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In November 2017, East London’s Grade II listed Wilton’s Music Hall — the oldest Grand Music Hall in the world — opened its doors to Storybox: Tales of Absence, ‘What Ifs’ and Salvation, an exhibition of new work by members of The Storybox Collective inspired by Wilton’s archive.

Wilton’s archive holds not only the history of the building and its surroundings, but also traces of the many people who have walked its floors and treaded its boards. The Storybox Collective were named by the V&A as the first researchers granted access to Wilton’s paper archive.

Themes uncovered and reinterpreted by the Collective include: the women of Wilton’s; tea and Christianity; textiles and identity; and the handwritten sermon notes of the Reverend Tom Collins — transformed into words that question and subvert their own meaning



Exhibition: 
Storybox: Tales of Absence, ‘What Ifs’ and Salvation
3 - 25 November 2027




Above: Work on display in the John Wilton Room at Wilton’s as part of the Storybox: Tales of Absence, ‘What Ifs’ and Salvation exhibition. 
Above: Founding members of The Storybox Collective pictured at the Private View to celebrate the opening of the exhibition.

Left: composite image from the promotional campaign for Storybox: Tales of Absence, ‘What Ifs’ and Salvation exhibition. 
Above: Tea and Christianity 

Above: The Wiltons Whisperer
Display case with artefacts and images from the archive that inspired The Storybox Collective members
Above: ‘Absence’ story box 

The Mousie Music Hall
‘What Ifs’ story box
A trio of images: Mysteries, Murders and Music Halls
Salvation story box