Brian Lobel is currently a Churchill Fellow and a British Academy Mid-Career Research Fellow, awarded for his 20+ years working in Arts & Health. Brian has created work internationally in a range of contexts, from Harvard Medical School, to Sydney Opera House, to the National Theatre and Lagos Theatre Festival. Brian has worked regularly with people living with and beyond cancer and other serious illnesses, including Fun with Cancer Patients, BALL & Other Funny Stories About Cancer, A Pacifist’s Guide to the War on Cancer (with Bryony Kimmings), There is a Light: BRIGHTLIGHT, and Sex with Cancer (with Joon Lynn Goh). His book Theatre& Cancer was published in 2019, and his new book, Sex with Cancer will be published by Jessica Kingsley Publishing in 2027. His interactive and curatorial work includes Cruising for Art, Hora/Ruach, BINGE and Purge.

Brian is an Emeritus Wellcome Trust Public Engagement Fellow and the co-founder of The Sick of the Fringe and Sex with Cancer

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