Future Ritual amplifies the enlivening and transformative potential of performance art. 

Against the alienation and fragmentation of contemporary life, Future Ritual creates and holds spaces for curious publics to gather, to think and to feel through place, desire, belief, loss and mystery.  

We are based in Peckham (London) and work from STUDIO: Future Ritual.


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STUDIO Residents wanted, next deadline 30 September

Join our community of practice at STUDIO: Future Ritual, a new space for gathering, performance and embodied practice in Peckham.

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ALMANAC
Sunday 20 September

Our regular performance art gathering returns with performances by Samm Shackleton, Dominique Savitri Bonarjee +  Awc Chuwen Wang.

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Martin O’Brien & Sheree Rose
Saturday 26 September

A special Greatest Hits performance, celebrating 15 years of collaboration.

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Watch Our Work
 
Some of the performances, projects and events we have worked on are available to watch online
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Sandra Johnston, Agape / Ajar, 2024. CEREMONY [I], Future Ritual. Photo by Fenia Kotsopoulou.
CEREMONY [I] 23.06.2025

On the midsummer weekend, Future Ritual presented CEREMONY [I], a day long site responsive performance in a pair of semi-derelict Victorian houses in South East London.

Slow actions by artists Marilyn Arsem, Sandra Johnston, Helena Goldwater and Devika Bilimoria unfolded in a long form performance evocative of memory, decay, and endurance. At the turn of the year, we invited long breaths, attuning with these old spaces, and inviting reflection and connection.

These performances were offered as part of CEREMONY, a year-long programme of performances, exhibitions, artist labs and workshops exploring the function of performance as a modality for gathering, ritual and ceremony amidst the fragmentation of contemporary life. The CEREMONY programme was supported with public funds by Arts Council England.



Credits
Initiated, curated and produced by Future Ritual

Curator: Joseph Morgan Schofield
Programme assistance: Robyn Green, Ewan Hindes and kane stonestreet

Documentation: Fenia Kotsopoulou, Baiba Sprance and Marco Berardi

Support
Future Ritual: Ceremony is supported with public funds by Arts Council England. Further support towards the programme has been given by Mayor of London. The project was produced in partnership with Live Art Development Agency, Queen Mary University of London, Stanley Arts, Venice International Performance Art Week and VSSL studio.

Enquiries: producing@futureritual.co.uk.


CEREMONY [I], Safehouse, 2024. VIdeography and editing by Baiba Sprance & Marco Berardi.






Marilyn Arsem, Voices, Future Ritual, 2024. Photos by Fenia Kotsopoulou.



Devika Bilimoria, Offerings, Future Ritual, 2024. Photos by Fenia Kotsopoulou.













Helena Goldwater, safe keeping, Future Ritual, 2024. Photos by Fenia Kotsopoulou.








Sandra Johnston, Agape / Ajar, 2024. CEREMONY [I], Future Ritual. Photos by Fenia Kotsopoulou.