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PETER PAN MOAT BRAE TRUSTNEWSLETTER

“It’s bringing the magic back to Dumfries.” Visitor’s comment at Moat Brae Open Day

Your gift can be as big as the crocodile, or as tiny as Tinker Bell, but please give what you can.

Joanna Lumley, Patron

“… when the shades of night began to fall, certain young mathematicians shed their triangles, crept up walls and down trees, and became pirates in a sort of Odyssey that was long afterwards to become the play of Peter Pan. For our escapades in a certain Dumfries Garden, which is enchanted land to me, were certainly the genesis of that nefarious work”. JM Barrie

Our dream of creating a National Centre for Children’s Literature and Storytelling and Neverland Discovery Garden at Moat Brae, is beginning to become a reality.

The vision is an exciting one for Moat Brae - where Peter Pan began - to be a place that celebrates imagination, creativity and play. It will be somewhere for everyone to enjoy, recognising its literary, cultural and historical heritage as the Birthplace of Peter Pan.

This summer will see a giant leap forward with our patron Joanna Lumley helping us launch a Digital Appeal for the last £1.5 million needed to transform Moat Brae. This will allow us to enrich the lives of thousands of children from all over Scotland and the world.

Our fundraising has been very successful.

To date £4 million has already been secured out of the £5.5 million necessary to start the Phase B works on this magical, but derelict, Georgian townhouse.

We are appealing for your help in reaching our target – see page 2 for ten ways you can join our Big Adventure.

If you choose to make a donation then your gift will help us to create a Neverland Discovery Garden, allowing young people to have their own make-believe adventures in the very place where J.M. Barrie first dreamed of Neverland.

It will also help us build an education pavilion, shop and café as well as the fittingout, interpretation and design of the new Centre.

At the same time as the capital works are taking place, we will continue to develop long term strategic partnerships and start to plan the various events and activity programmes for when the National Centre for Children’s Literature and Storytelling opens.

Some restoration has already taken place and we are thrilled by the positive reactions of so many people who are actively engaging and connecting with us - online, by visiting the house, supporting us at our events or fundraising for us.

Once the work is complete, Moat Brae House will also be a catalyst for the regeneration of Dumfries Town Centre.

Every day more people are getting inspired by the great sense of possibility, heritage and excitement that Moat Brae offers – imaginations are taking flight just as they did in J.M. Barrie’s ‘happiest days’ as a child in Dumfries.

We are also redesigning our website, to make it more colourful and fun, and to keep people right up to date with all that’s going on.

THE CLOCK IS TICKING…

We need your help to reach our target

of £5.5 million by the end of 2015.

There are lots of ways you can get involved and

help make this dream come true. We hope Moat

Brae will open for new adventures in 2017.

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Believe in Moat Brae – ‘Where Peter Pan Began…’

Joanna Lumley, Trust Patron, will launch our Digital Appeal in July with a video which will appear on our website and social media channels. Please watch, like, share it and help spread the word about this special project.

friends@peterpanmoatbrae.org www.peterpanmoatbrae.org Tel: 01387 255549

MOAT BRAE 2015

Watch out for news of our new-look Friends Scheme. We will get in touch with you directly if you are already one of our Founding Friends. If you are interested in finding out more about joining this wonderful group of people who provide a vital and continuing support to the Trust please get in touch friends@peterpanmoatbrae.org 01387 255 549.

We need your enthusiasm and support to help make this dream come true.

There are lots of ways you can join the Big Adventure, it’s really easy and great fun. Help us create a unique attraction that will celebrate play, imagination and every genre of children’s stories. Imagine a place where you can discover, remember and share favourite books, films and illustrations, where everyone can play, learn, make and dream.

DO YOU BELIEvE?Then show your support and spread the word by signing up* for regular news at www.peterpanmoatbrae.org or follow us and share our posts and video appeal on social media or forward them to your friends by email.

*We will never share your details with any third party.

Join the Big AdventureWe are creating a Neverland Discovery Garden and National Centre for Children’s Literature at Moat Brae - ‘WHERE PETER PAN BEGAN…’

TELL OUR STORY

Talk about us to your family, friends and colleagues, like and share our news and posts on social media or forward our enews updates by email.

BUY A BOOK

Buy one of our pamphlets or a copy of ‘Sixteen String Jack and the Garden of Adventure’.

