The
Rubbish Monster
What
if the crisp packet you'd just thrown away came to life
and begged you to take it home? This is just what happens
to Katie Dumpster as she paddles her boat down the backwaters
of the river, on what is clearly going to be a very
strange summer's day.
As more litter floats downstream from the city and lands
in mounting piles on the river-bank, a scavenging gull
gets into a tangle, and the Watervoles watch helplessly
as a mysterious robot arm carries off their Baby, trapped
in a discarded wine-bottle.
Katie
tries to help, but only adds to their problems, until
Lord Pike, the Waterwolf, takes her under his fin. Together
they hatch a plan to rescue Baby from the Rubbish Monster,
but Lord Pike himself is being stalked by a very determined
fisherman...
The
story, told with puppets, live characters, music, songs,
a great deal of humour, and audience participation,
is an animals' eye-view of human beings and their wasteful
ways.
