“Peter and the Starcatcher”: An Invitation to Suspend Disbelief
about 67 months ago (10/22/2018)
“Peter and the Starcatcher”: An Invitation to Suspend Disbelief Thinking and Talking about Arts and Culture in Southeast Asia Articles October 22, 2018 By Casidhe Ng (1,100 words, six-minute read) The final show of Pangdemonium’s 2018 season, Peter and the Starcatcher is this year’s equivalent of Fun Home or RENT , an exuberant and expensive production intent on ending their year with a bang. In Peter and the Starcatcher , Pangdemonium presents an enchanting narrative with twists of self-reflexivity, fully aware of its fantastical and bizarre nature. It works for the most part, though this tension and back-and-forth fails to be sustained throughout the entirety of both acts.