Xlthlx is a biology student, working day and night on her thesis while trying to survive life in the big city, until one morning she receives a foreboding letter begging her to return to her little home town by the sea. Upon arrival, she discovers that the town has succumbed to dark forces, and is no longer the peaceful seaside haven of her childhood. But what can she do when the only people who will help her are an eccentric gang of weirdos who claim to have seen the future in a bowl of paella? Adapted from a short story by Italo Calvino, The Distance is Mollusc Theatre’s first production, a fantastical show for all ages using song, physical theatre, and clowning, to tell a story about the power of companionship and remembering who you are amidst a chaotic, noisy, and fragmented world.