“There was a time when the kiddies played with proper robust, versatile toys – toys with charisma and a winning smile, toys which fed the imagination with infinite possibilities...”

Horizon Arts present an enchanting story of two misfits who must come to terms with life in the shadow of an unjustly popular and sickeningly sweet nemesis.

Rejected by a world that no longer wants them, Billy the misanthropic clown and Bridget the cowardly troll face the dreadful prospect of living out their days in a gloomy attic, where discarded toys are left to die and the salvation of the car boot sale is little more than a forlorn hope.

Will the clown ever have the heart to smile beneath his fixed grin? Will the troll ever live up to her namesake? What terrible thing lives in the haunted toy chest? And when will that dancer learn not to mess with the premier toys around here?

The Madness, The Darkness & The Dancer is a one act play written by Gareth Durasow (The Policy of Truth, The Last Christmas) and directed by our Artistic Director Philip Stokes.