
Water Rituals is part ritual, part spell and part blind belief. A performer takes care to decorate, embellish and beautify an every day source of water, a sink, with materials they have gathered that same day from the banks of a local river. They also use these materials to perform water rituals that take place across the wider building.
Inspired by the practice of Well Dressing, nature superstition and the status of water as sacred across many cultures, can a cultural relationship with nature transform our resources from commodities into deeply alive and powerful presences? In a time of water stress, scarcity and waste is this act of effort absurdly futile or deeply hopeful?
Stanley Arts Centre, Arcadia Festival - Saturday 19th September 2026
CREDITS
Lead Artist + Producer - Katy Dye
Dramaturgy + Creative Collaborator - Tourism
Technical Assistant - Livvy Lynch
Photography - Holly Revell
Project funded by Arts Council England National Lottery and commissioned by Stanley Arts Centre. Supported by Battersea Arts Centre Make Space, SPILL Festival, New Diorama Theatre, BOLD Theatre, Harlow Playhouse and Wayne McGregor Studio FreeSpace Programme.











