Brunel Creates: The Limbo Room

"A space to sit with delay rather than resist it."

Presented by Interlude Productions and written by Makeda Palmer, The Limbo Room is a new devised theatre work that explores the quiet, often invisible experience of being "in-between."

When Willow learns her partner has terminal cancer, her world fractures. To cope with an increasingly unstable external reality, she retreats into a structured "limbo room"—an internal psychological landscape governed by rules, repetition, and waiting. As her mind tries to organize the unmanageable, the play unfolds through a blend of naturalistic scenes and experimental form, focusing on the prolonged waiting that surrounds loss rather than the event itself.

This production is a research-led investigation into mental health, love, and mortality. Drawing inspiration from Hindu philosophy and Ancient Greek thought, the work treats life as a cyclical journey of return and release.

• Experimental & Intimate: Expect a performance that prioritizes presence and embodied movement over linear storytelling.
• Thematic Depth: The Limbo Room offers a reflective space for audiences to sit with emotional unrest and find meaning through lived experience and stillness.
• Artistic Pedigree: Building on Makeda Palmer’s background in experimental form (seen in works like Homingwith Atticus Theatre), this piece blends intimacy and humour to capture the extraordinary nature of ordinary human grief.

"The work isn’t just about resolving grief or fear, but about sitting with those states honestly and allowing transformation to happen in its own time." — Makeda Palmer

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Howell Theatre, Brunel University London, Brunel University London, Kingston Lane, Uxbridge, United Kingdom

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