Be as ready as you can be to face tests, baffling forms and ridiculous challenges to satisfy a point-based system, before the algorithm takes over completely! Within this bizarre and uncanny labyrinth of waiting lists, bleary-eyed caseworkers and tangling red tape, the all-encompassing System is just getting started.

BOXED! is a live multimedia portal into the joy, humour, and resilience of disabled people… yet something dark lurks at the end of the corridor. Experience an absurd, multisensory, interactive, promenade-performance with escape-room-vibes, where our very sense of who we are is pushed to the limit…

If we ever finally get through the eerie waiting room limbo, can we survive the onslaught of questions and accusations? And what comes next? [You are number 243 in the queue].

Be part of a privatisation experiment where your name and identity dissolve into numbers and never-ending form-filling. Faceless names and nameless panels are all too eager to decide your worth. With the stakes increasingly higher and the hoops to jump through always shrinking, can we imagine a world where support is given based on what we need to thrive, not on how many boxes we can tick?

Within broken, dehumanising and arbitrary systems, BOXED! creates a shared space for community and offers a moment for hope and true care.

Trigger warnings: strong language, themes of disability, exclusion, dehumanisation, isolation, stress, and anger.  

Allergy warnings: essential oils and other scents may be diffused in certain spaces. Please speak to a member of the staff before we begin if you have any worries with this.