NIVERVILLE, MB

Families across southeast Manitoba snatched up tickets to the Niverville Community Theatre’s production of JM Barrie’s ‘Peter Panner,’ the famous tale of a young Mennonite boy who insists on wearing green and never wants to grow up.

“I think my espash’ly loved that sword fight between Peter Panner and Captain Hooks,” said proud father Henry Fast. “Peter Panner has been their favourite for a long time yet. He’s on my wife’s side. Her mother was a Panner.”

The production ran all week, including a matinee on Saturday, and was generally well received by audiences, although there was some confusion when Peter Panner asked the audience to ‘clap if you believe in fairies.’

“Mennonites don’t clap…for fairies or nobody,” said Fast. “I told the kids to plug their ears and not to

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