London The play made its premiere at the Pleasance Theatre in
London in December 2013 before touring the UK in 2014. The production transferred to the
West End in London at the
Apollo Theatre for a Christmas season run in 2015, running from 4 December 2015 to 26 February 2016. It featured the original cast of
The Play That Goes Wrong reprising their cast and crew characters from the original production, with the addition of
Daisy Waterstone as Robert's niece Lucy. It returned to the Apollo Theatre the following year for another Christmas season run from 21 October 2016 to 29 January 2017, making it the third show running in the West End from the
Mischief Theatre Company after
The Play That Goes Wrong and
The Comedy About A Bank Robbery.
Great Ormond Street Hospital Children's Charity benefited from royalties of the play, in accordance to the terms of the
Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 which granted them a right to royalty in perpetuity from adaptations of the story of
Peter Pan on stage, publication and film in the UK.
UK Tour It was announced in April 2019 that the show would embark on a UK Tour starting in October 2019 at
The Everyman Theatre in
Cheltenham before visiting
Cardiff,
Cambridge,
Brighton,
Salford and stopping in
London at the
Alexandra Palace for a Christmas run from 13 December 2019 till 5 January 2020.
North American Premiere It was announced in January 2022 that the show would have its North American premiere starting 8 September 2022 at
The Citadel Theatre in
Edmonton,
Alberta with an all Canadian cast. The show ran from 26 February - 20 March 2022. It was then announced in August 2022 the show would play at
The Arts Club Theatre Company in
Vancouver,
Canada with the same cast. The show ran from 8 September - 16 October 2022.
Broadway It was announced on 5 January 2023 that the show would transfer to Broadway at the
Ethel Barrymore Theatre for a limited sixteen and a half weeks beginning 17 March 2023, with an opening night set for 19 April 2023, featuring the majority of the original cast. On 3 April 2023 it was announced that
Neil Patrick Harris would be joining the cast for a limited engagement. On 8 June 2023, it was announced
Ellie Kemper would join the cast for a limited engagement. After the conclusion of its limited engagement, the production had its West Coast premiere in
Los Angeles, California at the
Ahmanson Theatre for another limited five weeks, once again featuring the majority of the original Mischief cast. Performances began 8 August 2023 with an opening night of 11 August and special guest
Bradley Whitford as the Narrator until 20 August. On 30 August,
Daniel Dae Kim took over as the Narrator until 10 September. On 25 August a one-week extension was announced with Neil Patrick Harris returning to the role of Francis until its official closing night of 17 September 2023. == Television special ==