Sandglass presents a series of special appearances by stellar artists working in exciting interdisciplinary performance techniques, all of which are somehow related to Puppet Theater. This series celebrates the crossroads of art forms and the connection between puppetry and other art forms like clowning, magic and music.
A newly written folktale told through magic lantern performance and original music
By Georgia Beatty
THE BOOK OF STARS is the folktale of the Light Queen, written and performed by fiddler and folk artist Georgia Beatty. The show combines original music with the old projector technology known as a “magic lantern” to tell the story of the cosmic queen who is reborn every 3,000 years to learn the songs of Light, and use them to heal Earth from oppressive powers.
Exploring resonance as both a musical and ancestral concept, visuals, song and story guide the audience through a grounding ritual to discover the present body as a living archive; capable of healing a broken world.
