An Emmy Award-winning performance collective is making a second appearance at the Spoleto Festival since being founded back in 2010. Manual Cinema has been an innovative force in the shadow puppet ...

A Manual Cinema show is hard to explain. It’s performed live, but it’s not quite a theater piece. It’s puppetry but not in the traditional sense. It’s cinema, as the company’s name suggests, yet ...

In an arts hub like Iowa City, it’s very easy to catch a movie, play, or live music performance. Much rarer, however, is finding a unique project that boldly blends elements of all three. Manual ...