As a modern-day tale drawing on domestic and foreign legends, this production features 3 young people forced to confront their fears to overcome an evil witch. Perched on the edge of the world, lost on a mysterious island or burrowing under the earth, the young Lad must overcome his qualms, arm himself with courage just like his friends the Monkey and the Lonely-Girl before going down into an abyss and destroying the cause of their misfortune. Coupled with the movement, the live music and soundscape grippingly and evocatively depict the courage of children in our often forbidding world change.

“There once was a clever young Lad
Neither daring nor even bold
There once was a clever young Lad
Brave he was not, let it be told!
Perched high on top of the world
Should I be born he’s wondering
Into the dark sea he is hurled
Struck by double bolts of lightning “