Between the Lines: A Research Cabaret

6 November 2025 | 7-10PM (GMT) | Radisson Blu Hotel, Durham

How do we communicate that which cannot be categorized? Experiences from the margins and/or the marginalized? When medical language excludes, are there other ways to engage with health?

Join us for ‘Between the Lines: A Research Cabaret’ , an evening of live music, poetry, dance, and chaos to explore what it means to live between the lines – with researchers from the Durham Institute for Medical Humanities and the best local performers.

Featuring a specially commissioned response from New Writing North.

Come along for a night of research as you’ve never experienced before!

Though tickets are free, reserving your place is essential! Book your tickets now at this link.

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This event is part of Being Human Festival, the UK’s national festival of the humanities, taking place 6-15 November 2025. Led by the School of Advanced Study, University of London, with generous support from Research England, in partnership with the Arts and Humanities Research Council and the British Academy. For further information, please see beinghumanfestival.org.

Find out more about our Research Cabarets

Since 2022, the Institute for Medical Humanities has put on an annual Research Cabaret as part of the Being Human Festival. Explore some of the previous years’ highlights at the articles below:

• What is a Research Cabaret?
• Third IMH Research Cabaret is a resounding success
• ‘Black Lung’ by Megan Adams
• New case study by IMH researcher published by Being Human