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Soiled
Photograph courtesy Faulty Optic
faulty optic, theatre of animation

Physical/visual theatre, Puppetry, Mixed-media

SIZE OF COMPANY
3–4

SCALE OF VENUE
Small-scale

PERMANENT STAFF
Company Directors
Gavin Glover
Liz Walker

ARTISTIC POLICY
To combine visual and physical theatre and puppetry with an exploration of 3D film animation, automata and mechanical sculpture to create a unique style of theatre. To create exciting collaborations with other artists and experiment with different artforms.

REVIEW EXTRACTS
'Brilliantly eccentric and peculiarly British.' The Guardian (Tunnel Vision)

'It has one foot in English whimsy and the other in modernist experimentalism. Its head is in the theatre of the absurd and its heart is at the end of the pier.' Irish Times (Soiled)

'Faulty Optic's gruesome figures take puppetry to the cutting edge.' The Observer (Horsehead)

CURRENT PRODUCTIONS
Snuffhouse Dustlouse Breathing machines and bottled pets. The show that made Faulty Optic's name. No text (70 mins, 2 on stage, 3–4 on the road)

Bubbly Beds Video-projected micro-puppet romp, set in a flooded basement full of strangers, beautiful imagery and quirky music. Production includes live text (28 mins, 2 on stage, 3–4 on the road)

Tunnel Vision Frustrated tea parties and rumbling carpets. Includes live feed video ride on a nightmarish miniature rollercoaster. (75 mins, 2 on stage, 3–4 on the road, production is without text)

Soiled A twisted love story, clumsy clowning routines, doom-laden visitors and a trip on a ship bound for Hades. (75 mins, 2 on stage, 3–4 on the road, production is without text)

Licked Victorian cautionary tale and exquisite singing. A collaboration between writer Edward Carey and composer Dominic Sales. Production includes sung text (30 mins, 4 on stage, 4–5 on the road)

HorseHead The tale of a pantomime horse and its rise from childhood obsession to theatrical horse perfection. Contains puppet nudity, confused flashbacks, abrupt bedside manners, a desolate sanatorium and a clown with a very long bayonet. Live text (70 mins, 3 on stage, 4 on the road)

FUTURE PRODUCTION
A collaboration with a composer to celebrate Opera North’s season of Monte Verdi’s 400th anniversary of Orpheo. It will premiere in Manchester International Festival in July 2007 and then tour.

RECENT INTERNATIONAL WORK
2005–06 Venezuela, France (Tunnel Vision), Germany (Soiled), France (HorseHead)

TOURING AVAILABILITY
Details on request.