Directed by visionary Tony-winner Diane Paulus and based on the critically-acclaimed Academy Award winning film, Finding Neverland tells the incredible story behind one of the world’s most beloved characters: Peter Pan. Playwright J.M. Barrie struggles to find inspiration until he meets four young brothers and their beautiful widowed mother. Spellbound by the boys’ enchanting make-believe adventures, he sets out to write a play that will astound London theatergoers. With a little pixie dust and a lot of faith, Barrie takes a monumental leap, leaving his old world behind for Neverland, where nothing is impossible and the wonder of childhood lasts forever. The magic of Barrie’s classic tale springs spectacularly to life in this heartwarming theatrical event.
Finding Neverland is coming to National Theatre February 26 – March 3. Recommended for age 7 and up, run time is approximately 2 hours and 25 minutes, including one intermission. Tickets are $54-114 and can be purchased online. You can also look for a deal on select seats and, of course, try to win a Family 4-Pack of tickets through the giveaway below. Learn more about the show in this video!
Giveaway: For a chance a Family 4-Pack of tickets to see Finding Neverland at National Theatre on February 26, 2019, at 7:30pm, simply leave a comment below telling me your child’s (or your) favorite classic children’s story. You can also get an extra chance to win by entering on the KidFriendly DC Facebook Page. This giveaway will run through Sunday, February 10, 2019, then a winner will be drawn at random and notified shortly thereafter. Good luck!
This is a hard choice, but I would go with Winnie the Pooh and Charlotte’s Web. Two wonderful and charming books.
Our kids love Jungle Book! Hope we can get tickets to Finding Neverland! Thanks.
My three year old son loves Stone Soup by Marcia Brown!
My kids really like the Wizard of Oz! But I’d love for them to discover Peter Pan, too! What a great opportunity!
Winnie The Pooh
I love The Snowy Day!
My kids favorite is Peter Rabbit!
I grew up ina Korean family so we listened to Korean folk tales.
Green eggs and ham!
Winnie the Pooh!
My daughter loves the How to Train Your Dragon series by Cressida Crowell.
My son’s favorite classical story is Momotaro (peach boy) from Japan – it’s translated to English as well, such as https://www.amazon.com/Peach-Japanese-Childrens-Favorite-Stories/dp/4805309962/ref=asc_df_4805309962/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=312281333464&hvpos=1o1&hvnetw=g&hvrand=7101490618949831774&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9007770&hvtargid=pla-453174335439&psc=1
My daughter likes The Secret Garden. I did too when I was her age!
My daighter’s Favorite classic story is Cinderella!
My boys and I are all in love with Mary Poppins these days!
Which to name? One of the best parts of parenting has been the opportunity to revisit my literary friends from my youth. We’ve traveled with Robinson Crusoe, let our imagination fly with Mary Poppins, fought pirates with Peter Pan, and picked blueberries with Sal. Books are the best adventure there is. Impossible to choose.
We are reading and loving Reddy Fox right now!
Tom Sawyer
My girls love Corduroy!
My favorite storybook as a child was “The Shocking Pink Duck” by Marillee Rabb Chapman. We lived in the same city as the author, met her, visited her home and I remember being in shock/awe to see the places mentioned in the book come to life.
Peter Rabbit for us!
The Little House Books!
Peter Pan!! Our family is obsessed with Peter Pan. Our son’s room is even Peter Pan themed!!
Peter Pan
The Faraway Tree series
Peter pan is our classic family favorite ♡
Kids will love this!!
My girls love Goodnight Moon. We read it every night. My 4 year old has it memorized.
Favorite classic is jack n the giant bean stalk
The Boxcar Children! They learned valuable lesson about sticking together as a family no matter what!
It’s an oldie that my grandmother used to read to me. Our families favorite classic children’s story is “The Country Bunny and the little gold shoes”. It’s such a wonderful tale of a powerful mom bunny, setting goals and overcoming obstacles and the magic of the easter bunny.
Peter pan all the way!
