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Since the summer of 2022, Chimera has been brewing a new performance about, with and for medical students. It's about an important rite of passage into medical professionalism: students' first encounter with the body of a deceased donor as part of their learning of Anatomy. This can be an emotional experience: existential and ethical anxiety mix with awe, wonder and morbid fascination. We're drawing from observations and interviews with first year medical students about their time in the King's iconic Dissecting Rooms. Our plan is that medical students will also be our first audience, with the performance offering an opportunity to reflect back on this seminal experience and to discuss how it might impact their interactions with living patients in the future.  We have shared early versions at the Science Gallery London (March 2023 - see below), Lincoln Arts Centre, and the Old Operating Theatre Museum (March 2024). Expect more performances from Spring 2025.