The Haunted: Insomnia & Reverie - A Dream of Autoimmunity

Strange occurrences at nighttime, listening houses, dancing illness and otherworldly portals…

Welcome to The Haunted. How does it feel when reality doesn’t behave quite as expected? Devised by multidisciplinary artist Joanna Holland, The Haunted is a collection of performances, talks, readings and soundscapes which explore liminal space, dreaming, sick bodies, horror and the uncanny.

Offering insights into what it feels like emotionally to be haunted by bodies, haunted by sickness, haunted by dreams… This collection shares how people with chronic illness and encountering parasomnia undergo a change in their experience of space and time.

Female-led narratives by Disabled and non-Disabled artists share what it’s like to exist in an ever-shifting, ‘in between’ space. Performances invite you into the eerie, surreal and uncanny space of the liminal.

Insomnia – artist Leah Clements discusses her latest body of work which explores the emotional and psychological effects of insomnia.

Reverie (work in progress) – entanglements between chronic illness and a repetitive dream inspired Joanna Holland’s autofictional tale of love, loss and unpredictability. Performed as a dreamlike monologue by award-winning actress Louise Kim Salter. Directed by Stéphanie Joalland.

Followed by artist Q&A.