Tonight · 8 PM
Chapter one of four · 22 minutes
The Night Nursery Window
Chapter One · A draught, a lamp, a shadow.
Maren Holloway · Olivier-winning stage actor
00:00—22:00
Planet Wendy · No. 02
One voice. One story.
The room goes quiet.
Planet Wendy is the reading room of the Neverland universe — chapter books, folktales, poems and lullabies, read aloud by actors, narrators and poets who treat a child's bedtime with the seriousness it deserves.
01
Tonight's reading
The Story of the Night.
Posted at dusk. Replaced at dawn. Listen once, slowly.
02
Tonight's lineup
Who's reading, and what.
Six voices. Six books on the table. Pick a reader, hear the first page.
MH
Maren Holloway
Olivier-winning stage actor
"Reads with the patience of someone who learned to listen first."
IC
Idris Calloway
Audiobook narrator · 80+ titles
"A low, warm voice you'd trust with a torch and a map."
SP
Saoirse Penrose
Royal Shakespeare Co.
"Lilting, exact, never sing-song. Brilliant on dialogue."
KM
Captain Kit Marlow
Children's poet laureate
"Reads poems like he's just remembered them."
NO
Nia Ojeda
Folklorist · BBC Radio 4
"Hush-voiced. Best on stories with rivers in them."
AP
August Pell
Stand-up comic, off-duty
"Surprisingly tender. Excellent silly voices."
03
On the shelf
The storybooks, laid out.
Nine books on the reading-room table tonight. Lift one down.
Peter and Wendy
"Second to the right, and straight on till morning."
Maren Holloway · Olivier-winning stage actor
28 minTreasure Island
"A sea-chest, a map, and a boy who can keep a secret."
Idris Calloway · Audiobook narrator · 80+ titles
32 minThe Wind in the Willows
"Down to the river, where nothing is in any hurry."
Nia Ojeda · Folklorist · BBC Radio 4
24 minThe Velveteen Rabbit
"On becoming real, which takes longer than expected."
Saoirse Penrose · Royal Shakespeare Co.
18 minJust So Stories
"How the things in the world came to be the way they are."
Idris Calloway · Audiobook narrator · 80+ titles
14 minA Child's Garden of Verses
"Small poems for the hour before the lamp goes out."
Captain Kit Marlow · Children's poet laureate
12 minThe Secret Garden
"A door behind ivy. A key in a robin's beak."
Saoirse Penrose · Royal Shakespeare Co.
26 minAlice's Adventures in Wonderland
"Down a long, slow tunnel, with time to wonder on the way."
August Pell · Stand-up comic, off-duty
22 minThe Jungle Book
"A boy, a panther, and the laws of the deep green wood."
Maren Holloway · Olivier-winning stage actor
30 min04
The library
Four shelves.
Pick a shelf. Pick a length. The lamp will do the rest.
Long, slow, deliberately uneventful. Designed to be slept through.
- 01
The Sleepy River
Nia Ojeda · Folklorist · BBC Radio 4 - 02
Mr. Tumnus's Tea
Maren Holloway · Olivier-winning stage actor - 03
The Velveteen Rabbit
Saoirse Penrose · Royal Shakespeare Co. - 04
A Calm Night on the Lagoon
Idris Calloway · Audiobook narrator · 80+ titles
05
Bedtime mode
The thirty-five minute program.
A guided wind-down. Press start. Don't look at the screen again.
- 00:00
Lamps low
Dim the room. One light, not two.
- +02:00
A small poem
Four short lines. Read by Captain Kit.
- +05:00
Tonight's chapter
Twenty quiet minutes. No music underneath.
- +27:00
Lullaby room
One song. Then silence on the speaker.
- +35:00
Goodnight, Neverland
Wendy says it. So do we.
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Lullaby room
When the story has ended.
No voices. Long fade-outs. Made to be left on.
Hush, Little Lantern
Acoustic guitar. A single voice. No words after the first verse.
Lagoon at Two A.M.
Field recording — tide, distant gulls, harp.
The Star-Chart Lullaby
Soft piano. Constellations named, softly, in order.
Sleep, Small Sailor
Cello and humming. For the very young.
Tip — pair the Lullaby Room with Smee's "Star-Chart Print" above the bed.