It was the perfect choice of production for the Minack, with David Mynne from Penzance, transfixing us with a one-man performance that would surely have impressed Dickens, who loved to give readings in just the same way, taking on all the characters and giving it everything.

Luckily for us, David and director Simon Harvey share a sense of fun that lightens this adaptation by Andrew McPherson.

Tiny Tim is presented as a puppet, using a woolly white scarf with its bobble representing his head!

Tim is indeed tiny, as is the imaginary goose that is minutely 'sliced' to feed the many Cratchets.

David's imagination, the miming, and his ability to 'become' each character in this story of redemption is captivating. In fact, if a recently spotted hump-back whale had surfaced just below the Minack cliff, I really don't think I would have noticed.

Mind you, a whale might well have been entertained by the imaginary objects that found themselves booted or hurled over the cliff....