New Neverland show touring in 2026

Delighted to see Neverland, our outdoor touring trail inspired by JM Barrie's timeless tale of Peter Pan, featured in this month's StandOut Magazine.

https://www.standoutmagazine.co.uk/january-2026-issue/

Our Neverland trail invites visitors to follow Tinkerbell’s fairy dust path from the rooftops of London to the heart of Neverland — soaring through the Darling family home, past a glowing Big Ben, and into a wonderous world where magic and adventure capture the imagination.

From the Lost Boys’ secret hideout to the eerie glowing Skull Rock and Captain Hook’s iconic pirate ship, this all-new trail blends spectacular lighting, immersive storytelling and an atmospheric soundscape to bring Barrie’s beloved world vividly to life. Transporting visitors to a land of magic, imagination and adventure, Neverland is an unforgettable experience for all ages over the festive period.

Neverland was created in partnership with Great Ormond Street Hospital and RG Live. JM Barrie gifted the rights to Peter Pan to Great Ormond Street Hospital in 1929. The money raised every time the trail is presented goes towards supporting the amazing work the hospital does, to give seriously ill children the best chance and the best childhood possible. 

The delivery of Neverland in time for the 2025 Christmas season was a mammoth team effort. The show was presented in the historic grounds of Kenwood House on Hampstead Heath close to where all five 'lost boys' and their parents are buried in Hampstead Parish Churchyard, alongside their uncle Gerald du Maurier who played the villainous pirate Captain Hook in the first ever Peter Pan stage show.

Neverland will tour in 2026. If you are interested in hosting this outdoor trail - get in touch.

Neverland at Kenwood - courtesy RG Live

A packed 2025 winter season

As our 20th year comes to a close, we are hard at work delivering our busiest winter season yet, with 24 events currently live in the US, Europe and the UK until January 2026. Including:

• A new LIGHTSCAPE trail in San Francisco Botanical Garden

• A sparkly pealit Christmas in the Garden in Fort Worth, Texas

• Our first ever large-scale touring show NEVERLAND created in partnership with Great Ormond Street Hospital Charity and RG Live. Recently named 'best trail for Fairytale magic in the UK' by the Daily Express.

• A return to Illumina as guest curators of Austria's largest light garden

• 11 Christmas trails around the UK - seven of which are listed as 'the best UK Christmas light trails of 2025' in The Times.

Our inhouse design and props team has also created:

• The Palace of Oz a five star, new indoor experience at Blenheim Palace based on The Wizard of Oz story

• A Storybook Adventure that brings the tales of the Tower of London to life

• A fun indoor and outdoor Christmas Nutcracker Trail at Cliveden

• A Snow Queen experience inside the magnificent rooms at Wentworth Woodhouse

• A Santa Grotto at Marwell Zoo

• A Festive Window display for shoppers to enjoy in Sunderland's busy Keel Square. All this, follows on from a bumper Halloween season when the team created and ran seven trails across the UK. In addition to curating part of GLOW in Maymont Virginia; and delivering four light trails in Australia. These included our award-winning Lightscape trail in Melbourne, which won gold in the Major Festivals and Events category at this year's Victorian Tourism Awards. This is the second year in a row Lightscape in Melbourne has won this prestigious award, cementing it as one of Victoria's standout events.

2025 has been a milestone year for the company and incredibly busy. Only made possible with an outstanding team.

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Lightscape at Brooklyn

The Snow Queen at Wentworth Woodhouse

Neverland at Kenwood House

Festive Window Display in Sunderland's Keel Square

Lightscape in San Diego

Lightscape in San Francisco

Lightscape in Chicago

Illumina in Laxenburg

Lanterns and Lights at Chester Zoo

Christmas at Dunham Massey

Christmas at Belton

Christmas at Wimpole

Christmas Nutcracker Trail at Cliveden

Christmas at the Botanics

Christmas at Kew

A Storybook Adventure at the Tower of London

Christmas in the Garden at Fort Worth

Santa's Grotto at Marwell Hall

Christmas at Westonbirt

The Palace of Oz

A Call from Kew

Culture Creative began as a small events company with offices in Alnwick. At the start, we worked closely with Northumberland Council and One North East but, very quickly, we started to grow, and in partnership with other organisations began producing our own events.

The pivotal moment for Culture Creative came in 2013, when the first ever Christmas at Kew opened. This event, which has been running for over 12 years, spearheaded the creation of our other light trails in Botanic Gardens across the world, including Chicago Botanic Garden and the Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria in Melbourne.

Christmas at Kew continues to trailblaze our festive season in the UK, with all our other trails opening within a few days of our flagship event in Kew Gardens.

At the heart of the trail has always been the iconic Palm House show.

Here’s a snapshot of how it has developed each year.

Kew 2013-2024 Photo credits Rikard Osterlund, Geraint Lewis, Sony Music

This year’s Christmas at Kew dates are 14 November to 4 January 2026. This year, in preparation for the Palm House’s refurbishment which starts in 2027, the Palm House will play a supporting role, with all eyes and lights turned towards the Museum No 1 at the opposite end of the Palm House Pond. There we will celebrate the story of Christmas using images of festive plants, herbs, spices, and fruits chosen from Kew’s world-renowned collection. All of which play a special part in everyone's Christmas.

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