Created originally for Northern Stage by Chris Speyer and Ieuan Einion, Hogwash contains all the elements that have become Monster’s hallmarks, captivating storytelling, wonderful, comic visuals and songs that are catchy but never patronising.

“Attention!! Attention!! Royal competition! Whoever can entertain the king for a whole 3 minutes will become the next king or queen!”

The king is bored and the search is on for the new ruler. Flora, Dora and Nora are three sisters who own three pigs, Grunt, Oink and Squeal. Can the sisters use the pigs to entertain the king and so win the throne?  Flora loves to cook, so she plans to make the pigs into sausages and prepare a feast for the king.  Dora is an exercise fanatic and she plans to sell the pigs to Mr Gristle and with the money buy sports equipment for the king.  Nors loves the pigs.  Can the pigs help Nora win the competition and so escape the butcher and the sausage machine?

'Hogwash is King Lear for the kindergarten' 
The Northern Echo