{"id":62,"date":"2025-05-08T12:07:23","date_gmt":"2025-05-08T12:07:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mezobori.wordpress.com\/?page_id=62"},"modified":"2025-05-08T16:15:10","modified_gmt":"2025-05-08T16:15:10","slug":"hopeful-monster","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/borimezopuppetry.co.uk\/index.php\/hopeful-monster\/","title":{"rendered":"Hopeful Monster"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-2 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p class=\"has-foreground-color has-text-color has-link-color has-large-font-size wp-elements-1ec789588a57ec010d08afc2d7080288 wp-container-content-1\">Hopeful Monster is an ensemble of three women working collaboratively to create playful visual theatre inspired by the natural world and informed by science. In evolutionary theory, a \u2018hopeful monster\u2019 is what you get when a sudden genetic mutation produces a radically new organism. Like its namesake, the company aims to create work that is weird and wonderful, playing with the possibilities of puppetry and delighting in the unusual visual creations that emerge.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-foreground-color has-text-color has-link-color has-large-font-size wp-elements-53ee1229bb2ea82b5252093dcb975045 wp-container-content-2\">The company formed in 2017 after training at the Curious School of Puppetry and The Puppet Barge and is now based across the UK (Glasgow, London and North Devon).&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-social-links is-layout-flex wp-block-social-links-is-layout-flex\"><li class=\"wp-social-link wp-social-link-instagram  wp-block-social-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/hopefulmonstertheatre\" class=\"wp-block-social-link-anchor\"><svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\"><path 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s0.484,1.08,1.08,1.08c0.596,0,1.08-0.484,1.08-1.08S17.401,6.116,16.804,6.116z\"><\/path><\/svg><span class=\"wp-block-social-link-label screen-reader-text\">Instagram<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n\n<li class=\"wp-social-link wp-social-link-facebook  wp-block-social-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/hopefulmonster\" class=\"wp-block-social-link-anchor\"><svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\"><path d=\"M12 2C6.5 2 2 6.5 2 12c0 5 3.7 9.1 8.4 9.9v-7H7.9V12h2.5V9.8c0-2.5 1.5-3.9 3.8-3.9 1.1 0 2.2.2 2.2.2v2.5h-1.3c-1.2 0-1.6.8-1.6 1.6V12h2.8l-.4 2.9h-2.3v7C18.3 21.1 22 17 22 12c0-5.5-4.5-10-10-10z\"><\/path><\/svg><span class=\"wp-block-social-link-label screen-reader-text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-1 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading alignwide\">Who we are<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-1 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\" style=\"margin-bottom:24px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"680\" height=\"633\" src=\"https:\/\/borimezopuppetry.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/eti.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-393\" style=\"aspect-ratio:4\/3;object-fit:cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/borimezopuppetry.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/eti.jpg 680w, https:\/\/borimezopuppetry.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/eti-300x279.jpg 300w, https:\/\/borimezopuppetry.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/eti-500x465.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Eti Meacock<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">North Devon-based maker and rewilder, exploring and sharing her combined love of creativity and the natural world through art and puppetry.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\" style=\"margin-bottom:24px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/borimezopuppetry.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/ella.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-394\" style=\"aspect-ratio:4\/3;object-fit:cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/borimezopuppetry.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/ella.jpg 640w, https:\/\/borimezopuppetry.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/ella-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/borimezopuppetry.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/ella-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/borimezopuppetry.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/ella-120x120.jpg 120w, https:\/\/borimezopuppetry.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/ella-500x500.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Ella Mackay<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Puppeteer, maker, and lover of hands based in Glasgow, preoccupied with emotive movement.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\" style=\"margin-bottom:24px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"551\" height=\"550\" src=\"https:\/\/borimezopuppetry.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Company_Bori.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-395\" style=\"aspect-ratio:4\/3;object-fit:cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/borimezopuppetry.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Company_Bori.jpg 551w, https:\/\/borimezopuppetry.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Company_Bori-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/borimezopuppetry.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Company_Bori-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/borimezopuppetry.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Company_Bori-120x120.jpg 120w, https:\/\/borimezopuppetry.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Company_Bori-500x499.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 551px) 100vw, 551px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Bori Mezo<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">London-based Hungarian puppeteer and maker with a passion for playing and a deep belief in the power of visual storytelling.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left\">Our Projects<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull is-style-section-2 has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained is-style-section-2--1\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-2 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:40%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/borimezopuppetry.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/1_frog-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Three pairs of hands and some painted wooden eyes shape a frog. Around the creature, red pieces of fruit are scattered.\" class=\"wp-image-83\" srcset=\"https:\/\/borimezopuppetry.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/1_frog-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/borimezopuppetry.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/1_frog-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/borimezopuppetry.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/1_frog-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/borimezopuppetry.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/1_frog-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/borimezopuppetry.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/1_frog-2048x1152.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"575\" src=\"https:\/\/borimezopuppetry.