Ty plays piano and writes the songs – Miss Hope Springs is character based comedy more than drag. Ty was mentored in his twenties by Vangelis.
In the 90s he was a keyboard player in Billy Mackenzie’s Associates, and in 2019, as Hope, he was Marc Almond’s support artist at The Hammersmith Eventim Apollo.Ty’s accent has a distinctive transatlantic twang and this carries through to his alter ego: “I grew up for a number of years in The States from the age of 6.
I also lived in the US later in life for a few years so I feel transatlantic. I love America – or the America of my youth anyway.”“My inspiration for Miss Hope Springs is kinda obvious.