The main character is being hunted, with a piercing soundtrack rising with his terror. On the back of the door, the dressing gown moves, and a hand emerges from one arm, fingers writhing and reaching out.
It is just one of the mind-bending moments which helps to bring Neil Gaiman's sci-fi novel to life on the stage.
From ingenious sleight of hand tricks to puppets large and small bringing fantasy creatures to life, the remarkable adaptation is a masterclass of how science fiction can be brought to the stage.
The well-loved story of a boy who stumbles into a fantasy world where an apparent duck pond is a tear in the fabric of time and space means the stage
has to be turned into not just one world, but many worlds, with journeys aplenty.
Doing that on a relatively small stage is a conundrum, and yet the adaptation by Joel Horwood and director Katy Rudd is both stylish and effective, and ensures that the audience are taken along for the ride.
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