ASCLEPEION
A ritual performance installation by Ron Athey
FESTIVAL TICKETS ↗Boss Witch Productions is delighted to present its first international collaboration alongside Future Ritual for the world premiere of ASCLEPEION, part of CEREMONY 2026 in London.
ASCLEPEION explores the body as a place where healing, sacrifice and ecstatic transformation meet. Drawing on Ron Athey and Hermes Pittakos’s research at Epidaurus, Eleusis and Delphi, the work brings ancient purification rites, prophecy, dream incubation and votive offerings into dialogue with Athey’s experiences of faith healing, the HIV/AIDS and COVID-19 pandemics, and somatic practice.
Through live performance, voice, sound and ritual action, the artists transform the healing sanctuary into a contemporary environment.
About CEREMONY
CEREMONY is Future Ritual’s international performance-art festival in Peckham. Its second edition brings artists across generations together to explore ritual, mystery and connection through live performances, durational works, workshops and conversations.
About Future Ritual
Based in Peckham, London, Future Ritual supports performance artists through presentations, collaborations, workshops and artist development in the UK and internationally.
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Artists & Production
Boss Witch Productions — Creative Production, Production Development and Management
Ron Athey — Lead Artist / Asclepius
Hermes Pittakos — Set Design / Hierophant
Federica Dauri — Hygieia
Myrgon — Dionysus
Carmina Escobar — Sound Design, Voice and Electronics / Pythia
World Premiere
November 27–28, 2026
Unit 8, Copeland Park, Peckham, London
Presented as part of Future Ritual’s CEREMONY festival.
With support from Creative Capital Foundation.
