None — ATLANTA, Ga. -- It's "Peter Pan" like you've never seen before.
J.M. Barrie's classic story of "Peter Pan" is playing at Pemberton Place, next to the World of Coca-Cola and the Georgia Aquarium. This production of "Peter Pan" includes the world's first 360-degree computer-generated imagery theater set. The tent that houses the production includes 15,000 square feet of high-resolution video.
"This is a really special production because it's a mixture of a spectacle and a straight British play," said Emily Yetter, who plays Tinker Bell.
"You have a Cirque-aspect with the acrobatic flying, as well as the aerialists who are on silks, the mermaids, and a dancer, as well as this play that we are all working with," Yetter continued. "It's a mixture of both, so you can expect the story, as well as this big spectacle."
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Atlanta is the fourth stop for this production of "Peter Pan." It played in London, San Francisco and Orange County, Calif., before visiting the Peach State.
The production includes 12 projectors that produce 10 million pixels of video. The video screens circle the top of the tent, and the actors in the production are lifted above the stage on harnesses and routinely fly across the sky and through the scenes of London cast on the screens.
"It makes it much more immersed for the cast, as well as the audience," Yetter said. "It's my favorite part when we are flying to Never Land and we're going through London, and it really feels like it because of the CGI and moving through it like that. It's just breathtaking."
And while the video element is an impressive feature of this production, it still centers around the actors on the stage in the center of the 1,300-seat theater.
Yetter pointed out this is J.M. Barrie's story, not the Disney version, so it may differ slightly from some of the movies visitors have seen in the past.
This production also uses a trio of puppets in the show. There's Nana the dog, an ostrich and and the infamous crocodile that chases after Captain Hook.
Nelson's News on wsbtv.com spoke to the man at the controls of all three puppets on a recent visit to Pemberton Place. Click here to learn what the crocodile is made of and the physical difficulty involved to perform as the Nana character.
Performances of "Peter Pan" are Tuesdays throughFridays at 7:30 p.m. There are two shows on Saturdays and Sundays. It's currently slated to remain in Atlanta until March 20. Tickets range in price from $35-$125. Click here for more ticket information.
Half Off Depot has some tickets to the show at 50 percent off for select performances.
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