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'Elders, 2046: For Living and Dying Otherwise' is a fantasy radio soap opera set in the lost trans care home of the future, featuring performers Krishna Istha, Chavala Saris Adam, Mijke van der Drift, Munesu Mukombe,
Bri Leung and Ray Vincent Mills.
The year is 2046. The NHS (National Health Service) has collapsed, care has been capitalised, and medical transition outlawed. A group of trans abolitionists found a secret commune within the walls of an abandoned care home. Calling their new home 'Glamour House', they begin to organise and adopt new (and old) ways of caring, to give themselves and their comrades a good life and, when it's time, a good death.
A tale of radical kinship, survival and care, but with the hallmarks of all good soap operas: romance, drama, betrayal and repair.
The show features live performances of episodes from the soap, brought to life with a DIY foley soundtrack, geriatric drag, and a light up miniature model of Glamour House.
This work draws on recorded conversations with trans carers, squatters, sex workers, housing activists, dementia care specialists, death care workers, artists and disabled abolitionists about reimagining the British care home, held during a workshop series at Gasworks in 2026, funded by The City Bridge Foundation.
Elders, 2046 is a project by the artist Jaunts and Dr Ravi Piccus of XYZ Projects. It was developed with artist-writer Maz Murray, model-maker Scar, and ethnographic set designer Public Dreaming, and produced by Kamari Romeo.
It is an Unlimited UK Partner Award commission.
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Past Events:
The Ageing Salon
6th of July: London
The Ageing Salon
9th of July: Remote
Recordings: coming soon.
The Ageing Salon was Funded by Consortium LGBT