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Stephen Mottram’s Animata
The company, formed in 1988, tours a number
of performances using predominantly string
puppets and contemporary music for adult
audiences. There is no text, so no language
barrier. Best known of these, after tours in
18 countries, is The Seed Carriers which has
marionettes and automata combined with
electroacoustic music by Glyn Perrin.
‘His artistry is formidable, like his imagination.
I have never before seen the eeriness of
marionettes combined so insistently with
dread’. The Times
‘Mottram’s work draws its inspiration from
sculpture, mime and dance and its powerful
Puppet theatre from England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales
atmospheric quality is totally captivating.’ Plays
and Players
‘A richly suggestive encounter, Organillo
promises to hypnotise audiences through
the nooks and crannies of their unconscious.’
Time Out
Shows available for touring
The Seas Of Organillo: a sensual and poetic
glimpse at the science of fertility with
electroacoustic music by Sebastian Castagna.
In Suspension: six short marionette pieces for
adult audiences, performed on an open stage
by Stephen Mottram. The music is by Glyn
Perrin, Simon Waters and Pete McPhail.
Eggbird: a children’s version of In Suspension.
Contact details
Stephen Mottram, 31 New High Street,
Headington, Oxford, OX3 7AJ
+44 (0)1865 742587
stephen.mottram@virgin.net
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