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/hopeful-monsters_bird-and-baby-1024x575.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27\" srcset=\"https:\/\/borimezopuppetry.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/hopeful-monsters_bird-and-baby-1024x575.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/borimezopuppetry.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/hopeful-monsters_bird-and-baby-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/borimezopuppetry.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/hopeful-monsters_bird-and-baby-768x431.jpg 768w, https:\/\/borimezopuppetry.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/hopeful-monsters_bird-and-baby-1536x862.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/borimezopuppetry.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/hopeful-monsters_bird-and-baby-2048x1149.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"684\" src=\"https:\/\/borimezopuppetry.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/crab-1024x684.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-25\" srcset=\"https:\/\/borimezopuppetry.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/crab-1024x684.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/borimezopuppetry.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/crab-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/borimezopuppetry.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/crab-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/borimezopuppetry.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/crab-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/borimezopuppetry.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/crab.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Photos by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mihaelabodlovic.co.uk\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.mihaelabodlovic.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Mihaela Bodlovic<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-container-core-column-is-layout-5 wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:60%\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-xx-large-font-size\">Hopeful Monsters<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-large-font-size\">Hopeful Monsters is a piece of visual tabletop theatre: our debut show.&nbsp;From simple organisms to giant beasts, this is a story of evolution told entirely with hands.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-large-font-size\">Combining an original soundtrack and puppetry Hopeful Monsters is a playful exploration of all living things being made of the same fundamental building blocks. Constantly shifting and changing, human hands move and morph in unusual ways, creating unexpected creatures as we journey through water, earth and air. It\u2019s a story of survival and struggle, of connection and transformation. A reminder of the playfulness of living. After all, we humans are animals too.&nbsp;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-large-font-size\"><em>\u201cHopeful Monster brings to life a surrealist fauna of creatures. A poetic, innovative and incredibly bright show\u201d Puppet Animation Scotland<\/em><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-large-font-size\">\ud83c\udf1f\ud83c\udf1f\ud83c\udf1f\ud83c\udf1f\ud83c\udf1f <em>\u201cIntoxicating, beautiful and wonderfully funny, this puppet performance uses only hands to depict our amazing human connection with nature.\u201d <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/everything-theatre.co.uk\/2025\/04\/review-hopeful-monsters-the-well-walk-theatre\/\">Everything Theatre<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-large-font-size\">\ud83c\udf1f\ud83c\udf1f\ud83c\udf1f\ud83c\udf1f\ud83c\udf1f <em>&#8220;Elegantly low-fi&#8221; &#8220;Extremely inventive&#8221; &#8220;Ingenious.&#8221; <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thestage.co.uk\/reviews\/hopeful-monsters-review-hampstead-london-well-walk-theatre-eti-meacock-ella-mackay-bori-mezo\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.thestage.co.uk\/reviews\/hopeful-monsters-review-hampstead-london-well-walk-theatre-eti-meacock-ella-mackay-bori-mezo\">The Stage<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size\">Developed with support from Creative Scotland, Moving Parts Scratch Space, Cumbernauld Theatre at Lanternhouse, Curious School of Puppetry and Outside Eyes at Tron Theatre Glasgow<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:6px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed alignwide is-type-video is-provider-vimeo wp-block-embed-vimeo wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Hopeful Monsters Trailer\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/275525332?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write; encrypted-media\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull is-style-section-5 has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained is-style-section-5--2\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-3 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Six Long Legs<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">(In development)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-large-font-size\">Six Long Legs is a Visual Theatre performance for all the family featuring dressing up, puppetry and playful anarchy.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-large-font-size\">What are invertebrate survival skills? How do flies perceive time? Why do bees dance?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading is-style-default has-large-font-size\">Armed with their imaginations and everyday objects, 3 humans crawl inside insect skins, limbs and sensory things in the hope of better understanding some of the smallest, strangest and most important creatures we share our planet with.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-large-font-size\">Offbeat and visually striking, with vivid colours and transformative reuse of objects, it is an intriguing study of insect biology told through playful skits.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Audience feedback:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-large-font-size\"><em>&#8220;&#8216;&#8221;Funny, moving, ingenious&#8221;<br>\u201cI was smiling and laughing the whole way through\u201d<br>\u201cIncredible and imaginative.&#8221;<br>&#8220;I could see young people getting really excited to try at home what they\u2019ve seen onstage with the everyday items.&#8221;<br><strong>&#8220;<\/strong>Use of props was extraordinary and really imaginative.&#8221;<\/em><\/h3>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size\">Supported in more then one ways by Arts Council England, Beaford Arts, Devon Wildlife Trust and Buglife<\/h5>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"757\" src=\"https:\/\/borimezopuppetry.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/MINI_BEASTS_0558-1024x757.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/borimezopuppetry.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/MINI_BEASTS_0558-1024x757.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/borimezopuppetry.