PLAY! Festival 2026

Presented across two screens at The Boilerhouse Theatre, this installation follows a teacher as he prepares to teach a class on The Oath of the Horatii by French revolutionary painter Jacques Louis David. Through performative reenactment, the teacher navigates the complexities of delivering this nationalist painting to students, drawing upon archival research, theoretical inquiry and humour as working tools. Expect slides, gestures, deadpan delivery, and the quiet chaos of a single classroom rendered across two channels of 35mm projection.

The work forms part of a larger research project exploring artistic approaches to art history pedagogy and curricula development in UK higher education, led by Kat Cutler-MacKenzie.

This installation is part of the Drama, Theatre & Dance Summer Series organised by David Bullen.

Car parking

When you arrive for a College event at our Egham campus, please park in car parks 12 or 4.

Car park 12 can be accessed by turning right as you enter the main College gates and is located next to the tennis courts. If this car park is full, please drive further onto our campus to car park 4, which can be accessed by turning left at the mini-roundabout behind the Students’ Union. We would advise that you bring the College map to campus with you and give yourself plenty of time to park.

Blue Badge holders can find designated parking spaces in Car park 1W, as well as between Gardeners Lodge and the Williams Annexe. You can find these locations by looking at our campus map opposite. If you require any assistance on arrival, please contact our premises team in advance of your visit by emailing: premisesadmin@royalholloway.ac.uk and they will be happy to help.

Please note that we operate an Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) system on certain parts of our campus, however if you are here for an organised event, parking is unrestricted for event guests in car parks 12, 4 or 14 (or display your blue badge permit if parking in a disabled bay). If you have any questions about parking, please email: premisesadmin@royalholloway.ac.uk