PISKIE
Completely captivating from start to finish
The game is… “I believe in you.”
Ouida Burt is a respected therapist, an academic, and a stone cold sceptic.
Welcome to her lecture where we debunk fears of the irrational and fantastic – it is time to turn a light on all those things that go bump in the night.
But one of the things that keeps Ouida up in the night cannot be explained. She is haunted by thoughts of her imaginary friend “Bert”, a piskie that used to sing to her as a child. Ouida gave up on fantasy a long time ago… so why can she hear him singing now?
Inspired by the folklore of Dartmoor, PISKIE explores why even the most rational people can have irrational beliefs, and asks why it is so easy to give advice that you do not take.
Following a highly critically acclaimed Edinburgh Fringe run, BoonDog Theatre present a beautiful new story about the tug of war between fantasy and reality. PISKIE is a show for all those who believe there is still a little magic to be found in the world.
*Piskie is a Cornish word for Pixie.
A hauntingly beautiful work of art… I am going to be thinking about this show for a long time
Piskie asks what role hope plays in many people’s willingness to believe the unlikely
A delicate, tender and layered look at believing, being brave and the struggle between fantasy, reality and cynicism… A magical and uplifting tale of missing hope and the dreams which carry us on
Edinburgh Guide
A charming, funny and thoughtful play about hope… a likeable Alan Partridge with a PhD
A little bit wonderful, a little bit weird, and a little bit freaky… powerful theatre, pleasantly spooky
Moving and highly original
Outstanding
Collect at the Box Office
As delicate as it is powerful, nuanced and completely captivating from start to finish. An unravelling which certainly has you guessing right to the end
North West End
A captivating, original, and nostalgic play about grief and imagination, that searches for magic among the hawthorn trees of Dartmoor… Funny, idiosyncratic and charming
Plays International and Europe
Photos by Andrew Perry
