Tell Me - Sadiq Ali / The Place, London – Salterton Arts Review A review of Tell Me by Sadiq Ali Company at MimeLondon, a circus theatre work using Chinese pole, dance and theatre to explore an HIV diagnosis.

I had a great start to MimeLondon 2026 last night with Tell Me by Sadiq Ali Company. Great visual storytelling and a very compelling subject.

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📸 Alberto Santos Bellido

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One month until a giant octopus takes over the capital. 🐙 @manipulatearts.bsky.social 2026 is reclaiming the @filmhouseedinburgh.bsky.social and killing the February blues with its most ambitious programme to date. ✨

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Performers focussing on sticks

More sticks and the hand of a performer in strong sunlight

Three person manipulation of a puppet.

A performer sits in a strip of sunlight, focussed on the stick in front of them some other sticks are lying on the floor

Happy days! I had a smashing group for the 'From Sticks to Table Top - puppetry training for actors' workshop on Saturday. They were playful, engaged, thoughtful and fun to be with - all this and puppetses, what's not to like?!
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Review: The Makropulos Affair – Scottish Opera – Edinburgh ★★★ The problem with Janáček’s The Makropulos Affair lies in what it is: a play set to music, with few concessions made to the genre into which Karel Čapek’s text has been translated. The result is 2 hours of - admittedly rather chic - recitative, without the least hint of a complete melody, never mind an aria. It’s not unpleasant, but musically it simply doesn’t go anywhere.

"...musically it simply doesn’t go anywhere." - Olivia Fuchs directs Orla Boylan to a bravura turn, but Janáček’s operatic fable fails to impress.

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Manipulate 2025: On the Edge Films Reviewed The Quinntessential Review, Feb 21, 2025 – Edinburgh’s Manipulate Festival 2025 lit up the city from 1st to 9th February, delivering a bold blast of visual theatre, puppetry, and animated film that left its mark. Produced by Manipulate Arts, this year’s lineup dove headfirst into boundary-pushing storytelling, with its film strand—a triple bill of On the Edge, Queer Stories…

On the Edge at Manipulate 2025: animation shorts reviewed. Edinburgh fest shines with daring visuals from slime to salmon.

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