The Mysterious Vanishment of Pobby and Dingan

Synopsis

Pobby and Dingan are Kellyanne's best friends. Her big brother Ashmol hates them. They're invisible and they make her act weird. Then Pobby and Dingan go missing and Kellyanne starts to get sick. It's up to Ashmol to find them before she fades away completely, but where do you start looking for something you can't even see? Based on Ben Rice's acclaimed debut novel, this is a funny and heart-breaking story about love, loyalty and the enduring power of the imagination.

Our Review:

Shane Morgan - 19 November 2012

For the Williamson family, imagination is an incredibly powerful tool. The Father is always imagining the delight in finding Opal in the mines near their Lightning Ridge, New South Wales home. The Mother is imagining another life, a happier existence back in England and the Williamson kids, Kellyanne and Ashmol are concerned with Pobby and Dingan. Kellyanne is because they are her friends and she’s looking out for them. Ashmol is because as far as he’s concerned, they don’t exist.

Bristol theatre stalwarts Travelling Light have taken Ben Rice’s novel about the Australian Williamson family and transformed it into a thoroughly charming two hander with actors Jordan Whyte and Vic Llewellyn playing the brother and sister team. Directed by Craig Edwards, the story revolves around the family’s search for opal and Kellyanne’s invisible friends. After a trip to the mine with the father, Pobby and Dingan go missing and the hunt is on. Both Whyte ...

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