Rada Lab Works 2026: Lab Re-Works 1

120m · Theatre

A series of original theatre shorts from RADA’s graduate community. Shows included in this evening: Happy Survivalist , As Above, So Below and Vestiges of a Dry Creek. Part of The Coronet Theatre and RADA’s partnership to present RADA’s MA Theatre Lab’s Lab Works . The week-long project culminates in a series of original ‘theatre-shorts’, enabling artistic development, public visibility, and new networking opportunities for these emerging artists. HAPPY SURVIVALIST Created and performed by Oleksandra Barstok The world is full of traps, sorrow and absurdity. In which everyday life is intertwined with surrealism. Running time: Approx 30min Content warnings: Loud sounds, Abstract violence As Above, So Below Created and Performed by Pat Dynowska and Corinne Soland Guest Appearance by Oscar Rodriguez Lighting Design by Theodor Spiridon Sound Design by Oscar Rodriguez Bodies, spirits and the in-between: welcome to the alchemical workshop where souls are distilled and spirits transmuted. two are hard at work, aware that the abyss lingers. A meeting: blood, salt and water mix until something new emerges – and then, a longing. Is it possible to distil the human experience? “ True it is, without falsehood, certain and most true. That which is above is like to that which is below, and that which is below is like to that which is above, to accomplish the miracles of one thing .” – Hermes Trismegistus, translation by Steele and Singer Running time: Approx 40 mins Content warnings: Explicit language, depiction of mutilated human body parts Vestiges of a Dry Creek Created and Performed by Montserrat Cuellar Mestas Sound Design by Rita Horta and Montserrat Cuellar Mestas With the Support of the Grodman Legacy Program for the Promotion of Artists from Jalisco. A phantasmagorical journey towards a place of origin: Jalisco, Mexico. Landscapes of a past unknown are reimagined and intertwined with the present: a girl walking back home. Running time: Approx 40 mins Content warnings: Contains references to grief, death and generational trauma See the full RADA Lab Works 2026 Line-up