Overview

Constantly shifting and changing, human hands move and morph in unusual ways, creating unexpected creatures.

With no central character we flow between water, land and air, on a strange and mesmerising journey through nature.

Hopeful Monsters is a non-verbal piece of visual theatre set to an emotive and humorous soundtrack.

Through innovative hand puppetry, a single element is pushed to its limit, discovering how much it can do and become.

Hopeful Monsters is both a public and a community event for residents and children from Byker. All children will be accompanied by trained facilitators, and this performance will be a relaxed performance. As this will be the first time in a theatre for many of our visitors, some children may need to move around and go in and out of the space – which we will be allowing during the performance.