Our online shop will be opening soon and copies are now on sale at Midsteeple Box Office, Dumfries 01387 253 383.

SUPPORT THROUGH YOUR WORK

Can you offer sponsorship, expertise, partnerships or staff time to support Moat Brae? Please get in touch as we’d love to discuss the possibilities with you.

JOIN A DONOR SCHEME

If you plan to give a large donation to the Peter Pan Moat Brae Trust there are a number of special ways to be recognised or to associate your name (or a loved-one’s) with the house or garden. To discuss sponsorship and donations please call Cathy Agnew, Project Director on 01387 255 549 or email info@peterpanmoatbrae.org

vOLUNTEER

Can you help with open days and events, or provide admin support? If you have skills or time to offer please register your interest at friends@peterpanmoatbrae.org

FUNDRAISE

Could you hold an event or be sponsored to raise funds for Moat Brae? If you have a good idea and can donate the proceeds to PPMBT let us know so we can help publicise your efforts.

LEAvE A GIFT IN YOUR WILL

Please consider helping us through your Will. A legacy would benefit not only children in Dumfries but across the nation.

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JOIN OUR FRIENDS

Be part of our supporters club, join the Big Adventure and enjoy special events.

DONATE

You can text a donation or give through PayPal on our website. Feed our hungry crocodile at events or send a cheque in the post.

REqUEST A TALK FOR YOUR SCHOOL OR GROUP

Lots of schools, WRI groups, Probus Clubs etc have welcomed our speakers to talk about Moat Brae. Some schools combine this with a project on Peter Pan or J.M. Barrie which can include a visit to Moat Brae.

friends@peterpanmoatbrae.org www.peterpanmoatbrae.org Tel: 01387 255549

MOAT BRAE NEWS If you would like to organise an event in aid of Peter Pan Moat Brae Trust please call Catherine Colwell

01387 255 549 or email catherine@peterpanmoatbrae.org

Children’s Literature Symposium

Scottish Youth Theatre Revives JM Barrie’s First Play

Join us to hear the first reading of Bandelero the Bandit since it was written and performed by seventeen year old author J.M. Barrie in Dumfries in 1877. This special event begins a three-year collaboration between Scottish Youth Theatre and PPMBT to bring Barrie’s first play, written when he was a pupil at Dumfries Academy, to the stage as a source of inspiration for new, young writers and performers.

The culmination of the project will be a fully staged production of Bandelero alongside new work written and performed by young people from Dumfries & Galloway. It is hoped this will

be presented around the time Moat Brae opens as a National Centre for Children’s Literature and Storytelling in 2017.

The first rehearsed reading will be presented alongside the Nursery chapters from Peter Pan, by Scottish Youth Theatre at Dumfries Academy on Friday 26th June at 7.30pm.

Tickets £12 (school children and students £5) Midsteeple Box Office 01387 253 383 and at www.peterpanmoatbrae.org

Adventurous New Children’s Book

We are so excited about Sixteen String Jack and the Garden of Adventure, by Tom Pow, illustrated by Ian Andrew, which

was launched by publishers Birlinn Ltd at Moat Brae on 26th May.

This stunning and quite remarkable new children’s book searches out the magic that, in time, would produce one of the

most famous characters in children’s literature. The story is set in the garden at Moat Brae, ‘Where Peter Pan Began’ – it is the first book to be inspired by the house and gardens since Peter Pan itself! A huge crocodile of queuing people formed as books were signed at the launch and copies have been flying off the shelves ever since. They make great presents and are the perfect way to tell children of the connection between Moat Brae and Peter Pan.

On sale now at most book shops £9.99 and at Midsteeple Box Office, Dumfries (on behalf of PPMBT). www.birlinn.co.ukISBN 978-1-78027-226-9

The Solway Centre at Glasgow University’s Crichton Campus will be hosting a two-day programme of discussion & performance in Dumfries, with the University of Edinburgh & Peter Pan Moat Brae Trust. Entitled: Scottish Children’s Literature: Forgotten Histories, New Perspectives & J.M. Barrie, it will include a chance for delegates to tour Moat Brae and hear the reading of Barrie’s first play Bandelero the Bandit at Dumfries Academy.

Contact Katie Nairn on 01387 345 371 or visit the conferences and events page on www.sgsah.ac.uk

‘the most charming and beautifully crafted story that captures the spirit and essence of imagination in the very same way

that the garden at Moat Brae first inspired J.M. Barrie and the creation of Peter Pan.’

