E2: OBJECT, UNIVERSE & LIFE IN PERFORMANCE
Merlin Puppet Theatre
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SPACE SIX
Monday 8th - Tuesday 9th April 2019
10am - 5pm daily
Ages 18+ / adults
£120
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An approach to all three basic elements that contribute to making a complete visual universe - Object, Universe and Life. OBJECT - puppet, mask, shadows; UNIVERSE - scenography, light and sound; LIFE - how these elements become animate. An exploratory laboratory, which examines through analysis, practice and experimentations, how a harmonious puppetry performance is created. Through improvisations and research on stage individually and in groups, participants will work on how to develop and realise an idea, all the way from scratch to the final desirable result. See here for Merlin Puppet Theatre's show at the festival, "Noone's Land".

Manipulating Marionettes Course: A New Approach
Stephen Mottram
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Description
10am-5pm daily. This workshop is about the movement of String Puppets and as such is a physical performance workshop where participants will spend a lot of time manipulating marionettes. However, my secondary aim is to produce a collective understanding that the bar for marionette performance can be raised significantly if we embrace new knowledge about how our brains read information from the movement of others. This, coupled with new attitudes to designing puppets and their controls, is a vital tool for the director of marionettes.
Participants will work with a range of string puppet types including many of the figures used in my productions over the years including The Seed Carriers and The Seas of Organillo as well as recent figures produced during lockdown which represent a completely new take on the magical possibilities of what we think of as the traditional marionette theatre.
Stephen Mottram’s Animata has performed in more than 40 countries worldwide. Using string puppets, automata and specially composed electroacoustic music, the majority of Stephen’s work is directed at adult audiences and is without text. His best known shows are The Seed Carriers, The Seas of Organillo and In Suspension. In addition to his stage work, Stephen regularly teaches at a number of performing arts colleges, including L’institut International de la Marionnette in Charleville Mézières, France and Accademia MAAF in Pinerolo, Italy.
Fri 25th April, 10:00am
Sat 26th April, 10:00am
Locations
Great North Museum: Hancock
Great North Museum: Hancock, Barras Bridge, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
420 mins
Ages 18+ / adults
Great North Museum: Hancock

£120 (includes both days and materials)