String Theatre is a London-based touring company that presents long string marionette productions in a custom-built stage with bridge.

 

This form of puppetry consists of the creation of a world where the marionettes become the main characters on stage and the puppeteers are out of view, operating from a standing position on the bridge. The lack of human presence on stage allows the artists to transform a small space into a new world with its own sense of scale and depth.

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The company was founded in 2011 by Stan Middleton – third generation marionettist from the Puppet Theatre Barge  – and Soledad Zarate, who trained in Stan’s family theatre in 2007.

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We have toured extensively in Argentina, Australia, Bosnia, Chile, Croatia, France, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Italy, Romania, Russia, Serbia, South Korea, Spain, Switzerland, Tunisia, Turkey, Uruguay and UK.

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