About the festival

Each year our manipulate Visual Theatre Festival brings powerful pieces of visual theatre and animation from around the world to Scotland. We present the work of world renowned performers and directors in programmes designed to entertain, intrigue and inspire.

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

Puppet Animation Scotland

Through our 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.