Matt Sandbank (Creator/Performer) is a nationally-touring shadow puppeteer based in Durham, NC.  His performances have awakened a sense of wit and wonder at schools, libraries, museums, and festivals for the past ten years. He has performed at the 2013 Nashville International Puppet Festival, the 2015 San Antonio International Children’s Puppetry Festival, and the Puppeteers of America 2019 National Festival. His work has been featured at Dlectricity 2021: Detroit’s Nighttime Exhibition of Light and Art and at the 2023 Ann Arbor Summer Festival (A2SF).  His absurdly-comic, expertly-manipulated collection of short stories, “Still Life,” is a demonstration of the shadow theatre at its most delightfully cheeky. For more information about Matt Sandbank’s Shadow Factory, visit: http://www.sandbankshadowfactory.com/

Trap Door Open Presents:

Still Life

Created and Performed by Matt Sandbank

Funded in part by the Puppeteers of America Rose Endowment and featured at the National Puppetry Festival.

Saturday, July 15th.

Trap Door Theatre is thrilled to continue its Trap Open series with a one night only performance of Sandbank Shadow Factory, an absurdly-comic, expertly-manipulated collection of short stories told through puppetry.

Matt Sandbank’s Sandbank Shadow Factory has awakened a sense of wit and wonder at schools, libraries, museums, and festivals for the past ten years. The absurdly-comic, expertly manipulated collection of short stories, “Still Life,” is a demonstration of the shadow theatre at its most delightfully cheeky. This thrilling display of puppetry is made for any and all ages!