Joanna Holland: The Haunted

Presented by Joanna Holland with Lucy Clark, Leah Clements & Hannah Wallis
Part of the Cambridge Festival

Where
Cambridge Junction J3,
Cambridge Junction,
Clifton Way,
CB1 7GX

The Haunted is free for people who identify as living with chronic illness, Disabled, D/deaf &/or neurodiverse.

Please reserve your ticket to secure your place.

Date/ Time
Part 1: Wednesday 26 March 2025, 7pm
Book Tickets for Part 1

Part 2: Sunday 30 March 2025, 6pm
Book Tickets for Part 2

Strange occurrences at nighttime, listening houses, dancing illness and otherworldly portals… Welcome to ‘The Haunted’.

Come and explore how it feels when reality doesn’t behave quite as expected.

Devised by multidisciplinary artist Joanna Holland, ‘The Haunted’ is a collection of performances, talks, readings and soundscapes which explore liminal space, dreaming, sick bodies, horror and the uncanny.

Offering insights into what it feels like emotionally to be haunted – haunted by bodies, haunted by sickness, haunted by dreams… This collection shares how people with chronic illness and encountering parasomnia undergo a change in their experience of space and time.

Female-led narratives by Disabled and non-Disabled artists share what it’s like to exist in an ever-shifting, ‘in between’ space. Their performances invite you into the eerie, uncanny, surreal and unnerving space of the liminal.

Part One presents:

‘That Thing’– dance artist Lucy Clark’s candid and interdisciplinary performance which exposes the reality of hidden disability.

‘Insomnia’ – visual artist Leah Clements discusses her latest body of work which explores the emotional and psychological effects of insomnia.

Followed by a Q&A with Joanna, Leah & Lucy – chaired by Artist and Curator Hannah Wallis.

More Details: The Haunted: Part One / That Thing & Insomnia | Cambridge Junction

Part Two presents:

‘Night Terrors’ – writer Alice Vernon shares her lived experiences of parasomnias and reads extracts from her debut book ‘Night Terrors’.

‘Reverie’ – entanglements between lived experience of chronic illness and a repetitive nightmare inspired Joanna Holland’s autofictional tale of love, loss and unpredictability. Performed as a dreamlike monologue by award-winning actress Louise Kim Salter (work in progress, UK Premiere).

Followed by an artist Q&A – chaired by Artist and Curator Hannah Wallis.

More Details: The Haunted: Part Two / Night Terrors & Reverie – a dream of autoimmunity | Cambridge Junction