DISCHARGE: Shaun Caton / Daniel Oliver + Claudia Palazzo / selina bonelli / Bart Seng Wen Long / Ewan Hindes

Buy a day pass for Saturday 28 November, also including entry to works by Julia Bardsley, Dagamara Bilon, n:u (melissandre varin) & Ron Athey

a sanctuary of sickness ~ strange goings on, distasteful acts + difficult performance

DISCHARGE is three nights of performance, which turn into parties. DISCHARGE is for the freaks, monsters and weirdos. It is for the messy, the gross, and the sticky. It revels in the distasteful. DISCHARGE is a sanctuary of sickness, a space for ethical perverts to gather.

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selina bonelli, Shaun Caton, Ewan Hindes, Daniel Oliver and Claudia Palazzo, Bart Seng Wen Long

https://futureritual.co.uk/discharge-(2026)

about the events
DISCHARGE is a space for performance work some consider difficult, explicit, transgressive or taboo. If you have questions about content please contact us. We reserve the right to remove audience members who disrupt the space, or put others at risk from the event. Over 18s only.

Curated by artist Martin O’Brien, these DISCHARGEs follow a short-run but notorious DIY performance art event dedicated to presenting difficult, uncompromising and marginalised performance work which took placed in the kink and fetish club The Flying Dutchman, in London 2012-2014. DISCHARGE continues to embrace the endless possibilities of the performance space for aesthetic, physical, and political art and experimentation.

In 2026 DISCHARGE returns for three events. This iteration is hosted by Copeland Gallery, as part of our festival CEREMONY. You may like to explore day tickets for Saturday 28 November, which would also give access to performances by Ron Athey and company, Julia Bardsley, Dagmara Bilon and n:u (melissandre varin), or a full week pass.

what to expect
There will be five performances lasting between 15 and 20 minutes each. There will be breaks between works. There will be limtied seating - most audience will stand or sit on the floor. There are a limited number of chairs with backs. Seats will be prioritised for those with access needs. Drinks (alcoholic and non-alcoholic) will be sold next door by SOCIAL.