The latest production from innovative Sydney-based theatre collective Little Eggs is based on the classic tale of Peter Pan. Don’t expect mermaids, pirates, or any of other fantasy elements present in J.M. Barrie’s original.

Barrie’s text is best known today from its 1911 novel and the subsequent animated Disney film. It’s worth noting that the story began as a play written in 1904. Little Eggs brings the Lost Boys of Barrie’s story back to the stage in a demented full circle.

The Lost Boys of this production are urban, Australian youths. Gender seems irrelevant. Ideas and images from the original story are ripped up and obliterated in an EDM-fuelled rave party disguised as contemporary performance art. It’s unlike anything you’ve ever seen – certainly in the Seymour Centre’s Reginald Theatre.

Little Eggs Collective’s the Lost Boys. Photo © Grant Leslie Photography

There’s an unhinged quality – or perhaps a freedom – to the performance, with each performer bringing their particular skills and passions to their roles. Moments build upon each other in elliptical, fragmented episodes, often giving singular performers moments to shine in between tightly choreographed ensemble scenes.

Samuel Beazley, a Māori-Australian dancer...