Hattie Thomas (Co-Artistic Director)

Hattie is a musician and performer who studied puppetry and alternative theatre in Prague as part of her degree at Rose Bruford College. Having loved puppetry and art from a young age Hattie enjoys both making and operating puppets with Smoking Apples, she enjoys the challenge of bringing inanimate objects to life in a way that is engaging and relatable for audiences. Alongside devising and directing theatre, Hattie makes puppets and props for other companies, as well as designing print and marketing images, clients include Cornerstone, Didcot and Unexpected Places, Southampton, Nabakov, London. Hattie also teaches drama and puppetry to various ages and abilities, specialising in engaging people living with dementia.