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STEPHEN MOTTRAM’S ANIMATA / Image: NoBody – In Suspension / Photographer: David Burns

Image: NoBody - In Suspension
Photographer: David Burns
STEPHEN MOTTRAM’S ANIMATA

Performance|Physical/visual theatre|Puppetry

SIZE OF COMPANY
2 on the road

SCALE OF VENUE
Small to medium

PERMANENT STAFF
Director
Stephen Mottram

ARTISTIC POLICY
Since 1988 the company has combined puppetry with electro-acoustic music in innovative ways in an attempt to find new performance contexts for both. The work is accessible with a haunting, contemporary edge. Performances are directed at adult audiences and are without text.

REVIEW EXTRACTS
Stephen Mottram takes the craft of puppetry to a level of sophistication which makes you gasp with the cleverness of it.
The Independent on Sunday (In Suspension)
It’s not just Mottram’s exquisite craft but his potent vision which merits our attention.
The Glasgow Herald (The Seed Carriers)
Mottram is a magician who charms his audience with the uncanny.
La Repubblica (The Seas of Organillo)

CURRENT PRODUCTIONS
The Seas of Organillo  
Puppets, music and automata in a sensual underwater journey through fertility and birth. Music by Sebastian Castagna. This new version premiered in 2004.
65 mins, 1 on stage and 2 on the road, no interval
The Seed Carriers
A beautiful little world where terrifying things happen. Music by Glyn Perrin.
55 mins, 1 on stage, 2 on the road, no interval
In Suspension
Hypnotic marionette sequences with music by Glyn Perrin, Simon Waters and Pete McPhail.
70 mins, 1 on stage, 2 on the road, interval possible

WRAP-AROUND
Workshops in movement and puppet stagecraft for performers and animators.

RECENT INTERNATIONAL WORK
2008 Hungary, Spain Hong Kong, Quebec: The Seas of Organillo
2007/08 Mexico, Italy, Austria: In Suspension
2007/08 Spain, Eire, Italy: The Seed Carriers

TOURING AVAILABILITY
Details on request