Welcome to our annual festival of innovative international theatre and film.

With exceptional animation and visual theatre of the highest quality from England, Estonia, Finland, Israel, the Netherlands, Russia, Scotland and the USA - and a film programme from all global points in between - we present a festival designed to entertain, intrigue and inspire.

As well as continuing our successful collaboration with the Norwich Puppet Theatre, one of the UK's most important and influential centres of puppetry during the past 40 years, we are very pleased to welcome the Lemon Tree, Aberdeen and the Lochgelly Centre, Fife, as manipulate venues for the first time.

We are also particularly happy to be collaborating with Summerhall and Buzz Cut to present this year's opening manipulate cabaret on Sunday 3 February.

So leave any preconceptions at the door and enter the vibrant and colourful world of the best of innovative, international visual theatre and film. 

Puppet Animation Scotland

Through Puppet Animation Scotland's activities we are becoming a leading international focus for the advancement of the art forms of puppetry and animation. We nurture world-class Scottish practitioners and encourage them to create work of the highest quality and ambition that can be accessed easily by people of all ages and backgrounds throughout Scotland and the rest of the world.