BURNING DESIRES is a performance initiative formed by Edward Thomasson with support from Carolina Onagro. The initiative attempts to create contexts for people with a range of experience to explore their desire to perform. In performances, open workshops, and research projects, song, dance, spoken word, and enactment are used to explore how people try and fail to encounter each other.

The initiative centres around an evolving ensemble of performers including Adrian Quinton, Callum Murphy, Clara Andersson, Penelope Granycome, Simon Tipping, and Yasmine Holness-Dove. The group brings together an array of experiences: some members have formal training, while others come from more informal backgrounds. For many, performing is not their primary profession. The group shares an enduring desire to perform. Our first full length work The Whole Routine premiered in 2025 at London Performance Studios and toured to the Kunstverein in Hamburg. Forthcoming presentations of The Whole Routine in 2026 will be announced soon.

Burning Desires also organises open workshops. Working with strangers in a temporary, intimate setting, participants explore their own distinct ways into performance. Slippages, mistakes, and false starts are encouraged. More information about our next workshop here.

For more information please email burningdesires0000@gmail.com