About

Phoebe Hyder is a leading female innovator, international artist, and actor whose work spans TV, Film, Theatre, Game, performance capture puppetry, movement and puppetry direction, and XR-enhanced theatre. Known for blending traditional puppetry with cutting-edge digital technology, Phoebe is at the forefront of redefining immersive storytelling across live and virtual mediums.

An emerging artist at Chichester Festival Theatre and formerly a Creative Associate at Jermyn Street Theatre, Phoebe’s multi-faceted career includes roles as an actor, puppeteer, movement artist, and puppetry director. In 2024, she launched Tracked Illusions, her own performance capture puppetry studio, currently developing its first full-length VR game featuring puppeteered digital creatures that bring the artistry of live puppetry into an interactive virtual space.

Phoebe’s extensive training includes the Sir Michael Redgrave Scholarship at Guildford School of Acting, alongside studies with Lecoq, Complicité, Gecko, and Frantic Assembly. She has worked internationally with organizations like Portsmouth CCIXR, Youth Theatre Kenya, NYT to explore the emotional potential of XR in theatre, and her groundbreaking approach combines her skills in movement, puppetry, and acting.

Currently, Phoebe is creating Moon River, her debut work as lead artist, for Chichester Festival Theatre’s Emerging Artists Programme. This ambitious production brings together XR, puppetry, and sensory storytelling, offering audiences a transformative experience that bridges reality and the virtual.

Beyond her primary work, Phoebe is a certified yoga instructor (200hr Yoga Alliance) and Makaton tutor, bringing a holistic approach to movement and accessibility in the arts. Known for her inventive approach and dynamic presence, Phoebe is not only a skilled actor but also a passionate advocate for integrating arts and technology.

Explore the rest of her site to find out more about Phoebe’s projects and interests.

Phoebe loves a garden and likes to plod around a lot, accepts custard bribery.

To conclude: she wears lots of different hats within her career… and is also very bad at spelling.

(Both of these are good things.)

A brief insight into her performance and creative work includes:
Theatre, The RSC, The Lowry, Headlong, The Lyric Hammersmith, Oliver nominated UK tours, Little Angle Theatre, Outdoor theatre Film, SXSW, Wanerbros, Dreamworks, BFI Immersive TV,  BBC, ITV, Badwolf, Framestore, Dneg, Dimension, Parimount+ Game & VO OM UK, Rare, Kioken, Xbox, Moliner Pitstop, Movement/Puppery Directing Jermyn Street Theatre creative associate 22/23, Jacksons Lane, Guildford Shakespeare Company, Southwark Playhouse, Chichester Festival Theatre, The Marlow Theatre Motion and Performance Capture, Framestore, Dneg, Dimension, Centroid, Target 3D Molliner.