Animated Conversation: The SWH! Podcast Talks To The MANIPULATE Festival...

For the first SWH! podcast of 2023 Ali spoke to Dawn Taylor (right), the Artistic Director & CEO at Puppet Animation Scotland, to learn all about this year's MANIPULATE International Festival of Visual Theatre which runs from 2nd - 12th February.

Now in its 16th year, this year's festival will be the biggest yet and Dawn talks about the challenges met during lockdown and the valuable lessons learned, the history of the festival, the importance of supporting non-ext based theatre and film, just what festival goers can expect, and how and where people can get tickets and get involved.

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