Voila! Festival 2025 | You Look Okay To Me by Junk Theatre

You Look Okay To Me is a theatrical autopsy of chronic illness, existing as a collage of fragmented conversations, medical encounters and direct audience address. The script blends naturalism with absurdity to reflect the unpredictable, disorienting nature of chronically ill life, urging those untouched by illness to consider what that interruption feels like.

Accessibility for the actors is embedded into the script; rests are written into the show and occur on stage as part of the narrative. Through absurdism, dark humour, and moments of vulnerability, audiences are invited to examine how invisible suffering can be misunderstood. Many chronically ill people perform wellness to survive. This show peels back that layer, offering an unfiltered, intimate, and sometimes absurd exploration of what it means to be unwell in a productivity-obsessed world.

Credits

Presented by Junk Theatre

Director: Niko Krieger

Writer: Anna van Miert

Set Design: Grace Farrow-Moore

Sound Design: Kamran Afshar

Lighting Design: Mila Mussatt

Stage Manager: Ella Godbold-Holmes

Cast
Pain: Anna van Miert
Girl: Anna van Miert
Bacteria: Joshua Urquhart
Guy: Joshua Urquhart
Doctor: Joshua Urquhart

Audience Responses:

'I’ve never had a piece of art resonate with me in such a way. It touched nerves that have never been touched before.'

'Funny, painful and thought provoking.'

'It put all the ideas and thoughts i’ve had in my head for the last few years into words.'

'The show represents the difficulty and non-onesidedness of navigating a relationship alongside illness'

'Beautifully insane'

'This play will go far. It has so much potential in terms of what it says about invisible illness but also in terms of theatre industry and practices around work and labour. It's really special.'

About this Performance

Age Recommendation: This performance is recommended for ages 14+

Warnings: This performance contains strong language, sudden loud noises and graphic descriptions of chronic pain.

Language: This performance is performed in English.

Running time: This performance is 75 minutes long with no interval

Accessibility

See our Accessibility Guide for information about access in our venue.

Find out more about Anna van Miert / Junk Theatre

Anna Van Miert is an Offie-nominated performer, writer, and co-founder of Junk Theatre. We craft original performances that tackle claustrophobic and inescapable scenarios, blending energetic performances with sharp social critique. Anna's creative practice is shaped by her lived experience of chronic illness, an illness she contracted in 2019 due to medical negligence. Writing became a therapeutic outlet that evolved into a way to spark wider conversations about representation. Anna aims to create work that serves as both entertainment and advocacy. She recently completed an MA Performance at Rose Bruford, where she found her passion for performative writing and metatheatre.

Instagram: @Junk_theatre

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Voila! Festival

Voila! 2025 will continue to curate a wide range of cultures, stories, and aesthetics with challenge and change in the spotlight. Wherever it’s happening, whoever is making it happen, and whatever language it’s using, this vibrant programme of international talents brings together outposts, hubs, individuals, vanguards and burgeoning theatrical energy.

The 2025 festival will take place 3rd-23rd November 2025, in venues across London. We are returning with our Theatre Deli Voila! Residency and will once again serve as the festival's artists hub, welcoming audiences and artists to share our space to create and connect.