Pinocchio!
Our kids love The Little Mermaid! 🧜♀️
Would love to win this! 💜
My kid only wants to read new books, and anything from my childhood is considered old and boring. But she will watch classic movies and loves Mary Poppins and Singing in the Rain!
Our children love Robin Hood.
Mary Poppins and Winnie the Pooh
Winnie the Pooh
Wizard of Oz!
Peter Pan for us
We are loving reading the Mary Poppins books
My children’s favorite old classic is Harry the Dirty Dog!
Mentioned The Phantom Tollbooth on FB, but we also loved A Wrinkle in Time. Thanks!
My kids love the Velveteen Rabbit!
Beauty and the Breast is a Favorite in my house!
My girl likes to read a lot so she likes many stories but lately she has mentioned a lot of “Charlotte’s Web”.
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My boys say their favorite classic children’s story is Peter Pan. My oldest, David, says he likes it because he loves adventure. My youngest boy who’s 8 years old, likes the adventure too. I took him to see it at the Synetic Theatre twice. The first time was just for me and him (for one-on-one quality time), and he loved it so much we came back with his sister and brother, and they loved it too! My youngest child, a 6 year old girl, says her favorite is The Princess and the Frog. We have the DVD and we’ve read the original story in
our fairy tales book as well. It would be a wonderful treat to win a chance to see the original Peter Pan story, Finding Neverland.
Oh I would be so thrilled to win these! Finding Neverland is an all-time favorite movie of mine; it’s so magical. My 7 year old and I have enjoyed reading Winnie the Pooh together! One of our favorite activities together is going to plays, but it’s been a while since we’ve been able to go to one. I’d love to have this experience with her.
My boys love Huckleberry Finn ♥️
My children’s favorites switch from month to month, but my all-time favorite is “On the Night You Were Born.” A beautiful poem about the joy of childbirth.
Peter Pan is our all time favorite!
Harold and the Purple Crayon
We love Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, although Peter Pan is also a strong contender!
Mary Poppins!
My daughter loves all things Disney right now. Thanks!!
Peter Rabbit is a favorite!
Wizard of Oz
My son loved Horton Hears a Who – sort of a classic Dr Seuss!? We read the book, saw the movie, then saw it live theater.(the musical) It’s fun to get into stories in various ways, experiencing it with imagination, sight and sound.
Matilda by Roald Dahl!
My kids LOVE Mary Poppins. My favorite children’s story is Secret Garden.
Peter Pan is one of our favorites
Heidi and Charlotte’s Web are my children’s favorites!
Not a “classic”, but both my kids love “The Gift of Nothing”. As a kid I loved “The Phantom Tollboth”.
The Little House series
It is hard to pick one favorite for my 4-year old son…but I think I would pick Pinocchio.
Mary Poppins
My children’s favorite classic is probably The Jungle Book.
My son’s favorite is Where the Wild Things Are!
Alice in Wonderland
Winnie the Pooh
Andersen’s and the Brother’s Grimm Fairy Tails.
Kiddies were curious where most stories they’ve seen in movies and t.v. came from so we took them to the library and got these books. These have been their favorite by far any books they’ve read so far. Love The classics!
Willy Wonka!
Totoro is our current favorite.
Currently my son’s favorite classic is The Jungle Book, however my wife has a t-shirt that says, “I’m So Fly I Neverland” and he has no idea what it means. I think it would be great to introduce him to this classic.
Pete’s Dragon for us! We love it!
Our favorites are Aladdin and Lion King.
Little Women for E and Peter Pan for c
We like Peter Rabbit!
My favorite is Corduroy. Robert the Rose Horse is my children’s favorite.
My child’s favorite story is Zoe Gets Dressed.
Favorite story is the Jungle Book
The little mermaid!
Ferdinand!
Princess and the Pea
Winnie the pooh
Winnie the Pooh and Neverland Cinderella movie and book
Charlie Brown’s Christmas was a favorite these past few months!
