While you wait at the queue to enter ‘The Second Star on the Right,’ a lost child from the play comes out of the door and (literally) grabs your hand to pull you inside the venue. She then repeats this action with every member of the audience, who are enthralled by this beautifully creepy and extremely inventive start to the show.
Once all audience members are seated (in a patchwork of cushions, hammocks and stools), the play properly begins, and the eerie stage design – an amazing work – comes to life. Wendy wants to go back to Neverland, she wants to see Peter Pan again, but she is instead taken by the lost children, who all tell their own story of how they came to be on the magical island.
Though the premise is strong and the start of the show one of the best in years, the execution then falters and doesn’t deliver all that it could. The tales of the lost boys, for instance, are slightly dulled by the effect of having them all narrated rather than performed, with the show stalling somewhat during each of their monologues. During these the rest of the cast try to keep the audience entertained with some dance movements but the overall effect falls short of truly immersing you in the fantasy world. It doesn’t spoil the show, however, and the cast are good, although Wendy – a beautiful mix of innocence and rebellion – is left without much to do during the hour.
In saying that, ‘The Second Star on the Right’ is a brave adventure, a different type of experience, and that is something to be applauded. With some tweaking, this could be the five-star show that it initially promises – and truly has the potential – to be.
3/5 
Adrian G. Velazquez
(1 votes, average: 4.00 out of 5)
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