The Lightning Path
When Ella’s family farm begins to flood, she starts asking questions. Her grandfather tells her that the eels no longer come up the river, and Ella wonders if melting ice caps and distant changing landscapes might be connected. On a magical journey to find answers, she meets people and creatures who teach her new ways of seeing, understanding, and caring.
2017 Funded by The Arts Council of Wales.
Creative team
Created and directed by Small World Theatre, Script Meredith Barker, Puppets designed and created by Small World Theatre and Toby Downing. Music Pete Stacey, Animation Sean Vicary, Tech Manager Steve Knight.
Tour
Llanidloes SY18 6BZ, Chapter CF5 1QE, Volcano SA1 1LG, Neuadd Dwyfor LL53 5DE, Haverfordwest SA62 3DL, Ceredigion Museum SY23 2AQ
“The Lightning Path echoes the company's strong ecological ethos with a journey across the continents from pole t desert. The action blends the range of possibilities of puppetry... it is witty, colourful and compact." Theatre in Wales.
From the archive
We make puppet theatre that merges live performance, film and animation in creative collaboration.
Reintroducing the White Tailed Eagle to Wales - Durrell Trust 2025
Amser Stori - digital stories - 2021
Plastigwaelod - Aberystwyth Arts Centre 2018