INSIDE

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In 2016, American embassy workers in Cuba started hearing strange sounds in their hotel. This was the onset of what became known as Havana Syndrome, a set of unexplained symptoms that began to spread around the world, almost exclusively affecting overseas US officials. Taking place in a simulated hotel room with surround sound, Inside is an interactive live art installation for one audience member. Drawing directly on the words of those affected by so-called Havana Syndrome – of what they heard and felt – Inside is an immersive story about geopolitical conspiracy, paranoia, and uncertainty.

The work lasts for approximately 20 minutes and is experienced individually.

Please arrive 10 minutes before the start time indicated on your booking. 

This R&D presentation is presented in partnership with BOLD, supported by Arts Council England. Feedback from audience members is appreciated. 

Rushlight is a new research-led live art company making work across sound, performance and installation.

Julia Pilkington is a performer and theatre-maker with experience in creating collaborative experimental devised work. Her solo show The Oracle was at Camden People’s Theatre and Peckham Fringe in 2023, and she worked with Freight Theatre to co-devise Move Fast and Break Things, which was presented in 2021 at Summerhall at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Previous collaborations include What They Forgot To Tell Us (BOLD Theatre, 2021), and the Samuel French New Play Award-winning Lights Over Tesco Carpark (2018), which Julia co-devised with Poltergeist Theatre and performed at New Diorama (London), North Wall (Oxford), Home (Manchester) and Pleasance Edinburgh.

Nathan Geyer is a sound designer and composer from London. Recent sound design credits include Jack Jeffreys’ the thought of the innermost being (2026), which has been selected for festivals including BFI London Film Festival as part of Experimenta, and Kasseler Dokfest. He has worked on other films including Gut the Fish that Birthed You (dir. Nia Fekri, forthcoming) and Rain, Rain, Go Away (dir. Ronan Mackenzie, 2024), which screened at festivals including London Short Film Festival, Ann Arbor Film Festival, and Portland Festival of Cinema, Animation and Technology, where it received the award for Best Experimental Animation.