GUEST PERFORMANCE

Still Life and Other Stories by Matt Sandbank

Presented by Toybox Theatre

What do we do when the world refuses to behave as we expect? Still Life poses several answers to this question through a collection of nonverbal shadow theater vignettes. Filled with dazzling puppets and absurdly-comic surprises, this virtuosic performance has delighted audiences across the country.

Funded in part by the Puppeteers of America Rose Endowment and featured at the National Puppetry Festival, Still Life is a collection of wordless shadow shorts that surprises and delights audiences with visual storytelling!

RUN TIME: 45 MIN
RECOMMENDED AGES: 10 AND ABOVE

Matt Sandbank is a shadow theater artist from Durham, NC. His trademark style features expertly-manipulated, absurdly-comic puppets. His collection of nonverbal vignettes, “Still Life,” was awarded support from the Puppeteers of America Rose Endowment Grant Fund and was named “Best of Fest” at the Frontera Festival in Austin, TX in early 2020. Matt’s work has been featured at the Puppeteers of America National Festival (2019), DLectricity: Detroit’s Nighttime Exhibition of Light and Art (2021), and Ann Arbor Summer Festival (2023), among many other arts and puppetry festivals.

Saturday Dec 16, 2023 at 11:00am