The Festival is produced by Puppet Animation Scotland, an organisation dedicated to the advocacy for, and celebration and development of puppetry and animation.
manipulate provides an arena for us to create opportunities for Scottish practitioners to develop their artistic and technical working practices while providing audiences with access to stunning visual theatre that would rarely be seen in the UK in any other context. Read more …
The Festival is produced in association with two venues: The Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh and Norwich Puppet Theatre. These venues are natural homes for manipulate as they embrace pioneering work and ardently support puppetry and its related art forms.
Hamletmachine
Hamletmachine
Plucked...A True Fairy Tale
Hamletmachine (5 Stars) and Plucked (3 Stars)
Plucked...A True Fairy Tale
Polaris
Plucked...A True Fairy Tale/Polaris
Appel d'Air (Call of the Air)
Creation & Play
Interview: Simon Hart, artistic director
When puppetry stops being child's play
Interview: Simon Hart
Preview: manipulate Visual Theatre
Puppets poised to strip human frailty to the bare bones
Festival preview: Manipulate--Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh
Multiple venues. Check the website for event and venue details., from Monday January 30, 2012, until Saturday February 4, 2012.