Paul Capsis is set to star in the “rock musical dramatic feature film” The Boy Castaways. The film – directed by Michael Kantor, a former Malthouse Theatre artistic director – is currently in production in Adelaide.
In an abandoned theatre, with the stage itself the puppet-master, five disparate men have disappeared from their complicated adult lives to play at being forever young in Neverland. It is a magical, parallel universe game – a no-holds barred struggle to stay eternally young – or die trying. Led by a stellar creative team, and specifically created for some of Australia’s leading rock and stage performers including Capsis and You Am I frontman Tim Rogers, this feature musical redraws J M Barrie’s Peter Pan to examine the loss of innocence and contemporary male narcissism, using songs from the collective pop/rock world to expose the danger of our own fantasies – be it rock star antics, sexual abandon, or death defying heroics. “To die – what an adventure that would be!” Peter said to Wendy.
The Boy Castaways will make its world premiere at the 2013 Adelaide Film Festival. For more information visit www.adelaidefilmfestival.org/
