Preventable
An installation from BÉZNĂ Theatre X INQUEST
Wed 10 Dec – Wed 17 Dec 2025, The Warehouse @ SCRUM Studios
A walk-through installation on state-related deaths created by Sînziana Cojocărescu (BÈZNĂ Theatre) in response to the INQUEST archive.
Presented as part of the INQUEST Artist Residency: Unjust Deaths project funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund.
Tickets:
FREE
Bring a flower for remembrance.
Opening hours:
Mon–Fri: 10am – 6pm
Sat 13th: 10am – 6pm
Sun: Closed
Address:
The Warehouse
SCRUM Studios, 191 Talgarth Road,
Hammersmith, London W6 8BJ
Step inside a warehouse transformed into a living archive. This immersive, walk-through installation traces the history of state-related deaths — stories of loss, resistance, and the long pursuit of justice.
The space invites touch, listening, and reflection. As you move through layers of case files, images, and testimony, you encounter fragments of lives cut short and the echoes that remain.
At its centre lies a shared gesture of mourning — a work that continues to grow with every visitor who enters. Preventable is a living record, built from grief, love, and the demand for justice.
Visitors are encouraged to allow 30 minutes to 1 hour to experience the installation and to give themselves space to grieve, reflect, and respond. If you wish, you may bring a flower or a bouquet to contribute to the artwork.
Preventable is the result of a three-month residency honouring those who have died as a result of state violence in Britain and amplifying the legacy of resistance led by bereaved families. Rooted in testimony, archival material, and community engagement, the work has been developed in close collaboration with INQUEST’s Family Reference Group, Memorialisation Working Group, Archive Research Volunteers, and staff.
The installation invites audiences to engage physically, emotionally, and politically with stories of state neglect, grief, and protest.
About the Team
BÈZNĂ Theatre
BÈZNĂ Theatre is an award-winning British-Romanian theatre collective that creates radical, visually striking theatre, encourages grassroots activism and exposes and resists institutionalised and normalised violences. Formed in Lincolnshire in 2013 and working on the frontline of Romanian and British political theatre and activism ever since, BÈZNĂ reclaims the theatre as an intersectional space of resistance, igniting dissent and empowering communities to speak back.
Artist: Sînziana Cojocărescu
Sînziana Cojocărescu is a London-based Romanian writer, director, and Artistic Director of BÉZNĂ Theatre. She leads interdisciplinary projects at the intersection of performance, research, field-work, and activism, focusing on colonialism, state crime, migration, and the arms trade.
Producer: Claire Gilbert
Claire Gilbert is an international theatre producer based in Essex. She has worked on projects in India, USA, Czechia, Romania, Germany and Portugal as well as across the UK and co-runs BÉZNĂ Theatre.
Exhibition Assistant: Felix Riemann
Special thanks to:
INQUEST staff, INQUEST’s Family Reference Group, Memorialisation Working Group, Archive Research Volunteers, Bishopsgate Institute, SCRUM Studios, Garden Court Chambers.
About Inquest
BÈZNĂ Theatre’s residency is part of our Unjust Deaths project that focuses on unlocking INQUEST’s archive and exploring ideas of memorialisation in response to state related deaths. Through this National Heritage Lottery Funded project, we seek to understand, document and circulate the ways that people resist, remember and create legacies for their families and friends who have died in state-related deaths.
The Preventable Installation is the result of a three-month residency to co-create a multimedia, walk-through installation that honours those who have died due to state violence in the UK and amplifies the legacy of resistance led by bereaved families. Rooted in testimony, archival material and community engagement, the work will be developed in close collaboration with INQUEST’s Family Reference Group, Memorialisation Working Group, Archive Research Volunteers and staff. The installation will invite audiences to engage physically, emotionally and politically with stories of state neglect, grief and protest, using video, voice, and participatory methods.
Programme
Preventable: BÉZNĂ Theatre X INQUEST Installation Launch
Tues 9 Dec, 7-9pm, The Warehouse @ SCRUM Studios
In conversation with Deborah Coles (INQUEST Director), Sînziana Cojocărescu (Lead Artist and Artistic Director, BÉZNĂ Theatre), and guests to be announced. Drinks and snacks provided.
Sponsored by Garden Court Chambers.
Between Action and the Archive: Engaging with INQUEST's archive in families' pursuit of justice
Wed 10 Dec, 6.30–8.30pm, The Warehouse @ SCRUM Studios
Herbs as Healing: Fire Cider Workshop
Sat 13 Dec, 2–4pm, The Warehouse @ SCRUM Studios
Film as Memorial: short film screening of Final Fall and Stitched Together
Tue 16 Dec, 6.30–8.30pm, The Warehouse @ SCRUM Studios
Venue Access Information
The Preventable installation and programmed events are taking place in our Warehouse space on our ground floor, which is step-free accessible.
This includes wheelchair accessible toilets and emergency exits.
To arrange an accessible parking space, please get in touch with our team at studios@scrumtheatre.co.uk.
For information about public transport links to SCRUM Studios, please see our page: Your visit