Join us in celebrating the work of our postgraduate performance students at Wimbledon College of ArtsAbout this Event
Wimbledon College of Arts is proud to announce 2 days of live performances taking place on the 4-5 November. Visitors are invited to experience the talent of students graduating from MA Performance: Theatre Making and MA Puppetry.
Marking the culmination of the students' work over the course of their MA studies, 12 distinct solo performances will take place.
Performances include:
- Heimer
- Figments
- Fragments of the Spirit: Whispers of Renewal
- The Brave Rabbit
- The Public Stripping
- Venice van(IS)hing
- The Neuro Garden
- Theatre
- Deus Ex Carne
- Love Talk
- Emotion Factory
- Memory Museum
Tuesday 4 November: 4pm– 8.45pm
Refreshments available from 1pm-1.30pm and from 4.30pm-8.45pm
Wednesday 5 November: 2.30pm-8.45pm
Refreshments available from 3pm-8.45pm
Heimer
Tuesday 4 November, 4pm, Theatre
Written & Directed by Jeanzia Guan, MA Puppetry
Puppet Design & Construction: Izzy Jiang & Yunshu Jiang, MA Puppetry
Since childhood, Heimer has been on countless adventures across the sea, firmly believing in the legend, “all people are but fish who traded their tails for legs”. He spent his life searching for the fabled “first fish to walk ashore”. After being diagnosed with Alzheimer’s Disease, his daughter Claire took him away from his hometown by the sea to live in the city, so she can care for him. Despite this, Heimer seems forever anchored to the events of his seafaring past.
In his room, Heimer and his grandchild, Charlie, use their imaginations to turn everyday objects into tools for a voyage, carrying out their adventures in perfect harmony. Yet as his illness worsens, Heimer’s memory rises and falls like the tide, elusive and unstable. Will Heimer hear the call of the sea once more, or has he forgotten what it sounds like?
Puppeteers: Amy Glenister, Izzy Jiang, Jeanzia Guan and Yunshu Jiang
Vocal Performer: Edd Berridge
Set Design: Yunshu Jiang
Lighting Design: Izzy Jiang
Composer & Sound Designer: Jeanzia Guan
Assistant Set Maker: Shihan Yi
Age Guidance: 10+
Duration: Approximately 30 minutes
Figments
Tuesday 4 November, 5.45pm, AG09
By Edd Berridge, MA Puppetry
What lingers in the half-light of the attic - a dream of what was, or a memory of what might be? In Figments, a child wanders through fractured selves to shape her own reflection.
Devised and performed by Edd Berridge, with Caitlin Whelan and the 1st year MA Puppetry cohort of students.
Age Guidance: Suitable for all ages
Duration: Approximately 20 minutes
Fragments of the Spirit: Whispers of Renewal
Tuesday 4 November, 6.30pm, Theatre
By Duo Li, MA Puppetry
Fragments of the Spirit: Whispers of Renewal is a ritual performance set in a post-apocalyptic world where humans have lost their spiritual bond with nature. A small puppet begins a journey to gather the scattered fragments of ancient flower spirits. Through movement, mask, and projection, the piece evokes a quiet rebirth — a whisper of reconnection between body, soul, and the living earth.
Direction and Puppet Design: Duo Li
Puppet Making: Duo Li and Heyden Holle
Digital Projection Design: Duo Li, Kailong Guo, and Rui Wang
Sound design: Qiaofeng Ning
Choreography: Julie Liang
Performers/Puppeteers: Duo Li, Julie Liang, Kristin Gu and Ziqi Wen
Age Guidance: 10+
Duration: Approximately 10 minutes
The Brave Rabbit
Tuesday 4 November, 7.15pm, AG09
By Robin Belcher, MA Puppetry
When Lev, a small rabbit with a big imagination, leaves the safety of home for the first time, they set out on a journey through the forest with their friend Penny the Deer. Along the way, the pair encounter strange footprints, fears that loom larger than life, and a wise forest spirit who shows them that courage doesn’t mean being wholly fearless - it means being strong, even when you are afraid.
