Hilde studied music and drama at Glasgow University, and with teachers including Angela De Castro, Philippe Gaulier. She has performed with various companies including Plutot la Vie and Solar Bear and is involved as performer and facilitator with Loop Theatre.

Bec graduated with a B.A. in Communications (Theatre/Media) from Charles Stuart University in Australia. She has since studied with Philippe Gaulier and Angela de Castro. She has worked with Giant Productions, Te Pooka arts collective and Licketyspit theatre company.

Nick trained at Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama and subsequently with Anne Bogart, Magdalena Schamberger and Pierre Byland. He is Artistic Director of Magnetic North Theatre Productions andregularly with In The Making, a collective of dancers and performers.

Carmen trained at Langside College and has worked in TV with BBC Scotland and STV. She has also appeared on stage as a member of various theatre companies in Scotland across the last 10 years. She joined Hearts & Minds as a Clowndoctor in 2009.

Zoë trained at the Conservatoire in Glasgow where she was awarded a bursary to further study for a year at Ecole Philippe Gaulier in clown. She has had a successful career in the performing and visual arts, including 15 years with Hearts & Minds in a diversity of roles.

Suzie Ferguson is a therapeutic clown, theatre maker and outside eye inspired by performing in non-theatre settings and putting the audience at the centre of the creative process. She has a degree in Hispanic Studies and has trained with many clowns since 2006. She is one third of Tenterhooks’ core creative team co-creating and performing in productions including MESS (2021) and was co-creator and performer in Curious Shoes (2017). Suzie joined Hearts & Minds in 2010 and was Artistic Director 2017 – 2021.

Diane studied acting at Queen Margaret University College, Edinburgh and began her career at the National Theatre, London. After training with Philippe Gaulier, she co-created theatre with young artists in communities impacted by war and conflict. She is a core team member of Tenterhooks (tenterhooks.org), co-creating and performing in productions including MESS. Diane joined Hearts & Minds in 2006.

Ben trained at Queen Margaret University, graduated in 2010, and shortly after discovered clowning. He is an actor, clown, and theatre-maker and has been involved in productions with theatre companies across Scotland including; National Theatre of Scotland, Grid Iron, Paines Plough, Stellar Quines, Lung Ha, and The Royal Lyceum Theatre.

Callum trained as an actor at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, and has since worked widely as a performer and creative workshop facilitator with companies such as Catherine Wheels, Visible Fictions, Perth Theatre and RCS. He is currently studying for an MSc in Dramatherapy, which he feels greatly compliments and expands his work as a Clowndoctor.