Betsy Balloon and the Very Great Terrible Flood

A rambunctious modern fableWelcome 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 with original music and illustration based on a story by Bill Manhire.Betsy Balloon and the Very Great Terrible Flood is part of Brisbane Festival.