Future Ritual is a practice of gathering, curating and organising. We collaborate with artists to create contemporary expressions of performance and ritual, working to support the emergence of new and more attuned cultures. 

We are based in London (UK).



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producing@futureritual.co.uk or join our mailing list






News

open call
DISCHARGE
1 March

An open call for performance work that doesn’t fit elsewhere.

> more info + apply


zack mennell
COMMON HOST
13 - 15 March

A weekend gathering situating ancient folk customs such as mumming in new relation to the post-industrial landscapes of London and Essex . 

> full programme info

On 14 March we’ll host contaminated materials, a workshop exploring the performing our difficult histories.

> workshop info


Martin O’Brien
ON DISCIPLINE
11 - 15 May

This intensive workshop looks at discipline in performance making - how commitment, repetition and training can shape the way we work.

> workshop info + booking



Watch Our Work
 
Some of the performances, projects and events we have worked on are available to watch online
> watch












Lois Weaver

Lois Weaver is an artist, activist and Professor Emerita of Contemporary Performance Practice at Queen Mary University of London. She has collaborated with Peggy Shaw and Split Britches since 1980 and the company she received a NYC OBIE Lifetime Achievement Award in 2024. Recent performances with Split Britches include Unexploded Ordnances (2016-18) and Last Gasp; A Recalibration (2021-24).  Her experiments in performance as a means of public engagement include the Long Table, Porch Sitting, Situation Room, Care Café, Public Studio, and her facilitating persona, Tammy WhyNot.  Lois’s performance practice is documented in The Only Way Home Is Through the Show: Performance Works of Lois Weaver, edited by Lois Weaver and Jen Harvie, published by Intellect Books (2015).


Bio supplied Feb 2026 for Answering the Call.


Lois Weaver, What’s a Chair Without a Table? Future Ritual, ALMANAC, 2025. Photo by zack mennell.