Lilly Through the Dark

Synopsis

Lilly Through the Dark, is a macabre story, inspired by real events, about a little girl who loses her father. She is stalked in the waking world by shadows and memories until she makes the decision to go searching for her father in the land of the dead. The River People use their own dark style of puppetry, live music and poetic language to tell this intimate story that explores death and the process of grief. The piece was funded in it's development by the Arts Council in May 2008 and premiered at the Bedlam Theatre, Edinburgh.

Our Review:

7 December 2009

In their handwritten, photocopied program, The River People, the award winning theatre company behind Lilly Through the Dark, describe their work as “honest, handmade theatre”. This ethos is achieved through the innovative exploitation of limited means to produce a piece of theatre that is touching and visually stunning.

Lilly, a puppet as fragile and spooky as a Tim Burton character, is a little girl whose father has died, leaving her devastated and lonely. She goes to the Deadlands, a place between life and death, to search for him and along the way is helped and hindered by a collection of extraordinary characters - “storytellers appointed by the moon”.

Lilly Through the Dark is an exploration of storytelling and memory. The set is a cluster of books, from which puppets, props and even actors emerge. This acknowledges the use of mythology and fairy tale throughout the production, and literally brings stories to life through theatr...

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