The company Les Antliaclastes is a theatre company specialized in the art of puppetry, founded by Patrick Sims and Joséphine Biereye in 2010. After several years of touring (India, Germany, Switzerland, Belgium, Portugal, England, Canada, Czech Republic, Hungary, France), the company settled in Hérisson, in the Allier region, where it established its own creative space, La Cambuse, dedicated to artistic creation, training, and education.

Inspired by the tradition and techniques of puppetry (string puppets, glove puppets, rod puppets, shadow puppets, giant puppets, and others), the company designs and builds sets, invents special effects, and explores the connections between old and new technologies. It also creates elements for parades and festive events, as well as masks.

Target audience: General public

Venue: A modular performance space, with tiered seating for 50 people and an outdoor stage.
Address: Lieu-dit Les Coteaux, 03190 Hérisson, France

Upcoming projects: Ah, Bartleby! (new creation), L’incroyable Noël de Hérisson (with the Hérisson town council), Sentiers de la marionnette (with the Collectif Marionnettes AURA)

Batrachomyomachia, 2023
Batrachomyomachia is a tribute to the oral traditions of Greek comic drama

Ambregris, 2018
An alchemical puppet operetta

La valse des hommelettes, 2016
Losely based on the Elves by the Brothers Grimm

Here Lies Shakespeare, 2015
A show based on the themes concerning the authorship of Shakespeare’s works

The Acting Bug /Le virus de la scène, 2013
Flea circus show

The Old Man of the Mountain, 2012
An electromechanical opera on a giant pinball machine

Hilum, 2010
Hilum is a micro comic – tragedy based on the cycles of a washing machine

Team : Patrick Sims, Joséphine Biereye, Richard Penny, Karine Dumont, Nicolas Hubert, Henri Alexandre, Rosana Goodall, Florent Klein, Guilhèm Barall, Thomas Pailharey, Martina Deleau

Supporters and partners : Ministère de la Culture (DRAC AURA), Région AURA, Conseil Départemental de l’Allier, Hérisson town council, Hérisson Social Club

The company is a member of : THEMAA and Collectif marionnettes AURA