Otherstory, a Bristol­ based puppetry collective, bring the miscreant to life through the medium of puppetry, music and storytelling, using some fantastically creative and beautiful puppets made and operated by three members of the collective – Emma Byron, Sarah Green, and Trevor Houghton. Paul Walker provides the piece with a soundtrack, playing a combination of recorded and live music whilst offering small sections of narration.

“The play opens with an explosive choral number from the vocally talented company – setting the tone of the beautiful soundtrack (original music by James Reynolds) which underscores the entire piece. We then break quickly into the first scene of the two-hour play. Mrs. Fairbranch sits in her ebony home – a mini London in the heart of Barbados – drinking tea whilst her house-slave Willa fans her. . . Sometimes the writing is beautiful, filled with colourful analogy and poetry. . . “