The story begins with strange disappearances from Mrs Mavis Hooley’s home. Something’s gone missing again. It’s nowhere to be found. Mrs Hooley has been looking evrywhere. Bit its not just today. Every day a new thing seems to disappear. Little things. A $10 note. Clothes pegs. A ball of wool. It’s troubling at first, but then the thief takes it one step too far.

Mavis calls in a detective to investigate. They set a trap for the burglar. A stake-out is required. In the dead of night, the Detective indeed finds something peculiar… The children’s role is to help him solve the case!

A puppeteer of more than 20 years, Jenny Ellis, weaves the whole tale together with a single set of hands, often playing multiple characters at once. Jenny has a post-graduate diploma in puppetry from the Victorian College of the Arts, and has performed hundreds of shows in numerous festivals, theatres and country halls in every state and territory of Aus, as well as overseas.