Heart of the Castle: Created by Turntale Theatre
The Heart of the Castle is a multimedia one-person show combining storytelling with a range of visual and audio elements. Developed from a traditional tale, it combines oral storytelling with live acoustic looping, masks, props, pop-up constructions, shadow puppetry and green-screen video.
The show explores themes of perseverance, loyalty, and courage, while highlighting the incredible power of kindness and compassion.
Bio:
JOHN O’LEARY is a popular author, illustrator and paper engineer whose books have a particular emphasis on discovery, game play and illusion. He has used his skills as a paper engineer to create giant pop-ups for theatre, art trails and art residencies. He is a regular visitor to schools, museums, libraries and other venues where he delivers talks and runs workshops in pop-up design, illustration and literacy.
John has had twelve children’s books published, all of which have been translated into many languages. https://johnolearyillustration.co.uk/
Curated & Hosted by:
Lena Schattenherz Heide-Brennand is a Norwegian lecturer with a master degree in language, culture and literature from the University of Oslo and Linnaeus University. She has been lecturing and teaching various subjects since 1998. Her field of interest and main focus has always been topics that others have considered strange, eccentric and eerie, and she has specialised in a variety of dark subjects linked to folklore, mythology and Victorian traditions and medicine. Her students often point out her thorough knowledge about the subjects she is teaching, in addition to her charismatic appearance. She refers to herself as a performance lecturer and always gives her audience an outstanding experience
don’t worry if you miss it – we will send you a recording valid for two weeks the next day
