This is a story about a girl
who followed a map off the edge of the world...

In New Zealand there are some 56,000 kilometres of paper roads – streets and towns that exist only on surveyors’ maps. Or do they? A young woman strays from the beaten track and finds herself in a paper world. It seems a land of possibility but she soon discovers that things that happen in the fictional world can have frighteningly real consequences.

From Trick of the Light Theatre (The Bookbinder) comes an award-winning production drawn from the twitchy edges of children’s literature - a dark fable reminiscent of Neil Gaiman, and Pan’s Labyrinth. Combining puppetry, shadow play, and live music, The Road That Wasn’t There is a captivating cross-over work for adults and older children (8+).
 

"Thoroughly enchanting and totally engrossing,
The Road That Wasn’t There is a must see show." 
- The Dominion Post

"Charming, funny and haunting in equal measure.... a storytelling triumph."
- Word on the Street

 “If there is only one show that you can watch this Fringe, this one is the pick of the crop.”
   -  The Advertiser, Adelaide

The Road That Wasn't There was developed through workshops with the original cast -
Oliver de Rohan and Elle Wootton.