Wed 08 Apr 2020
(POSTPONED) Extremely Pedestrian Chorales
19:30 - 20:25
Extremely Pedestrian Chorales is a collaborative performance project by Karl Jay Lewin and Matteo Fargion presenting the commonplace experience of the pedestrian as an act of... [more]
Tue 24 Mar 2020
A ONE WOMAN RAP MUSICAL BY RACHAEL MCGILL, PERFORMED BY HANNAH WALKER
(CANCELLED) Dawn
16:00 - 17:00 & 19:00 - 20:00
Original music by Calum Howard & directed by Ruth Mary JohnsonDawn is a hairdresser who likes to rap. Her life changes after an encounter with a trafficked Vietnamese teenager and the... [more]
Sun 15 Mar 2020
Anatomy Arts
(CANCELLED) Anatominis Early Years Cabaret!
11:00 - 12:00
Please see Anatomy Arts' statement on their reasoning behind cancelling the event at this link.Anatomy's special Sunday matinee for 0-5s (and everybody else) is back! We've curated a weird and... [more]
Sat 08 Feb 2020
After Metamorphosis
15:30 - 17:00
Company: Lewis Sherlock & Ali MaloneyWhen Gregor Samsa awoke one morning from uneasy dreams, he found himself transformed in his bed into a gigantic insect…A choreography of... [more]
Fri 07 Feb 2020 - Sat 08 Feb 2020
Open The Owl
21:00 (both days), 17:00 (8th Feb)
Company: Lutkovno Gledališče Ljubljana / Centre Dramatique National D'AlsaceSupporting company: Republic of Slovenia, Ministry of Culture, City of LjubljanaA man is given the chance to... [more]
Thu 06 Feb 2020
Wed 05 Feb 2020 - Thu 06 Feb 2020
Fault Lines
21:00- 22:15
Company: Two Destination LanguageA fashion show on the fracture between feminism and fabric. A catwalk which takes you from Haute Couture to bargain bin, from big beats to near silence. Five... [more]
Tue 04 Feb 2020
Dreams of the Small Gods
21:00 - 21:50
Creator: Zinnia OberskiSupport: Creative ScotlandWoman as animal, as human, as goddess or spirit-being - visited by a horned magus - this creative is called upon to transform herself. ... [more]
Tue 04 Feb 2020
(cancelled) La Cérémonie
18:00 - 18:40
Company: Tortoise in a Nutshell and Collectif Aïe Aïe AïeSupporting: Puppet Animation Scotland, French Institute, Rennes City CouncilThe ritual of observance and procedures. A grand... [more]
Mon 03 Feb 2020 - Sat 08 Feb 2020
Cabaret@Manipulate
19:45 - 20:15 (Doors 7pm)
Join us each evening at our festival café from 7PM for socialising, drinks and informal cabaret performances presented by some of Scotland's leading physical and visual theatre makers. There will... [more]
Sat 01 Feb 2020
Ma Biche et Mon Lapin
14:00, 15:00
Company: Collectif Aïe Aïe AïeSupporting: Ministère de la Culture - DRAC de Bretagne, Conseil Régional de Bretagne, Conseil Départemental d'Ille-et-Vilaine, Ville de Rennes et Rennes... [more]
Sat 01 Feb 2020
Sat 01 Feb 2020
Pearly Oyster Productions: A Retrospective
17:30
From potato prints to dancing clarinet reeds, the drawings of Eduardo Paolozzi to Queen Boudica, Roger Ballen's photographs to the everyday challenges faced by one random person - a weird and... [more]
Sat 01 Feb 2020
Sat 01 Feb 2020
Twa Pirate Quines
14:30 - 14:50 & 15:30 - 15:50
Company: Fiona Oliver LarkinSupport: Puppet Animation Scotland, Creative Scotland, Swallow the Sea Caravan Theatre"My great grandma was a pirate." "No, really she was. I found this old... [more]
Sat 01 Feb 2020
Transfigured
20:30 - 21:40
Company: OceanalloverIn 2002 on a country road, a pack of cards was thrown from a car window and over a hedge. While in the air the pack burst open and the cards were scattered across hedge and... [more]
Sat 01 Feb 2020
Shadow Bird
14:45, 15:45
Company: Mary & David GrieveSupporting: Puppet Animation Scotland, Creative Scotland, Swallow the Sea Caravan TheatreRod and shadow puppetry, immersive light-projections and music,... [more]
Sat 01 Feb 2020
Sat 01 Feb 2020
Island Home
16:30, 18:15
Company: KatanariCombining storytelling, object theatre, puppetry, pop-up and art installation elements, Slovakian puppeteer Katarina Cakova weaves together short symbolic stories to create an... [more]
Sat 01 Feb 2020
(CANCELLED) Verge is Burning
16:45 - 17:25
Company: Jamie ReaA man, an eccentric, stands on the edge, confronted with a choice. Choose who you are. Create your armour. Control whatever it is that confronts you. An eccentric man in a... [more]
Sat 01 Feb 2020
Finger Fatale
16:45, 17:45
A burlesque-inspired ‘hand-tease’, celebrating the fluidity, versatility and down-right sexy movement that a hand can perform. A short form piece of hand puppetry which cheekily celebrates one... [more]
Sat 01 Feb 2020
Sat 01 Feb 2020
Story of Now
18:45 - 19:15
Company: Third ThreadArriving in this moment, with ourselves, with each other, with you. We listen and respond to what is present, telling a short form story of now through movement, media,... [more]
Sat 01 Feb 2020
Obvious Unrest
16:30 - 17:10
Company: Faux Theatre CollectiveSupporting: Creative ScotlandA high impact, but grittly low-tech visual theatre exploration of the force and grip of intense mood. Stark text free theatre... [more]
Sat 01 Feb 2020
Pitch Event
14:30 - 15:30
Company: SurgeTwo work in progress performances from the recipients of 2019 Surge Bursaries exploring dynamic and challenging physical theatre in an indoor setting. The recipients have worked... [more]
Sat 01 Feb 2020
Temple of the Tattie
14:15, 15:15, 16:15, 17:15
Company: Temporary CommonsThe gods left this place some time ago, weary of our fractious fighting. All we have now is trade and agriculture. Food, a precious commodity. We turn to it's elusive... [more]
Fri 31 Jan 2020
Fri 31 Jan 2020
A Brief History of the Fragile Male Ego
20:30 - 21:20
Company: Jordan & SkinnerAndrea has been giving her lecture, but it's not been going well. Previous presentations were marred by protests. She's hoping the open-minded audience at manipulate... [more]
Fri 31 Jan 2020 - Sat 01 Feb 2020
Metamorphosis: The Animated Body
10:00 - 17:00
Company: Nataly Lebouleux & Kieran Sheehan (Improbable Dolls)Supporting: Art Council England, Home. ALRA. Superbia, Waterside Arts, Creative Industries TraffordA workshop for confident... [more]
Sun 12 Jan 2020
Shrinking Violet
BARRY
19:30 - 20:40
Barry is a devised verbatim piece about Dr James Barry. James Barry has been misrepresented in history as Edinburgh University’s first "woman" graduate. We take issue with this. Through Barry’s... [more]