<div><i>Tarrare </i>is a creative practice based research project initiated by Director and Senior Lecturer Sita Calvert-Ennals, exploring the true story of 18th-century French medical anomaly, Tarrare. The work investigated the adaptation of Stanislavski’s naturalistic approach to acting, as a methodology to develop puppet theatre into an engaged visceral experience for an audience. T<i>he Depraved Appetite of Tarrare the Freak</i> became the final output of the research, and toured the UK in 2015, and 2017 and was funded by the Wellcome Trust and Arts Council England. <br><br>This item contains the 300 Word Statement. </div><div><div><br></div></div>