Performed by Robin Belcher and Rigby Hoctor, MA Puppetry
Age Guidance: 7+
Content Warnings: Potential fear, very mild themes of isolation
Duration: Approximately 20 minutes
The Public Stripping
Tuesday 4 November, 8pm, Theatre
By Lily Lamplugh, MA Performance: Theatre Making
Come inside
ONE & ALL,
to witness an undressing in distress.
Through the world of striptease, song, and exotic dance, you are invited to view a spectacle of vulnerability in reaction to the current displays of public sexual harassment and the unbalanced exchange of agency.
…Let’s break down those walls,
not ignore these catcalls,
and see what’s actually going on.
The audience will be invited to walk through the theatre set before taking their seats on the mezzanine level of the theatre. Step-free access is available. Should you require this, please make yourself known to the Duty Manager or Usher to be guided to the lift.
Age Guidance: 16+
Content Warnings: Please be aware that this performance contains themes of public sexual harassment and sexual assault, acts of a sexual nature, flashing lights (strobe lighting), loud noises, haze, and bright lights.
Duration: Approximately 35 minutes
Venice van(IS)hing
Wednesday 5 November, 2.30pm, Theatre
By Magalì Mariani, MA Performance: Theatre Making
Venice awaits its fate: its lagoon is poisoned; the sea is rising; the land is sinking; and the final tide is coming. Humanity blinded by progress and the lust for power have turned a paradise into a nightmare.
The performer's body transforms, mutates, changes shape, embodying the beings that inhabit the city, animals and humans (real or imaginary), living, talking, telling stories, getting angry, playing, screaming, awaiting their inevitable fate.
Written, designed and performed by Magalì Mariani
Sound Design by Matteo Moccia
Age Guidance: 16+
Please note that this performance contains flashing lights and partial nudity.
Duration: 35 min
Deus Ex Carne
Wednesday 5 November, 3.15pm, AG09
By Chloe Adams, MA Performance: Theatre Making
Man has erected many false gods and idols to rule over him. Great gods of war and death in antiquity, gods of science and the atom to explain the universe around him, and today the great god Machina is humanity's omniscient observer and companion. You are invited to be witness to a sermon from The Lord's 21st Century Prophet in a performance of biblical prose and the human form and learn the holy truth, that it is in the flesh that the work of the divine can be found.
Written and performed by Chloe Adams
Other performers: Olga Tomalik, Hanna Westling and Lucy Bailey
Age Recommendation: 18+
Content Warnings: Please be aware that this performance contains nudity, depictions of self-harm, Christian imagery and subject matter which some people may find offensive in its use, sexual themes, profanity, and medical discussion.
Duration: 45 mins
Love Talk
Wednesday 5 November, 4pm, Theatre
By Hanna Westling, MA Performance: Theatre Making
Love Talk puts the disembodied communication on dating apps on display. Through sequences of voices, the performance investigates contemporary modes of communication. In response to today’s speed of online interaction, Love Talk asks questions about authenticity and intention. Love Talk happens somewhere in the intersection between installation and choreography, in an uncanny landscape with traces from personal archives.
Performers: Hanna Westling, Magalí Mariani, Ella Tayler, Joshua Hogann
Age Guidance: 12+
Content Warnings: Flashing lights
Duration: 30 minutes
The Neuro Garden
Wednesday 5 November, 4.45pm, AG09
By Hanqi Zhao, MA Performance: Theatre Making
Step inside The Neuro Garden—a futuristic performance where you are no longer just an audience member, but a living plant within a fragile ecosystem. Through dance, light, and participation, you’ll encounter the rise of a negative force and make choices that determine the garden’s survival—or destruction.
This is not a performance you simply watch — it is one you grow inside. The Neuro Garden is an experiment in physical theatre where audience presence shapes the story. Four participants will be invited to step into the garden and embody their life, while others observe and witness the transformation.
This performance involves close audience interaction, with possible light physical contact. Requests for audience participation and movement will be made, and audience members may choose to opt out of participation at any point. If you are sensitive to these elements, please consider carefully before booking to attend.
Most of the audience will be required to stand for this performance; however, if you require a seat, please contact [email protected] and we will accommodate this.
Age Guidance: 15+
Content Warnings: Please be aware that this performance contains themes related to negative emotions and psychological tension, flashing and rapidly changing lights, sudden loud sounds and low-frequency noise, and involves audience interaction which involves light movement (an alternative form of interaction will be offered if needed).
