An Awfully Big Adventure

1h 53min

Romance

Drama

Comedy

Liverpool. 1947. Right after World War II, a star struck naive teenage girl joins a shabby theatre troupe in Liverpool. During a winter production of Peter Pan, the play quickly turns into a dark metaphor for youth as she becomes drawn into a web of sexual politics and intrigue and learns about the grown-up world of the theater.

Production Companies

Fine Line Features

British Screen Productions

Portman Productions

BBC

Cast

Hugh Grant

Hugh Grant

Meredith Potter
Alan Rickman

Alan Rickman

P.L. O'Hara
Alun Armstrong

Alun Armstrong

Uncle Vernon
Alan Cox

Alan Cox

Geoffrey
Nicola Pagett

Nicola Pagett

Dotty Blundell
Carol Drinkwater

Carol Drinkwater

Dawn Allenby
Clive Merrison

Clive Merrison

Desmond Fairchild
Ruth McCabe

Ruth McCabe

Grace Bird
James Frain

James Frain

John Harbour
Pat Laffan

Pat Laffan

Mr Harcourt
Patti Love

Patti Love

Mary Deare
Hilary Reynolds

Hilary Reynolds

Babs Osbourne
Tom Hickey

Tom Hickey

Freddie Reynalde
Peter O'Farrell

Peter O'Farrell

Long John Silver
Agnes Bernelle

Agnes Bernelle

Mrs Ackerly
Larry Murphy

Larry Murphy

Inspector
Willie Smith

Willie Smith

Empire Stage Manager
Katy O'Donnell

Katy O'Donnell

Young Stella

Release date

11th May 1995

Status

Released

Spoken languages

English