1950年的利物浦,十六岁天真无邪的史黛拉与她的叔叔居住,一心想成为伟大的女演员,于是到利物浦一家面临倒闭的剧团内担任助理舞台经理,并且默默地喜欢上了英俊的剧团班主.然而这个现实的世界让史黛拉充满了迷惑,班主和男孩乔治之间微妙的眼神到底是怎么回事?充满绅士风度的的奥哈拉又到底是什么人?Set right after World War II, a 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.