The idea for this film first came to Daisy whilst on a typical seaside holiday last summer where a different children’s entertainer would set up in the hotel ballroom at six o’clock each evening and perform a different act.

From animal petting to sea shanties to balloon buffoonery it seemed an almost thankless task. Kids screaming, crying, badgering and demanding constantly whilst the performers attempted to maintain their professional cool and pull yet another hankie from their sleeve or fall face down again knowing it’'s guaranteed to always make a four year old laugh.

She started to wonder who were these people? How did they end up here? Was this their life long ambition? And how do they know what children want?
Then those creeping doubts and stereotypical fears started to rear their ugly heads: Don'’t you have to be a bit weird to do this sort of thing? Are they all failed adult entertainers? And do they all still live with their mothers?

Back home Daisy started to investigate further and soon found all her preconceptions challenged in a world of pirates and pumpkins, comedy handshakes and rabbits in hats. This is is a film about what she found…...