Help us to tell the story of Beverley through puppetry...
Beverley Puppet Festival runs once every two years and 2021 is an 'off' year. We like to keep busy and creative though so are running a project called 'Sanctuary in Creativity', made possible through funding from Arts Council England and Beverley Town Council.
Beverley has long been a town of sanctuary since the Middle Ages. Famous sanctuary stones stand at its edges and a towering Minster at its heart, marking an ancient boundary line where fugitives could seek shelter from the law for up to 40 days. Today, Beverley remains a town of sanctuary but of a different kind - as a safe place to live and work; as a place to escape away to on holiday; as a place of creative sanctuary - a town filled with arts and culture.
The project will have three main outcomes:
- To collect stories, memories, hopes and thoughts about Beverley from residents past and present, which will be used by an artist as inspiration to create a puppetry film that tells the story of Beverley
- To connect local school children and care-home residents through shadow puppetry and Beverley stories of sanctuary, designed and led by Indigo Moon Theatre
- To redesign and rebuild our website and app ready for the next festival in 2022
The results of the first two aims of the project will be exhibited in Beverley Minster in June-July 2021 and remain online thereafter.
Stay tuned for more updates!