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Corpsing Theatre presents Knock Down, the Life and Times of John Tabernacle – SET 91
31 October 2025 @ 17:30 – 19:00
Corpsing Theatre Company presents Knock Down, the Life and Times of John Tabernacle, a new experimental theatre show led by Middleton Maddocks. John Tabernacle has died and been reincarnated as a building. Join us from inside his head as he is troubled by his past…
About the performance
Drawing inspiration from folk plays, Tanztheater, and pantomime, Knock Down is a playful and often comedic exploration of associations. Written for SET 91 on Tabernacle Street, the performance responds directly to the space and its possibilities, blending absurdity and physicality, and inviting the audience into a world that is at once uncanny, humorous, and immersive.
Performers and creative team
Middleton Maddocks – Writer, Director, Performer (@gm.say.it.back)
Saul Smith – Performer (@saul_sennen)
Dashiell Cummins – Performer (@dashiellcummins)
Felix FFK – Performer (@felixffk)
Alex Heard – Performer (@alexheardalloneword)
Mack Pegram – Performer (@thepegramcollection)
Sasha Ahuja – Performer (@sashaahuja_)
Show details:
- Dates/times: 31 October – 2 November, 6:00 PM (doors 5:30 PM; latecomers will not be admitted)
- Location: 91 Tabernacle Street, London EC2A 4JN
- Length: Approx. 45 minutes
- Age Guidance: 14+ (must be accompanied by an adult)
- Content Warnings: flashing lights, loud sounds
Tickets, pricing and accessibility information:
Concession tickets are £8 (students, unwaged, senior citizens, children under 16, those receiving benefits, NHS workers, disabled visitors, and SET Associate Members).
Standard tickets are £10.
Please note that we want to make this show as inclusive as possible, so if you face any barriers to purchasing a ticket, please email corpsing@proton.me
The performance takes place on the ground level with step-free access. For additional accessibility information, please contact the same email as above.
About Corpsing Theatre
Corpsing Theatre Company, led by Middleton Maddocks, creates experimental, collaborative works that blur the boundaries between performance, autofiction, and everyday life. Previous shows include Substantive Archival Challenges, which observed an all-male guerrilla theatre troupe putting on clandestine productions. Collaboratively, Maddocks and the performers explored surveillance, Stanislavsky, content creation, archetypes, and pagan folk plays, building a playful world where the Id is unleashed, analysed, and reordered.
Middleton Maddocks is an artist working in various modalities. Their practice spans mapping, language, nonsense-making, and symbolic personal histories. Middleton completed their BA at Goldsmiths in 2023 and a residency at Open School East 2024.
About SET 91:
SET 91 is SET’s first in-house curated contemporary arts gallery, located in Old Street. Dedicated to supporting early-career contemporary artists, the gallery provides a non-profit platform for experimentation, collaboration, and the presentation of new work beyond commercial pressures. Keep up to date with SET 91’s curated programme on Instagram at @set91set.
Poster design by Callum Bridge (@ellery3000)