Spiel Regie Ausstattung Autor

At present, in addition to performing his own work, (which has now been seen in more than 40 countries) Stephen teaches courses in movement and manipulation in a number of European colleges and theatre schools. He is a visiting lecturer at The Institut International de la Marionnette in Charleville Mézières, France and a contributor to courses at the Central School of Speech and Drama and E15 School of Acting in the UK. He is a regular teacher at MAAF Academy in Pinerolo, Italy. Stephen’s main interest is the perception of movement and how evolutionary elements underpin our ability to communicate clearly using movement as a theatrical tool. His current series of workshops is called “The Logic of Movement”. He has written articles about performance issues in puppet theatre for a number of theatre journals including “Lalek”, “Puck”, “Fantoche” and “Animations”. Most recently, Stephen has been experimenting with minimal puppet elements which exist exclusively as a series of gestures which can be interpreted by an audience as the movements of a human figure. The puppet as an object no longer exists – only what it does can identify it as a theatrical character. Simultaneously, at the other end of the puppet spectrum, Stephen is researching new ways of operating and building string puppets – giving workshops and seminars on the design, construction and performance of marionettes.