RECLAIM ST GEORGE

a celebration of St George in theatre, music, poetry and inspirational talks

GLASTONBURY TOWN HALL

Saturday 23rd April 2022 at 7.45pm

FREE! Doors close when performance begins 8pm. Please arrive in good time.

England's patron saint and Dragon Slayer is the patron of lands and cities around the world – from Palestine, Georgia and Ethiopia to Barcelona and Rio de Janeiro. In mystical Christian tradition he is 'Our Lady's Knight'.

This celebration places St George in the heart of Glastonbury's mythic landscape.

John Constable, poet, playwright and performer, author of 'The Southwark Mysteries' and 'Grail'.

On Healing The Dragon

https://crossbones.org.uk/john-constable-biography/

Dr Sam Riches, cultural historian at Lancaster University, author of 'St George: a saint for all'.

On the internationalist St George

https://www.lancaster.ac.uk/history/about/people/sam-riches

Pok the Bard of Ynys Witrin

a song for Dragons

Paul Weston, author of 'William Blake and the Glastonbury Gnosis'

On our local St George legend

http://www.paulwestonglastonbury.com/st-george-and...

Jenny Bliss Bennett, singer and multi-instrumentalist of Queen Space Baroque.

Songs and dances for St George

https://queenspacebaroque.com/welcome/

The event will culminate in the first public reading of The Glastonbury St George Mummers Play - with Jacqueline Haigh as the Three-fold Divine Feminine and Michael of Paddington Farm as George.

The Mayor of Glastonbury, Jon Cousins, will introduce the evening and play the part of the Doctor in the Mummers Play. The Mayor says:

'Continuing our exploration of the Sovereignty of this sceptred isle during The Queen's Platinum Jubilee, Glastonbury celebrates the legendary connection between England's Patron Saint and 'the Holyest Erthe' during an evening of theatre, music, poetry, and inspirational talks at Glastonbury Town Hall."

FREE EVENT!

Funded by Glastonbury Town Council.

NB Doors close when the performance begins at 8pm. Please arrive promptly at 7.45 to be sure of admission.

To protect others, please do not attend if you feel unwell.

Masks welcome, optional