A Catherine Wheels show created by Gill Robertson, Shona Reppe, Daniel Padden and Rob Evans. Adapted from the book Pobby and Dingan by Ben Rice.
12 year-old Ashmol lives in the Australian outback with his mum, dad and his little sister Kellyanne and her two invisible friends Pobby and Dingan. One day, Pobby and Dingan disappear. At first Ashmol is happy that the imaginary friends are out of his life, but Kellyanne becomes sick. The longer Pobby and Dingan are lost, the sicker Kellyanne becomes. Finally, Ashmol decides that there is only one thing to do: he must find Pobby and Dingan.
Lightning Ridge is a heart breaking and beautiful story about the possibility of dreams, about a community coming together, the preciousness of hope and how, sometimes, we have to believe in the impossible.
Watch- Lighting Ridge Trailer [https://youtu.be/kCjXLtd4I00]
Winner of theCATSaward forBest Performance for Young Children and Young Peopleand Gill Robertson won theOutstanding Performance award.
Age suitability:8+
Running time: 50 minutes
Co-Creator:Gill Robertson
Co-creator, Director & Text:Robert Alan Evans
Co-Creator & Designer :Shona Reppe
Co-creator & Composer :Daniel Padden
Lighting Designer:Emma Jones
Assistant Director:Lauren Desjardins