The Vagina In The Room (in-person)

The Vagina In The Room is a multidisciplinary performance piece by Juanita Rea in which she tells a story of her life as a survivor of childhood sexual trauma and domestic violence and as a lover of trees, art and life. Juanita merges spoken word with songs and monologue alongside soundscapes, visual art and videos to take you with her on her journey that traverses self-loathing with self-acceptance and self-love.

The piece offers insight into the healing journey that is founded on a lifetime of creative and contemplative practice and supported by therapy along the way.

Online tickets to the live-streamed performance are available

The performance piece runs alongside a 3 week installation at SARC, Restoration a multidisciplinary, meditative installation offering insight into the healing journey of a survivor of childhood sexual trauma and domestic abuse while inviting visitors to interact with a range of prompts for creative and contemplative practice. Tickets booked separately.

About the Artist

It has been created by Juanita Rea, Visiting Scholar at the School of Arts, English and Languages, Queen's University Belfast (QUB) with funding through an Arts Council Northern Ireland 2023 SIAP Award. She is also a recipient of 2 ACNI Minority Ethnic Awards (2021/2022)

Visa Extension Fundraiser

Juanita is an Indian South African artist and recipient of a Global Talent Visa Endorsement from Arts Council since 2021.

She is raising £3,286 for her visa extension fee (£716) and immigration health surcharge (IHS, £2070 ) due for submission by December 13th, 2024. This March, the Home Office doubled the IHS fees placing immense pressure on people like Juanita who are self-employed. She was also previously served an unjustified Deportation Notice (which was overturned with the support of `Claire Hanna MP) and also needs legal support (£500) to process the visa successfully.

Refund and Ticket Transfer Policy

Tickets are tiered and you can offer whichever amount you can. Tickets are non-refundable however they are transferable. If you cannot attend, you can give the ticket/s to someone else or you can opt to visit the Restoration Installation or join a Wellbeing Workshop.

Special Offer

• Upon booking, you will receive a promo code that applies a 10% discount to the Wellbeing or Restoration Workshops series.

• `With promo code restoration@sarc, there are free spots for the first 10 vistors in week one available on a first come first serve basis. .

Concessions / Funded Spaces

As a survivor of complex trauma who also had to overcome immigration challenges, Juanita is passionate about supporting the wellbeing of underserved and vulnerable people.

There are concessionary spots for people from immigrant, asylym seeker, refugee and vulnerable backgrounds.

2 free spaces have been allocated per organisation below, that are available with unique promo codes to be shared within their networks and communities:

• ACSONI
• JoinHer Network
• ANAKA Collective
• MRANI
• Nexus

Juanita and the eduSOIL volunteers are actively seeking partnership and funding to support their commitment to offer funded access to the performance and installation to offer benefit to visitors while also ensuring that she raises the required funds for her visa.

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Host or Publisher Juanita Rea