manipulate posters 2009

The Politics in Puppets:A ConversationTuesday 3 February | 7.00pm Traverse Theatre Two | Paul Zaloom (USA)

He appeals to audiences with the humour of a mischievous child who has just returned from the landfill covered with dirt, his hands full of goodies for a game of show and tell New York Times (USA)

Screening :Dante’s InfernoTuesday 3 February | 9.30pmTraverse Theatre Two | Director: Sean Meredith (USA) 2007

There’s enough of the divinely comic in this ‘Inferno’ to justify a pair of sequels Boston Phoenix (USA)

Twin Houses

Wednesday 4 February | 7.30pmTraverse Theatre One | Compagnie Mossoux-Bonté (Belgium)

Spoken text and explicable gestures could not begin to define the nebulous sensibilities that this show brings into focus. It nudges at the very beingness of being. If this is the way puppetry is going, then three cheers Independent On Sunday (UK)

The Mother of all EnemiesWednesday 4 February | 9.30pm | Traverse Theatre Two | Paul Zaloom (USA)

If you have never seen the great and sincerely scathing Paul Zaloom in action, here’s your chance...you’ll laugh till you cry The New York Times (USA)

Poemes Visuales

Thursday 5 February | 7.30pmTraverse Theatre One | Jordi Bertran (Spain)

A very special show that by giving life to simple letters creates a humorous and tender world full of touching emotion and striking simple beauty Le Monde (France)

Between the Devil and the Deep Blue SeaFriday 6 February | 7.30pmTraverse Theatre One | 1927 (England)

A wonderfully surreal step outside everyday life The Scotsman (UK)

The Miser

Saturday 7 February | 7.30pmTraverse Theatre One | Tabola Rassa (Spain)

It’s not every day an audience is entranced by a characterisation of the ingénue Cleante delivered with consummate skill and humour by a shiny chrome tap La Republique (France)

Snapshots : Creation & PlaySaturday 7 February | 9.30pm Traverse Theatre Two | Various

A cabaret, a scratch, a smorgasbord of beautiful, challenging and thought-provoking visual performance interspered with short animated films