an experimental art happening and journey into the darkness

“This was abundant - thank you. A journey through the imaginations of our souls, listening to the mystery, mess and an essence of finding love and happiness. Primal.” (audience member)

In Oct 2026 we invited audiences to journey with us through a series of dreamlike encounters in sound, movement, installation and projection; exploring the shadow, mythology, geological time and our deep human quest for meaning from ancient to modern day oracles; the fates to technology and AI. The work has been partly inspired by the underground life of fungi and how mycelium navigate complex labyrinths to make connections in the dark.

Throughout human history, people have entered underworlds with trepidation and fascination, often seeking answers in the shadows of candlelit chambers and in the dark recesses of our subconscious. We enter with hope only to leave with new questions. Ancient Greeks went underground to consult the Oracle, rewarded by obscure answers. Cave walls were etched with early paintings of animals that flicker to life in candlelight, and later inscribed with the names of explorers, only to be slowly erased by calcite formations. Rev John McEnery kept unpublished, meticulous notes of his underground discoveries that confounded his sense of certainty and challenged his deepest faiths. We enter in the age of plastic and armed with the strange and unreliable certainties of our technologies. We too will be quietly erased in the giant slumber of cave blackness. 

This experimental art happening was a journey through Kents Cavern inviting a slowing down and deep listening with all the senses. We followed in the path of water that has forged underground caverns in dialogue with rock for millenia.  

As we wandered amongst shadows, our subconscious unfolded a story of collective memory, myth, deep geological time and encounters with the more-than-human imprints embedded in complex strata of the underworld’s obscure memory.

“Felt privileged to experience the show in such a unique setting. Felt taken out of every day consciousness and emerged with a profound sense of calm.”

“An amazing experience..” “Transcendent..” “Unsettling..”

Thank you for opening the door to another world.”

(audience feedback)

Credits

Devised and staged by NooN Collective: 
Visuals…. Emilio Mula
Music composition and performance…. Ric Byer
Soundscapes…. Ric Byer, Emilio Mula, Arnont Nongyao
​Text ​devised and performed by Donald Craigie
Movement devised and performed by…. Willa Faulkner, Saskia Larcombe, Jessy Mackay, Clare Parker
Installations, movement direction, staging and costume…. Clare Parker

Produced by Filament Works CIC…. Natalie Palin, Clare Parker

With thanks to the team at Kents Cavern for their support throughout the devising, rehearsal and production of this work.