Illuminations: Theatre production and panel discussion on sickle cell and anti-racism in medicine.

UCL Pathology Society is excited to host 'Illuminations'. A live theatre production and documentary footage followed by panel discussion on sickle cell and anti-racism in medicine. FREE to attend with ticketed entry. 

"Sickle cell is a lifelong, inherited blood condition affecting around 20,000 people in the UK, people mostly of Black African or Caribbean heritage. In this condition, blood cells become crescent-shaped and can block blood flow. People with sickle cell suffer "crises" – unpredictable episodes of severe pain. Healthcare for people living with sickle cell crisis is widely recognised as inadequate, and often worsens than suffering.

Illuminations is a new theatre production and documentary film emerging from 18 months of ethnographic research into sickle cell crisis care in East London. Through interviews and observations the study has illuminated what good care looks like for people living with sickle cell – and the barriers that remain.

This project translates lived experience into performance, creating an opportunity for dialogue between people living with sickle cell, healthcare professionals, and the wider public."