In May 2026 Steve Boyland will mark his recent appointment as Arts Fellow at the Foro di Studi Avanzati with a performance/presentation at the Accademia Vivarium Novum in Rome. Like Images in a Mirror, is a new piece for solo voice based on the philosophical texts of Plotinus in a co-commission with Professor Panayiota Vassilopoulou of the University of Liverpool

The piece will also be presented later in the year as part of a series of events to commemorate the work of philosopher Mary Midgley, in a joint commission by the Universities of Durham and Liverpool.

2026 will also see a collaboration with artist Sean Scully at the Beckett;Lieben 2026 Festival in Liverpool in the premiere of a series of live responses to the artist’s new work, Tree for Godot.