This performance is a beautiful mix of a lot of different forms. The central performing character is a dancer and she is supported onstage by a singer/musician and a musician singer. This piece sometimes verges into a performed music gig with dance, but mainly it’s an amalgam of dance theatre, singing, and spoken word. Technically, there is some wonderful digital video projection that adds to the stage picture as well as a lot of elements of nostalgic set design. Clever use of props, costume, and a finger puppet mouse ensure that this performance about a girl, her imagination, and her memories of her grandad remains full of surprise, whimsy, and wonder.

Good direction means that there are enough surprises and changes of pace to ensure that what could have been a slow nostalgia piece never loses its edginess. The show is very playful but the singer, musician and dancer seem to miss a trick by not acknowledging the audience or our potential audience contributions that could take this quality to another level. Nevertheless this is visually rich, innovative, and skilfully performed theatre for family audiences.