The Epic of Gilgamesh” Sebastian Lockwood; Mariposa Museum Peterborough

Peterborough, New Hampshire -  On Tuesday November 27th at 7pm The Epic of Gilgamesh will be told by storyteller and poet Sebastian Lockwood. This dramatic reading is the story of Gilgamesh, King of Kings, who brought back knowledge from before the flood - who loved and lost his companion Enkidu and had to find out why we die.  It is the story of our journey into mortality and our desire to “live forever.” Gilgamesh does live forever by writing his story in stone.  The Epic of Gilgamesh was written on clay tablets over four thousand years ago, in what is today Baghdad Iraq - the Biblical Garden of Eden between the Tigris and the Euphrates. This is a story of the ages that works for all ages.

Sebastian Lockwood, poet, teacher and storyteller, has been performing as a traveling bard for six years. He studied classics, anthropology and Education at, Boston University and Cambridge University, UK. and has developed his unique telling style as a poet doing improv readings on the poetry circuit in New York City and Boston. As well as storytelling in schools, universities, conferences and clubs he teaches for several universities. For Lesley and Endicott he teaches in their creative Arts programs teaching the use of poetry, visual arts and storytelling in the classroom. For The Boston Conservatory he teaches a course on, Visual Anthropology. Sebastian has collaborated with his partner Nanette Perrotte, a jazz singer and composer on a number of projects.

Both Sebastian and Nanette will return to the Mariposa on December 19th for their traditional holiday program of Capote, Thomas and community caroling.

Admission to Gilgamesh:  Adult $12, Member $10, Child/student $5

Mariposa Museum is wheelchair accessible.