Queen of Sand - Irina Titova

She came with a handful of sand and won the hearts of her audience with her extraordinary talent. Irina Titova is the »QUEEN OF SAND« and knows like no other how to bring the fleetingness of the moment to the screen for a magical moment. She captivated her audience back in 2018 on her first tour of Germany, taking them on a sensational journey »Around the World in 80 Pictures« and will now finally make many eyes light up in 2026 with a new sand painting show.

It goes to »The Fabulous World of Film«. Viewers accompany a young man on his exciting journey and immerse themselves in the most beautiful and famous film scenes from the Hollywood dream factory.

Film scenes from Hollywood's dream factory. At breathtaking speed, the Sand Queen creates her images on a glass screen illuminated from below and projected onto a screen. Here, the protagonist made of sand meets all the big and small heroes and heroines of our favourite films. He meets the alien E.T., who is so desperate to phone home, and comforts him with true friendship in his homesickness. He flies across the oceans with the lucky dragon Falkor from the »Neverending Story«, travels with Marty McFly and Doc Brown in the DeLorean »Back to the Future«, listens to the famous song in »Casablanca« with Ingrid Bergman once again, and finally eats chocolates as Forrest Gump on the legendary park bench. And maybe he'll meet the girl of his dreams afterwards, help her with the watermelon and they'll dance to a happy ending together?

Forrest Gump's mum always said that life is like a box of chocolates – and so is the sand artist's show. You never know what's coming next, Irina's hands and the sand are in constant motion as she trickles it onto the disc with impressive precision and breathes life into it. The scenes flow skilfully into one another, surprising, inspiring and enchanting, while the audience also learns the story of how Hollywood came to be.

Accompanied by the unmistakable voice of the internationally renowned German film star Sky Du Mont as narrator and the famous melodies of Hollywood's most sought-after composers such as Klaus Badelt, Hans Zimmer, John Williams, Alan Silvestri and Giorgio Moroder, the talented artist creates an absolutely unique atmosphere every evening. As with »80 Bilder um die Welt«, Katrin Edtmeier is the director and author of this fabulous journey through the world of film.

Between beautiful memories of the unforgettable scenes and the bittersweet melancholy that nothing is permanent, the audience savours the fascination of the moment with every grain of sand.
Did our young hero really experience all this, or did he just dream it? One thing is certain, the story is too good not to be true.