Duration: Approximately 30 minutes
Emotion Factory
Wednesday 5 November, 6.30pm, Theatre
By Zhijin Li, MA Performance: Theatre Making
A scientist uses brainwaves to teach a bionic human emotions. When they truly feel, what will they sense, and what will follow?
Performed by Daniel Torres Lara, student of BA Acting and Performance, Wimbledon College of Arts, UAL
With costume design by Yuyuan Wei and Yifei Wang, students of MA Costume Design, Wimbledon College of Arts, UAL
With support from You Li and Boxuan Mao
Age Guidance: 16+
Content Warnings: Themes of horror, and flashing lights.
Duration: Approximately 35 minutes
Memory Museum
Wednesday 5 November, 7.15pm, AG09
By Shitong Lin (Ashilnn), MA Performance: Theatre Making
The sand remembers what we try to forget.
Beneath the sand, a truth sleeps without witnesses.
Hands reshape what never was, rewriting memory into matter.
Each false memory breath, for a moment, as if real.
You are invited to visit this museum of memory,
where truth has been buried, while lies are gently planted, named, and believed.
You are here to witness how memory is made.
Written and performed by Shitong Lin (Ashilnn)
Age Guidance: 16+
Content Warnings: This performance includes reference to sensitive historical trauma, memories of war, and acts of historical revisionism. It contains symbolic acts of burial and falsification that may evoke distress.
Duration: Approximately 30 minutes
Theatre
Wednesday 5 November, 8pm, Theatre
By Archie Kollhoff-Waldron, MA Performance: Theatre Making
Step into a captivating performance where there are no actors to take the stage. Instead, immerse yourself in an experience where light, sound, and the very architecture of the theatre building are intricately woven together to craft a haunting narrative.
This performance will be viewed from the mezzanine, accessible via stairs or a lift. Should you require to use the lift, please make yourself known to the Usher or Duty Manager working on this performance who will guide you to it.
Age Guidance: 13+
Content Warnings: Please be aware that this performance includes flashing lights, darkness / low visibility, loud or sudden sounds, supernatural / horror themes, haze, and vibration / low-frequency sound.
Duration: Approximately 35 minutes
Important to note
Please note all bags will be searched upon entry while refreshments are being served, with a bar open from1-1.30pm and 4.30-8.45pm on Tuesday 4 November and 3-8.45pm on Wednesday 5 November.
There will be no interval during performances. Information on content warnings and age restrictions can be found in the performance summaries above. Visitors are recommended to book tickets in advance as there is limited capacity. Wheelchair accessible seating is available. If you have any accessibility requirements, please contact [email protected] in advance of the performance.
About Wimbledon College of Arts
Wimbledon College of Arts (UAL) is dedicated to the study of stage and screen performance, training students to become innovative performers and experimental designers. The College has an international reputation for producing performance graduates known for their creativity, technical accomplishment and professionalism. With a range of courses available – from acting and performance to design and digital production, covering live performance, set and costume design, model making and prop making, animatronics and prosthetics and puppetry – Wimbledon College of Arts is one of the UK’s leading performance colleges.
Wimbledon College of Arts offers a supportive community of students, academics and technicians who share a passion for creative expression through practical experimentation. Regular opportunities to collaborate with renowned arts organisations enable Wimbledon students to create performances and to become versatile performance arts professionals. The College has recently undergone a multimillion-pound redevelopment, providing high-quality design studios, rehearsal rooms, and theatre facilities, with investment in new state-of-the-art digital technology.
Find out more
This event is part of the Shows at Camberwell, Chelsea and Wimbledon Colleges of Arts: celebrations of our brilliant graduating students’ original work in art, design and performance.
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Photo credit
Archie Kollhoff-Waldron, Theatre, Photography by Archie Kollhoff-Waldron
Hanna Westling, Love Talk, Photography by Hanna Westling
Hanqi Zhao, The Neuro Garden, Photography by Yihan Li
Lily Lamplugh, The Public Stripping, Photograph by Saba Alexander
Magalì Mariani, Venice van(IS)hing, Photography by Jeanzia Guan
Event Venue
Wimbledon College of Arts, Merton Hall Road, London, United Kingdom
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