Welcome to the island of Helium where Betsy lives with her balloon factory-owning family.

They’re cheerful, a bit money-mad and life is on the up. But when the world turns against balloons, their world pops and Betsy must start a new life in a faraway city with her eccentric uncle, Hercules Snark, an inventor of mostly half-finished things.

Unfortunately, Snark has problems of his own. In his city, it never stops raining. The streets are flooding. And things – quite literally – are starting to sink.

Betsy Balloon is a rambunctious modern fable presented as a staged reading with original music and illustration based on a story by this year’s Honoured Writer, Bill Manhire.

Best suited for ages 5-10 years.