SIZE OF COMPANY 2 on the road
SCALE OF VENUE Small-scale
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.' 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)
The Seed Carriers A beautiful little world where terrifying things happen. Music by Glyn Perrin. (55 mins, 1 on stage, 2 on the road)
In Suspension Hypnotic marionette sequences with music by Glyn Perrin, Simon Waters and Pete McPhail. (70 mins, 1 on stage, 2 on the road)
WRAP-AROUND ACTIVITY Workshops in movement and puppet stagecraft for performers and animators.
RECENT INTERNATIONAL WORK 2006 Austria (The Seed Carriers), France, Austria (Organillo), Hong Kong, Austria (In Suspension)
TOURING AVAILABILITY Details on request.
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