Cut Moose

Helen works as a professional puppeteer across Europe, designing for theatres and delivering community art projects.

She trained at Nottingham Trent University in BA Theatre Design and at King’s College London where she achieved a 2,1 in MSc in Psychology and Neuroscience of Mental Health.

She approaches the construction of the puppet as a sculptural object. Her work explores the influence of objects and constructed matter on the puppet character and the performance that ensues through investigative play.

With "Occasionally Ovid" ("Sublimely well performed, a must for puppet fans and a great show to introduce you to this art form" - Fringereview) she was rewarded as "Outstanding One Woman Performance" at Cluj International Puppet Festival (2012) and as "Most Original Production" at Prague International Puppet Art Festival (2010).

Irene is a theatre and performance practitioner who produces work fueled by interdisciplinary research. A graduate of CSM's MA in Performance Design and Practice, she is currently completing her doctoral research, which was the recipient of the SGSAH-AHRC scholarship for a full-time PhD.

Her work has been constantly inspired by politics, gender equality and the media. She ran the Italian theatre organisation Ursa Maior for ten years - working as artistic director, director, and producer - before moving to London in 2012. She performed at the Brighton (2013) and at the Edinburgh (2014) Fringe (“Possibly the most eclectic and sideways commemoration of the First World War” - The Scotsman).

Her academic dissemination includes papers and screenings at various conferences and festivals, including: Being Human Festival; Scottish Graduate School for the Arts and Humanities; ConnectFest, CCA Glasgow; Luleå International Film Festival; Boden International Film Festival; DAVAMOT symposium, Falun University; Una Europa, University of Bologna; and TaPRA.