Joanna LumleyPATRON, PETER PAN MOAT BRAE TRUST

TOM POW is an award-winning writer and

poet. His picture books for children include Who

Is The World For?, which won a Scottish Arts

Council’s Children’s Book Award in 2001, and

When The Rains Come (2012). From 2001 to

2003 he was the first writer in residence at the

Edinburgh International Book Festival.

IAN ANDREW has illustrated the work of

numerous authors, from Charles Dickens and

Robert Louis Stevenson to Penelope Lively, Peter

Dickinson and Michael Morpurgo. In 2013 he

was awarded a prestigious Sendak Fellowship. He

first worked together with Tom Pow on Tell Me

One Thing, Dad (Walker Books).

Jacket design by Ian Andrew and James Hutcheson

SIXTEEN STRING JACK

and the Garden of Adventure

Illustrated by � �

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ONE DAY, Daisy’s grandmother takes her

to an overgrown garden. Many years

before, Sixteen String Jack and Dare Devil Dick

were shipwrecked there, and often they fought

pirates side by side till the sun went down. Sixteen

String Jack grew up to become one of the best

known authors in the world. Join Daisy as she

discovers the garden of adventure which inspired

J.M. Barrie to create the most famous character in

children’s writing – Peter Pan.

£9.99 www.birlinn.co.uk

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‘Captures the spirit and essence of imagination

in the very same way that the garden at Moat Brae first inspired J.M. Barrie

and the creation of Peter Pan.’

JOANNA LUMLEYPatron, Peter Pan Moat Brae Trust

www.peterpanmoatbrae.org

Pop Up Charity Shop - Wed 12th - Sat 15th August

We are opening a Pop Up Charity Shop on Dumfries High Street (Baker’s Oven) to raise more funds for the Trust.

Come along, find some treasures and help to sprinkle an extra bit of fairy dust to make the Moat Brae dream come true!

If you have items to donate for sale (or for a tombola) please call the office and arrange to deliver them there in advance.

Or you can drop them off at the Baker’s Oven from Monday 10th August when Caroline and our volunteers will be busy setting up shop. Call Caroline to arrange collection of items on 01848 330933.

friends@peterpanmoatbrae.org www.peterpanmoatbrae.org Tel: 01387 255549

You can find out more about the work of The Peter Pan Moat Brae Trust at www.peterpanmoatbrae.org. To discuss sponsorship and donations please call Cathy Agnew, Project Director on 01387 255 549

or email info@peterpanmoatbrae.org

MOAT BRAE NEWS If you would like to volunteer with PPMBT please email us at: friends@peterpanmoatbrae.org

JM Barrie’s Peter Pan the Graphic Novel by Stref colouring by Fin Cramb

The stories of the boy who wouldn’t grow up and his creator J.M. Barrie continue to inspire new generations of artists across the globe, here is a brief round-up of just a few of the exciting interpretations we have been following:

“If you can’t teach me to fly, teach me to sing”

Finding Neverland The Musical - the story of ‘How Peter Became Pan’. Starring Matthew Morrison and Kelsey Grammer, this production has been taking Broadway by storm since opening at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre NY in April.

Finding Neverland The Album - This new album brings together some of today’s biggest artists to reimagine music written by Gary Barlow and Eliot Kennedy from the Broadway musical. It features an astonishing line up of singers including Nick Jones, Ellie Goulding, Jennifer Lopez, Christina Aguilera, John Legen, Keisza and Jon Bon Jovi. (Republic Records release June 2015)

Welsh National Opera is touring a new opera version of Peter Pan by composer Richard Ayres and librettist Lavinia

Greenlaw. Performances in Cardiff and Birmingham preceeded two at The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden (24th & 25th July).

Regents Park Open Air Theatre’s magical production of Peter Pan this summer played to great acclaim.

ITv has commissioned a new, two-hour drama version of J.M. Barrie’s Peter Pan with international pop star, singer/songwriter and actress Paloma Faith making a guest appearance as Tinker Bell. Academy Award nominee Stanley Tucci (Devil Wears Prada) plays Captain Hook and Laura Fraser (Breaking Bad) is Mrs Darling. Watch out for this later in the year.

