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SUMMARY:Six Long Legs by Hopeful Monster
DESCRIPTION:Friday 20 November\, 4.30pm\nSaturday 21 November\, 11.30am\nTickets: \nFree for NEA Ordinary Members (local residents living in Muirhouse\, Pilton\, Drylaw and Telford areas of North Edinburgh) \n£6 – General Admission \n£10 – Family Ticket (General Admission\, up to 2 adults & 2 children) \nBOOK TICKETS ONLINE\n  \nSIX LONG LEGS\nWhy do bees dance? How do flies track time? How do insects experience our world? \nTheatre company Hopeful Monster hold a magnifying glass to miniature worlds in a show for ages 5+. Three performers crawl into a cast of characters\, using puppetry and playful objects. With help from a young nature lover\, they uncover important stories about the earth’s insects. \nThings to know about the show\nHopeful Monster want you to feel at home at the theatre. \n\nThe show will be 50 minutes long with no break.\nThe three performers on stage do not talk\, but they will pull faces.\nIn some parts of the show the performers may interact with you.\nThere is a soundtrack with the voice of a child\, nature sounds and music.\n\n  \nHopeful Monster is also running free show-inspired workshops for children (ages 5+). Read more below. \nImaginary Insects Workshops by Hopeful Monster (for ages 5+)\nFriday 20 November at 3.30pm \nFriday 20 November at 4.45pm \nSaturday 21 November at 1pm \nFree but places limited \nBook a place for the workshops here \nBuild your own bug! A playful workshop for ages 5+ about how insects’ body parts are adapted to their environments. Scientists estimate there are 4-5 million insect species yet to be discovered in nature. Dressing up in costumes created from second-hand objects as new entomologists (insect experts)\, you’ll create and describe insects entirely new to science. \nWhat you’ll do in the workshop \n\nYou will move in new ways to explore how insects navigate the world.\nYou will chat about how the bodies of different insects are adapted to the environment they live in.\nYou will work together as teams to imagine insects new to science.\nYou will create and dress up as new insects using objects which match the style of Hopeful Monster’s show\, Six Long Legs.\nYou will describe your creatures’ unique features and present to the rest of the group.\n\n  \nSix Long Legs is supported by Creative Scotland (2026 and 2025 phase)\, with further support from Manipulate Arts (dramaturgical development). The work was previously supported by Arts Council England in 2023. It was commissioned by Beaford Arts\, with seed funding from Landmark Theatre\, Ilfracombe. We would like to thank Whale Arts and North Edinburgh Arts for rehearsal space. We would also like to thank Ashley Whiffin\, Entomology (Insect) Curator at National Museums Scotland. More credits can be viewed on Hopeful Monster’s website. \nHeader image credit: Chak Hin Leung
URL:https://northedinburgharts.co.uk/whats-on/six-long-legs-by-hopeful-monster/2026-11-21/
LOCATION:North Edinburgh Arts\, 12C MacMillan Square\, Edinburgh\, EH4 4AB
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