Elle Wootton sounds remarkably coherent for someone who has lived in a fantasy world of shadows for seven years.
Wootton plays the role of Maggie in Trick of the Light Theatre's The Road that Wasn't There coming to the Royal Wanganui Opera house this week.
She has played the character created by Ralph McCubbin Howell since 2012 when the play was performed to favourable reviews at the Edinburgh Festival.
"With a few breaks, I have been travelling and performing the play ever since and I still enjoy it.
"I love seeing how audiences in different places respond to the play and this will be our first meeting with a Whanganui audience."