Winnie the Pooh and Neverland Cinderella movie and book we hope to get the tickets my kids will be so excited to go and see finding Neverland my little one loves Winnie the Pooh Bear and his only 12month
My son’s favorite is “Harry Potter”, mine is “The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe”
Charlotte’s Web!
The Little Mermaid
My sons favorite classic children’s story is Pinocchio because he loves the story of the lost boys.
Cinderella
Peter Pan!
Our favorite book is THE GIVING TREE!
Dumbo:) My 3 yr old loves this classic story.
There are so many but the one that comes to mind is….. The Lorax! Technically, I will admit, it’s not a ‘classic’ but we’ve read it thousands of times to our munchkins, I strongly vote that it should be considered one. And its message couldn’t be any more on point in the current climate. Ha!
Aside from The Lorax, my kids love Harry Potter. Again, not a classic, as of today, but I have a hunch, it will be in a few decades or so.
Btw- Thank you for your amazing site. You’re our go-to when we are looking for adventures.
P.S. My favorite Peter Pan line:
You know that place between sleep and awake where you’re always dreaming? That’s where I’ll always love you. That’s where I’ll be waiting.
Charlotte’s Web
The Gruffalo was a near-memorized favorite for a loooong time : )
Thumbelina by Hans Christian Andersen. Children of the Forest by Elsa Beskow is wonderful!
We love Charlotte’s Web!
My daughter loves Harry potter. She has read all books even though they are much advanced for her age.
Three little pigs!
Our favorite tales are those of Sherlock Holmes! We’ve been listening to children’s Sherlock Holmes’ tales on audiobook.
We all love Make Way for Ducklings by Robert McCloskey!
Peter Pan has always been one of my favorite children’s stories, in all its forms. I grew up watching the Disney movie, reading the book, and enjoying the sequel to both. I read all five Peter and the Starcatchers books, starred in the play after seeing it 3 times on and off broadway, and wrote pages and pages of fan fiction placing myself in Peter’s world. Finding Neverland was yet another amazing medium for me to be absorbed into the world of Peter Pan, but unfortunately I have yet to see it live. I grew up sharing every version of Peter’s story with my little sister and now I’m sharing them with my beautiful girlfriend.
My son’s favorite classic children’s story is beauty and the beast!
Anything by Roald Dahl
cinderella
Peter pan!!😍
I have multiple children, but the one story they all loved was the Very Hungry Caterpillar.
Anne of Green Gables, Dr Dolittle, Charlotte’s Web, or Pippi Longstocking. Thanks for the chance!
The Lorax!
Secret GArden, Mary Poppins, and Harry Potters if it can be called classics!
A favorite that we return to again and again is The Owl and the Pussy Cat.
A sick day for Amos Magee. Thank you!
We are big fans of all the Leisl Shurtliff versions of classic tales — especially loved “Red.”
We are all about the magic tree house books.
The Snowy Day is our favorite right now!
My 2 daughters favorite is “the little engine that could”.
We’d love to see “Finding Neverlamd”!
My daughter wants to be Nancy Drew!!
We like Rapunzel!
My son loves anything Roald Dahl and now the Harry Potter series!
Alice in Wonderland
Jungle book and mary poppins
Jungle book
Nancy drew
Jungle Book was my child’s favorite book for a long time.
My kids’ favorite childhood book was Knuffle Bunny!
They love Steam Train, Dream Train – a great bedtime story!
Peter pan!
My favorite is The Boxcar Children and my son’s favorite is The Giving Tree.
My son loves Katy and the Big Snow. It has a little map he loves to follow along with.
I have always loved the classic Snow White because I love how the seven dwarfs represent the general population of people’s emotions. For this same reason I love the prsesenation of children with Willy Wonka. My daughter started loving Cinderella to Tinkerbell to Rapunzel and now love Descendents and Malificient. I wpiñd love to protect her innocence and believe longer and would love love love to see Finding Neverland! Thank you.
The kids love “There’s a monster at the end of this book”