At the start of the new year, we made our way down from Glasgow and London to be together in Devon for a brief catchup in our new rural base where we’ll be working together to develop future work. We discussed ideas and plans for new projects and ...
Tunisia, Carthage Puppetry Arts Festival
We were invited to Tunisia to perform in the Festival Journées des Arts de la Marionnette de Carthage in Tunis. Thanks to British Council Tunisia for having us! In the briefest visit to a country we’ve ever done, we just managed to fit in seeing ...
Romania, FITPTI
We performed in Iasi Romania in their Theatre Festival for Young Audiences. Our new performer Stacey Mitchell came along with us and puppeteered in the show for the first time! We messed about with some giant letters, met some incredible dancing giraff ...
Materia Magica, Lithuania
We visited Lithuania for Materia Magica Puppet Theatre Festival. We performed and saw some interesting shows: our highlights were Giraffe by Hop Signor and Blind by Duda Paiva company. At the end of our show, we were presented with a plaque and a bottl ...
Summer Run at The Space
Hopeful Monsters is part of the Summer Season at The Space in London! We have a weeks run from 18th – 22nd June in the theatre located on the Isle of Dogs. Spread the word! For tickets and info click here
Name Change Announcement
Hear ye, hear ye! We are changing the title of our show! ‘Transmographiles’ has served us well and we will always remember it even when no one else can! Based on audience’s feedback and our desire to be pronounceable and unforgettable ...
Moving Parts 2019
We spent a week in Newcastle for Moving Parts Puppetry Festival in the cosy Alphabetti theatre. There was a lot to do and a great vibe in the festival hub with resident theatre dog Rex and puppets in every corner. We performed our show, Ella performed ...
Young Perspective Review
We received a lovely review of our performance at Manipulate from Young Perspectives, an online magazine produced by and for young people. Read the full review here: http://young-perspective.net/manipulate-part-iii-transmographiles/ ...
Manipulate Festival 2019
After a week of watching beautiful and funny shows, reunion with old friends from Curious School of Puppetry, staying at different places almost every day, re-rehearsing and performing at Traverse Theatre Edinburgh and Horsecross Theatre Perth, Manipul ...
Our new trailer
Something is constantly shifting and changing, seeing how much it can become. That elusive ‘something’ is a part of us and a part of everything. We've been busy creating the trailer for our show with the help of George Walker Glover, Imogen Newton, Sam ...