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/MINI_BEASTS_0558-300x222.jpg 300w, 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Baker (Nature video content creator)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-4 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The tale of the Edith&#039;s checkerspot: Butterflies caught in an evolutionary trap\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nIQWpsyoeoo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The tale of the Edith&#039;s checkerspot: Behind the scenes\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3ZmMs9AFinM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-6 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-large-font-size\">In 2019, we received <a href=\"https:\/\/www.absw.org.uk\/pages\/112-absw-awards-2019-winners\">ABSW Award for Science Journalism<\/a>, \u201cInnovation of the Year\u201d category. The jury highlighted:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><em>\u201cThey used a novel form of illustration that made the understanding of this story effortless, it was gorgeous and stunning showing that art and science can truly merge.\u201d<\/em><\/h3>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"373\" src=\"https:\/\/borimezopuppetry.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/absw.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-407\" srcset=\"https:\/\/borimezopuppetry.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/absw.jpg 600w, https:\/\/borimezopuppetry.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/absw-300x187.jpg 300w, https:\/\/borimezopuppetry.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/absw-500x311.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide is-layout-grid wp-container-core-group-is-layout-8 wp-block-group-is-layout-grid\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-content-justification-stretch is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-7 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-content-justification-left is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-6 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading is-style-text-subtitle has-xx-large-font-size is-style-text-subtitle--4\">Dusk till Dawn <\/h1>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">(In development)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A collaboration with lighting designer Topher Dagg.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Colour slowly fades from the world, and the moon bathes everything in blue. What inherits the world as we sleep?Unfamiliar shapes gather as the darkness draws in.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-large-font-size\">When finished,&nbsp;<em>Dusk Till Dawn<\/em>&nbsp;will be a small-scale, intimate performance where audiences will experience a dreamlike journey.&nbsp;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size\">The first R&amp;D phase took place January 2025 and the show was part of Manipulate Festival&#8217;s Open Studios events.<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading is-style-text-subtitle has-medium-font-size is-style-text-subtitle--5\">Supported by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.manipulatearts.co.uk\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.manipulatearts.co.uk\/\">Manipulate Arts<\/a><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" src=\"https:\/\/borimezopuppetry.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/img_1895-1-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"An image of a lighting strike\" class=\"wp-image-81\" style=\"aspect-ratio:16\/9;object-fit:cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/borimezopuppetry.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/img_1895-1-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/borimezopuppetry.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/img_1895-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/borimezopuppetry.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/img_1895-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/borimezopuppetry.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/img_1895-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/borimezopuppetry.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/img_1895-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/borimezopuppetry.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/img_1895-1-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Photo by <a href=\"https:\/\/emilynicholl.com\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/emilynicholl.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Emily Nicholl<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" src=\"https:\/\/borimezopuppetry.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/img_4752-1-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"A fan-like mushroom grown on a tree, an image completed by using the reflection of an object.\" class=\"wp-image-40\" style=\"aspect-ratio:3\/4;object-fit:cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/borimezopuppetry.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/img_4752-1-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/borimezopuppetry.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/img_4752-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/borimezopuppetry.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/img_4752-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/borimezopuppetry.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/img_4752-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/borimezopuppetry.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/img_4752-1-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/borimezopuppetry.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/img_4752-1-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Photo by Ella Mackay<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hopefulmonster.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"707\" src=\"https:\/\/borimezopuppetry.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Copy-of-Hopeful-Monster-in-black-1-1024x707.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-412\" style=\"width:450px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/borimezopuppetry.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Copy-of-Hopeful-Monster-in-black-1-1024x707.png 1024w, https:\/\/borimezopuppetry.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Copy-of-Hopeful-Monster-in-black-1-300x207.png 300w, https:\/\/borimezopuppetry.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Copy-of-Hopeful-Monster-in-black-1-768x530.png 768w, https:\/\/borimezopuppetry.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Copy-of-Hopeful-Monster-in-black-1-1536x1060.png 1536w, https:\/\/borimezopuppetry.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Copy-of-Hopeful-Monster-in-black-1-2048x1413.png 2048w, https:\/\/borimezopuppetry.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Copy-of-Hopeful-Monster-in-black-1-500x345.png 500w, https:\/\/borimezopuppetry.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Copy-of-Hopeful-Monster-in-black-1-800x552.png 800w, https:\/\/borimezopuppetry.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Copy-of-Hopeful-Monster-in-black-1-1280x883.png 1280w, https:\/\/borimezopuppetry.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Copy-of-Hopeful-Monster-in-black-1-1920x1325.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hopeful Monster is an ensemble of three women working collaboratively to create playful visual theatre inspired by the natural world and informed by science. 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