The performance Hopeful Monsters (the collective of its creators bears the same name) is a playful exploration of all living beings made up of the same basic elements. In a combination of visual theatre, original music and puppet animation, human hands unfold on stage, constantly moving and changing, transforming in unusual ways and creating unexpected creatures as they travel through water, earth and air. This is a story of survival and struggle, of connection and transformation. A reminder of the playfulness of life. After all, we humans are animals too.