL arena tour last year, the same production team, headed by the producer Jon Conway, is at the helm of a “supersize spectacle” with awe-inspiring special effects and lots of fun. The cast of fifty includes a dozen cirque performers, dazzling aerial stunts, a giant battle where the audience throw cannon balls at Hook’s ship and a death-defying escape from a locked water tank by rising comedy star Jordan Conway playing Peter Pan, plus a large troupe of Irish and Highland dancers.
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Boy George is best known as the being the lead singer of 1980s band Culture Club with hits like Karma Chameleon and Do You Really Want To Hurt Me and then his subsequent solo career. Since then he has guest starred in a number of shows including Hollyoaks in 2003 which is filmed here in Liverpool.
Boy George said: “I’m really looking forward to playing Captain Hook and showing off my evil side. I make my first entrance on a life size galleon that sails around the stage in front of an amazing water-wall fountain.
"Although the show has traditional pantomime elements, it is so much more, being a mix of cirque and spectacular event and I get a chance to fight a giant animatronic crocodile. What’s not to like?”
Peter Pan - The Arena Spectacular promises audiences an awfully big adventure, with tickets to this belter of a stage show going on sale from 17th May. Sign-up to our presale on May 15 at 10am here.
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