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The Contagion Cabaret

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The Contagion Cabaret and Contagion Camerata events brought together a cast of actors, scientists and literary researchers for an inventive illustration of infectious extracts from plays and music, past and present. Read more on the TORCH website and see the full archive below.

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The Contagion Cabaret: The Film (and Post Show Decontamination!)

25 June 2020
The Contagion Cabaret is a brilliant irreverent look at plagues and pandemics, past and present--and now it's also a film!
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The Contagion Cabaret

20 June 2017
The Constructing Scientific Communities and Diseases of Modern Life projects are taking part in the Oxfordshire Science Festival with The Contagion Cabaret.
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Join us for a Contagion Camerata

02 January 2018
Local students have been working with Dr John Traill (University of Oxford) to compose musical pieces about science and medicine. For inspiration, the students attended the Contagion Cabaret at Oxford's Curiosity Carnival in September.
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Contagion Cabaret, Meet our Student Composers video

23 January 2018
Interviews with local students who composed music around themes of contagion, medicine, and science.
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Full video from Contagion Camerata

16 February 2018
This is the full video from our Contagion Camera event from 2 February, 2018. See more at Contagion Camerata
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The Contagion Cabaret at the Science Museum (London)

30 April 2018
Last night The Contagion Cabaret brought its infectious entertainment to audiences at the Science Museum's 'Superbugs' Late.
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The Contagion Cabaret at the British Academy

24 May 2018
If you missed previous performances of The Contagion Cabaret, catch it* at the British Academy on May 24th!