Rhythm of Life: A Research Cabaret
- Event type
- Performance
- Organisers
- Durham University
- Partners
- RT Projects
- Contact
- imh.mail@durham.ac.uk
- Is event online?
- No
- Accessibility features
- Accessible parking, Accessible toilets, Seating, Step-free access, Wheelchair accessible
- Accessibility information
- We will provide full event timings to warn audience members of sensitive content; if acts do engage with material that could be particularly difficult for some audience members, these will be scheduled immediately following a break so people can delay their return to the performance space. Please contact the organiser regarding specific access requirements.
- Region/country
- North East England
- Address
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Auger Room, Radisson Blu Hotel
Frankland Lane
Durham
DH1 5TA
- Booking required
- Yes
Scheduled dates
When it comes to health, what is ‘reasonable’? How can poetry and music help us to understand our lived experiences? What even is ‘reason’ when we think about mental health? This event will explore these issues and present research in a way that you’ve probably never seen before!
For one night only, researchers from Durham University’s Institute for Medical Humanities will be partnering with RT Projects, a local mental health arts charity, to bring you an evening of live performance, poetry, stories, comedy, music, and chaos. Together on the cabaret stage academics, local musicians, and persons with lived experience of illness will share their insights in a variety of performance styles. It’s research, but with added jazz hands!
So, as Liza Minnelli once said, "what good is sitting alone in your room? […] come to the [research] cabaret old chum, come to the [research] cabaret!"