Schiklgruber…Alias Adolf Hitler – Theatre Review @ Manipulate Visual Theatre Festival
Normal 0 During the performance of SCHIKLGRUBER…ALIAS ADOLF HITLER we are taken to Adolf Hitler’s bunker during the last bleak hours of his life. Told through the medium of puppetry the audience is presented with a dark comedy, where we are introduced to a variety of characters which just happen to be an array of...
Papercut @ Manipulate, Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh
Papercut is a one woman show that is heavily influenced by classic Hollywood cinema, film noir and the films of Alfred Hitchcock. Yael Rasooly is definitely not a blonde Hitchcockian victim, but is in total control of her unique world populated by paper cut outs and an innovative use of objects. Papercut is the second...
Andy Warhol and Joseph Beuys – The ‘Lost’ Photographs @ Summerhall Galleries Edinburgh
The viewer is presented with a photographic exhibition that showcases a voyeuristic insight to a party given by Andy Warhol to his friend Jospeh Beuys. This in itself may not seem worthy of an exhibition in its entirety, however Beuys relationship with Edinburgh and the ongoing interest in his and Warhol’s work, makes the exhibition...
Slick – Theatre Review @ Manipulate Visual Theatre Festival
Slick is a theatrical performance that involves clever puppetry, toilet humour and intelligent and novel set construction. Created by the Vox Motus theatre group we are told the story of 9 year old Malky (James Young) and how his discovery of oil can aid his family’s financial woes. The story is absurd and so is the...
Big Man Japan – Film/Animation Review @ Manipulate Visual Theatre Festival
Combining Live Action and CG Animation, and taking major influence from Japanese monster movies, such as Godzilla, Big Man Japan was the final film screening at the Manipulate Visual Arts Festival at the Traverse Theatre in Edinburgh. Showing in conjunction with Scotland Loves Animation (an organisation promoting Japanese animation in Scotland and founders of the...
Consuming Spirits – Animation Review @ Manipulate Visual Theatre Festival
Consuming Spirits took 15 years to make and was finally completed in 2012. The film combines several animation styles and techniques including hand drawn, stop motion, but mostly paper cut out. The film can be seen as an animation epic and puts Director and Animator Chris Sullivan up there with other auteurs such as Bill...
Snapshots – The Making of Longbird – Short Film Review @ Manipulate Visual Theatre Festival
The Making of Longbird was the fourth and final screening during the Snapshots strand at the Manipulate Visual Theatre Festival at the Traverse Theatre in Edinburgh. What made this screening so significant was that the animation screen 24 hours before it won the Bafta award for Short Animation., a fine triumph for a recent graduate...
Snapshots – I am Tom Moody – Short Film Review @ Manipulate Visual Theatre Festival
I am Tom Moody (2012, Directed by Ainslie Henderson) is a short animated film screened as part of the Snapshots strand at the Manipulate Visual Theatre Festival at the Traverse Theatre in Edinburgh. The short was introduced by Ian Gardner who chose the film as part of the strand, highlighting the work of recent graduates...
Snapshots – Tea Party – Short Film Review @ Manipulate Visual Theatre Festival
Snapshots is a unique strand within the Manipulate Visual Theatre Festival at the Traverse Theatre in Edinburgh. Showcasing short animated films from recent graduates from the Edinburgh College of Art animation programme, we are treated to a delightful short animation and a conversation between director/animator Vitalij Sichinava and animator/curator Iain Gardner. Gardner has chosen a...