Pan The Movie will be released by Warner Bros in October. This prequel tells the story of how Peter himself discovered Neverland. Directed by Joe Wright (Atonement) and starring Hugh Jackman as Blackbeard.

Oscar-Winner Reese Witherspoon will star in Disney’s new live-action Tinker Bell the Movie, which she will also produce.

2015 - A Good Year for Peter Pan

Published this summer Stevie White’s J.M. Barrie’s Peter Pan brings the world of Neverland to life as a graphic novel for the very first time. This stunning book tells the familiar story of The Boy Who Wouldn’t Grow Up as never before. Panel by panel, the wonderfully vibrant illustrations and engaging text will transport you to the landscapes of Neverland - landscapes based on the locations that first inspired Barrie to write his tale, including Moat Brae House in Dumfries and the garden where he played as a boy.

This is a graphic novel to inspire awe in reluctant and confident young readers alike.

Title: J.M. Barrie’s Peter Pan: The Graphic NovelAuthor: Stephen WhiteISBN: 9781780272900Price: £12.99Publication Date: 16th June 2015

Make a donation

Make a donation online at www.peterpanmoatbrae.org

or simply text your chosen amount ‘MOAT01 £3/£5/£10’ to 70070*

You can also send a cheque made payable to:

‘The Peter Pan Moat Brae Trust’ to our office address on the back of this newsletter

or call us on 01387 255549 and we can send you a donation form by mail.

*Texts are charged at your mobile phone operator’s standard rate. PPMBT will receive 100% of your donation. You must be 16 or over and please ask the bill payer’s permission. Full T&Cs and more information at www.justgiving.com/info/terms-of-service

Thanks to all our volunteers who care for Moat Brae house and gardens and act as tour guides, marshals, sales people, gardeners, envelope stuffers, cake bakers, oral history interviewers, admin supporters etc. WE COULDN’T DO ALL THIS WITHOUT YOU!

friends@peterpanmoatbrae.org www.peterpanmoatbrae.org Tel: 01387 255549

Theatre by the Lake in Keswick for kindly donating a beautiful stage prop from their Christmas 2014 production of Peter Pan. Nana’s Kennel is now being enjoyed by children of all ages when they visit Moat Brae.

Great Ormond Street Hospitalfor donating their International Peter Pan book collection to The Peter Pan Moat Brae Trust. We are so looking forward to sharing these wonderful

interpretations of the Peter Pan story with generations of children at Moat Brae.

There are forty-five versions of the story of the Boy Who Never Grew Up, telling the adventures of Peter, Wendy, Captain Hook, Tinker Bell and the Crocodile in many different languages, across time and with beautiful illustrations. It is so interesting to see how one story can be retold in many different ways.

Children at Heathhall Primary who raised £40 for PPMBT with a sponsored ‘Creatures of Neverland’ event for which

they made book marks, shadow art, Peter Pan hats and treasure maps. We invited

them to visit Moat Brae in December and they wrote some wonderful stories about their trip… “Peter Pan’s shadow left him and had an adventure in Wendy’s house. We imagined our shadows sneaked off when we were sleeping and had an adventure. Come read all about it…”. You can read more of what they wrote on our website.

Troqueer Bakers Ashley, Tess and Rosie from Troqueer School who made fairy

cakes for Moat Brae and sold them around Beck Avenue. They raised £9 for PPMBT. Thank you girls!

Peter Angelini who has written a book of poems, including a foreword from our Patron Joanna Lumley, to raise funds for Moat Brae. He has already raised £400 and counting… Buy your copy of Good Neighbours from Midsteeple Box Office, Dumfries.

Arthur J Gallagher LTD who is donating the time of employee Allana Jardine, enabling her to volunteer for PPMBT. She regularly helps with vital administrative work in the Trust’s office.

South West Audio, Raging Gibbon Theatre Company, Easterbrook Hall, Dumfries School of Dance who raised over £500 for PPMBT. Inspired by the Moat Brae project, this group of creative

people got together to write, stage, produce and promote a new production of ‘Peter Pan the Panto’, which ran throughout December 2014. All proceeds from programme sales were donated to Moat Brae and our volunteers were encouraged to meet members of the audience to tell them about our project.

The University of Glasgow, Crichton Campus who raised over £750 for PPMBT at their Christmas Concert last December. Dr

Carol Hill, Director University of Glasgow, Crichton Campus, presented the cheque to our Chairman, Dame Barbara Kelly.

