Dust Pilgrim

WINNER – BEST SET DESIGN & BEST LIGHTING DESIGN
WELLINGTON THEATRE AWARDS 2016

Panuelo is trapped in a life built on dust and shifting sands, held tight in the fist of her tyrannical mother. After stumbling across the restless bones of a long buried secret, Panuelo makes a daring bid for freedom and runs out into the vast desert.

Along the way she discovers vivid new landscapes full of tricksters and angels, boundaries and borders. But things are never as they seem. How can Panuelo stop running and feel free in her new world?

Dust Pilgrim is an intimate coming of age tale of a young woman’s fight for freedom in a world where dreams and premonitions are as real as the wind.

"First-class theatrical magic." Nathan Joe, The Lumiere Reader

"Make no mistake, Red Leap Theatre are at the vanguard of physical theatre in New Zealand. Using a combination of movement, puppetry, props, and sound, they create worlds so atmospheric that you can almost taste them." Alex Bonham, What's Good Blog

"There is a timeless, universal and very human syndrome at the heart of Red Leap Theatre's remarkable ‘magic realism' production." John Smythe, Theatreview

"I am in a euphoric trance of beauty, light and theatrical magic. I love Red Leap, their work is inspirational, odd, moving, challenging and full of inventive curiosity. I could watch this for hours." Holly Shanahan,Theatreview