Liv Lorent founded Newcastle-based BalletLORENT in 2005, and has won many awards for her contemporary choreography. The themes are often adult, but here we see her at the other end of her creative spectrum, in a work created specifically for children aged five or less. This is an audience that will only arrive if taken by an adult, so the piece needs to be entertaining for the older viewer as well — and this one is.

A lot of the floor is covered in big cushions and bean-bags, with room left for dancing. Even before the start, kids are encouraged to sit or jump around among these props, and are clearly having a great time.

The premise is that beneath the eponymous floorboards there exist a bevy of exotic creatures who just may emerge to join the kids. Three very large boxes are the floor (since you obviously can’t dig under the theatre), and they have a mysterious presence as dancer John Beney starts to involve the children in the show.

They are wildly excited as the first box opens, and out comes Gwen Berwick as a glamorous bambi figure. Then we meet a blue bundle of fluff, Gavin Coward, and a punky creature played by Philippa White.

There’s no plot, but the dancers lead the children around and get them to take part in the dance, which is done mainly to the singing of two glove-puppets perched high above the stage.

The dancers go through many transformations; there is an episode in near darkness when lighted hula-hoops twirl across the stage, and a touching song about a rag doll. A small puppet dances out its feelings, while a live dancer in the same costume mirrors its movements.

The children are clearly enchanted by the whole production, interacting with the performers and dancing around among the cushions, while the seated adults enjoy the show too.