Multi-faceted performer, sex worker, kink educator and activist Ron Hades discusses with Daruma their rope and sex work journey, kink as a political act, and why it’s essential to understand the origins of what we’re practicing.

Daruma presenter and consent educator Ella talks to us about their path, their upcoming consent workshops and play parties at Daruma this spring, and why they believe consent is the first building block in rebuilding society in decolonial, anti-capitalist ways.

Daruma was thrilled to welcome its first ever performance: Burgundy Rose’s Surrender: a dynamic, visceral self-suspension performance that explores the relationship between art and surrender through minimalistic rope, virtuosic spins, and contorted shapes in midair.