Manipulate Festival

What's on Wed 12 - Sat 15 Feb 2025

About

Manipulate Festival is an annual celebration of excellence in the fields of animated film, puppetry and visual theatre, bringing the very best of international and Scottish work to audiences across Edinburgh and beyond, in February each year.

Creating a platform for creative exchange, debate and discussion alongside staging boundary-pushing new work for audiences, the Festival has gained recognition nationally and internationally for its innovative curation and unique blend of artforms.

Manipulate Festival 2025, runs from Wed 12 – Sat 15 February at venues across Edinburgh. Check out the performances joining us at the Traverse, below!

List of Events, 12 per page.

  1. Manipulate Festival - These Things Aren't Mine

    Manipulate Festival by Gabbie Cook and Barney White

    Thu 13 Feb, 6PM

    A visceral, abstract and emotive exploration into the psyche of an ex-child athlete living with PTSD and hyper vigilance.

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  2. Manipulate Festival: The Law of Gravity

    Manipulate Festival

    Thu 13 Feb, 8PM

    In a new collaboration between Scottish Ensemble and multi-award-winning puppetry company Blind Summit, puppeteers and musicians play together to discover the ways puppetry and music lead each other in a fragile dance.

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  3. Manipulate Festival: Double Bill: Elke / Ratkin

    Manipulate Festival by Sarah Farrell and Ruben San Roman Gamez

    Sat 15 Feb, 6PM

    A double bill of two new exciting physical theatre works made in Scotland.

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