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Join Theatre Deli for an online performance of Dust, a joyous reminder about just how playful the world can be.

Put your sofa in the front row with this production live-recorded at Half Moon Theatre.

When Little Titch and her scruffy rucksack arrive at the giant, pink house it is not what she expected – a blanket of thick grey dust covers everything in sight and it is wild and overgrown. Her new home is cold and unwelcoming until she meets Nelly, a flamboyant and loveable hoarder. Together the pair discover they have more in common than they first thought and that friendship can heal hidden wounds.

Written by acclaimed award-winning children’s author Laura Dockrill (Darcy Burdock book series, Big Bones) Dust uses exquisite poetic language to explore a heartfelt story about love, loss, identity and memory. With haunting music by Hugo White of The Maccabees.

This live-recorded play has closed captioning for d/Deaf and hard of hearing audiences and is also available with British Sign Language.

Pay What You Can – donations welcome. Suggested donation £5 for a family or £10 if you'd like to pay it forward/subsidise another family.

The show will be made available on a password protected Vimeo link. The production will be available to view for 14 days and you can watch the show as many times as you like.

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