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 trans
form a small space into a new world with its own sense of scale and depth. 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.
We have toured extensively in Bosnia and Herzegovina, France, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Italy, Korea, Serbia, Spain, Switzerland, Tunisia, Turkey and UK.
An award for manipulation was received from "Zlatna Iskra" festival (Serbia). Awards for manipulation, aesthetics and technical solutions were received from "Lut Fest" festival (Bosnia and Herzegovina).
The tours in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia were supported by the European Cultural Foundation (ECF).
