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This paper presents an account of the Snuff Puppets Performance Project, the final case study in the Risky Business research project (2002–05) that investigated the impact of the creative arts on young people at risk. Snuff Puppets, a professional performing arts company, undertook a puppetry project in a residential secondary school for Indigenous students in a bushland setting outside Melbourne, Australia. The paper explores the serendipitous application of theatre involving giant puppets within a unique and culturally complex site. It analyses the responses of the artists, teachers and the diverse Indigenous young people to the arts process and to the final performance, Singing the Land. The study highlights the challenges of engaging the young people and negotiating cultural differences. The paper proposes that this performance outcome exemplifies the transformative and redemptive potential of dramatic metaphor. Abrégé Cet article présente un compte-rendu du projet de spectacle par les Snuff Puppets, le cas d’étude final du projet de recherche Risky Business (Affaires dangereuses) (2002–05) qui étudiait l’impact des arts créatifs sur des jeunes gens à risques. Snuff Puppets, une société professionnell