This gentle, soothing children’s theatre tale from Taiwan-based Bon Appetit Theatre is beautifully inventive in its stage effects but could use a little more clarity in its storytelling. The cosy shipping-container box in which we watch the piece is laden with a myriad of props, most of which look lovingly home-crafted from recycled materials and old junk. There are saucepan puppets, wellies on stilts, a pewter-coloured raindrop with deceptively expressive eyes. We follow the papier mâché protagonist (a little girl called Hope) with her giant, child’s-eye-drawing cartoon face and wild red hair, as she embarks on a quest with her new-found friend the raindrop.

The puppetry, performed by a cast of two, is simple but full of wonder and character, taking in monsters, dives into the deep, a silver sea serpent and a mystical jellyfish created from an umbrella. But just as much of a star in this show is the live foley soundtrack. It’s magical to see the array of wacky and wonderful tools on display at the back of the stage, where two nimble technicians create textures and layers of sound, from cartoon voices to whispering raindrops. 

Little Drops Of Rain, Assembly George Square, until 25 August, 11.50am.