Anne Bennett and Family who once again raised funds for Moat Brae with their fabulous Peter Pan Fundraising Supper at Colvend Village Hall on 13th June.

Thanks to the many schools, businesses, groups and individuals that have spent time and energy telling our story and raising money through fundraising events and using their unique talents to raise money for PPMBT.

Thanks to all who have made donations, big and small...

Thanks to…

Moat Brae, George Street, Dumfries DG1 1EA Tel: 01387 255549PPMBT is a Registered Scottish Charity Number SC041382 Company Number SC363695.

THE PETER PAN MOAT BRAE TRUST PATRON, JOANNA LUMLEY Dame Barbara Kelly (Chair) Flora Burns Caroline Buck Christopher Craig Simon James Les Jardine (Company Secretary)

Allen Paterson Pam Pumphrey Les Sutton (Treasurer) Stuart ThomsonFounding Chairman, Roger Windsor

Project Director, Cathy Agnew

Trust Administrator, Iain Wilson

Marketing and Events Assistant, Catherine Colwell

Friends Coordinator, Caroline Buck

KEEP UP TO DATE - FOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK & TWITTERWe regularly post news updates and photographs on Facebook & Twitter. You can find the links on our website www.peterpanmoatbrae.org

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Scottish Youth Theatre and PPMBT present Bandelero the Bandit (rehearsed reading) Dumfries Academy Tickets £12 (school children and students £5) Midsteeple Box Office, 01387 253383

Friday 26th & Saturday 27th June 2015Forgotten Histories, New Perspectives and J.M. Barrie Children’s Literature Symposium at The Crichton Campus, Dumfries organised by the Solway Centre

Thursdays from May - 13th August 10am - 6pmNewtonairds Hostas & Gardens Open Garden events for Scotland’s Gardens, in aid of PPMBT

Sunday 26th JulyPirates and Fairies at Dock Park Free event for pre-schoolers 10am - 12pm

Wednesday 12th to Saturday 15th AugustPPMBT Pop up Charity shop in Dumfries, HIgh Street

Open Days at Moat Brae from 11am - 3pmSunday 28th JuneSaturday 11th & Sunday 12th JulySaturday 12th & Sunday 13th SeptemberSaturday 10th & Sunday 11th October

Please check our website and social media for the most up-to-date information.

Beverley MatthiasBeverley, who died in 2012, was a children’s story teller, writer, lecturer and specialist in teaching children with reading disabilities. She kindly bequeathed her large collection of children’s books, story-telling props and framed illustrations to the Trust. They will be housed in the story room on the chamber floor of Moat Brae for children to read and be read to from.

As well as donating these items to Moat Brae, Beverley donated her body to Dundee University for the teaching of anatomy and the furtherance of education. On the 13th May, Caroline Buck represented PPMBT at a University Chaplaincy Service to commemorate Beverley and the many others who gave their bodies in this way.

MOAT BRAE NEWS What an absolutely stunning sanctuary this space is! Beyond magical, with inspiration oozing out of every inch of it…Visitor’s comment at Moat Brae Open Day

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On SaleAn online shop will soon appear on our website, but you can now buy these wonderful items from Midsteeple Box Office, Dumfries 01387 253 383

Sixteen String Jack and the Garden of Adventure by Tom Pow with illustrations by Ian Andrew. This stunning new children’s book is set in the garden at Moat Brae, Birthplace of Peter Pan – it is the first book to be inspired by the house and gardens since Peter Pan himself!

Moat Brae Memories (second edition) This fascinating insight into the history of Moat Brae House during the twentieth century is based on interviews with some 30 people, collected over two years. The fond memories of staff, patients and local residents make a wonderful read.

The Adventure Begins… J.M. Barrie in Dumfries The story of the author’s formative years in Dumfries, this pamphlet gives a fascinating insight into how an imagination was inspired, nurtured and given the freedom and education to set Barrie on the path to stardom.

ISBN 9781 780 272 269Publication: 1 May 2015Extent: 32ppRights: World

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Sales DirectorLaura Poyntonlaura@birlinn.co.uk

eBook ISBN 9780857907974Price £9.99Format 224x259mm (landscape) Hbk

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SIXTEEN STRING JACK

and the Garden of Adventure

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Memories

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