Stephen Mottram
31 New High Street
Headington
Oxford OX3 7AJ
T/F +44 (0)186 574 2587
E stephen.mottram@virgin.net
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SIZE OF COMPANY
2 on the road
SCALE OF VENUE
Small- to middle-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 ()
‘It’s not just Mottram’s exquisite craft but his potent vision which merits our attention.’ The Glasgow Herald ()
‘Mottram is a magician who charms his audience with the uncanny.’ La Repubblica ()
CURRENT PRODUCTIONS
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, 2 on the road, no interval.)
A beautiful little world where terrifying things happen. Music by Glyn Perrin. (55 mins, 1 on stage, 2 on the road, no interval.)
Hypnotic marionette sequences with music by Glyn Perrin, Simon Waters and Pete McPhail. (70 mins, 1 on stage, 2 on the road, interval possible.)
Version of aimed at children’s audience. (60 mins, 1 on stage, 2 on the road.)
WRAP-AROUND
Workshops in movement and puppet stagecraft for performers and animators.
RECENT INTERNATIONAL WORK
2008/09 Spain, France, Italy, Germany (), Hungary, Quebec, Hong Kong, Spain, Belgium, Switzerland (), Austria, Portugal (), Austria, Portugal ()
TOURING AVAILABILITY
On request
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