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SR7.PMH[\"menu\"] = {cn:100,state:false,fn: function() { if (window._tpt!==undefined && window._tpt.prepareModuleHeight !== undefined) {  _tpt.prepareModuleHeight({id:\"menu\",el:[200,200,200,160,160],type:'hero',shdw:'0',gh:[200,200,200,160,160],gw:[1240,1240,1024,778,480],vpt:['-200px&#039;,&#039;-200px&#039;,&#039;-200px&#039;,&#039;-200px&#039;,&#039;-200px'],size:{fullWidth:true, fullHeight:false},mh:'0',onh:0,onw:0,bg:{color:'{\"orig\":\"transparent\",\"type\":\"solid\",\"string\":\"transparent\"}'},plType:'-1',plColor:'#333333'});   SR7.PMH[\"menu\"].state=true;} else if(SR7.PMH[\"menu\"].cn-->0)\tsetTimeout( SR7.PMH[\"menu\"].fn,19);}};SR7.PMH[\"menu\" ].fn();\n\t\t\t\t<\/script>\n<\/div>\n\n<div style=\"height:111px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n<p class=\"has-x-large-font-size\"><strong><strong>The Stories We Carry Home<\/strong><\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:25%\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-columns has-dark-brown-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-44bd2dc5610d5bad0dd4a9f5a41ce8a8 is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\"><div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:25%\"><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\"><div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-tiled-gallery aligncenter is-style-rectangular\"><div class=\"\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__gallery\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__row\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__col\" style=\"flex-basis:100.00000%\"><figure class=\"tiled-gallery__item\"><img decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/viniciussalles.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/lamding-1024x731.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=600&#038;ssl=1 600w,https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/viniciussalles.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/lamding-1024x731.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=900&#038;ssl=1 900w,https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/viniciussalles.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/lamding-1024x731.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=1200&#038;ssl=1 1200w,https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/viniciussalles.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/lamding-1024x731.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=1500&#038;ssl=1 1500w,https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/viniciussalles.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/lamding-1024x731.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=1800&#038;ssl=1 1800w,https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/viniciussalles.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/lamding-1024x731.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=2000&#038;ssl=1 2000w\" alt=\"photo by Elina Pasok\" data-height=\"1500\" data-id=\"2808\" data-link=\"https:\/\/viniciussalles.co.uk\/?attachment_id=2808\" data-url=\"https:\/\/viniciussalles.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/lamding-1024x731.jpg\" data-width=\"2100\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/viniciussalles.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/lamding-1024x731.jpg?ssl=1\" data-amp-layout=\"responsive\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Open image 1 of 1 in full-screen\"\/><\/figure><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:25%\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-columns has-dark-brown-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-2448716e218f5279c7b88a6f9560df55 is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\"><div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\"><div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><p style=\"font-size:21px\"><strong>At the very beginning of the show, the shopkeeper tells the customers: <\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p style=\"font-size:21px\"><strong>&#8220;<em>You know\u2026 I think these items here don&#8217;t trigger the stories of others, but our own\u2026<\/em>&#8220;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p>There are shops that sell items. And there are shops that sell the invisible and the immaterial, which is precisely what <em>The Shop for Mortals and All Fools<\/em> offers its customers: stories shaped into items that continue living even after the show has finished.<\/p>\n\n<p>Now, for the first time, the shop has begun selling a collection of blind boxes. Buyers do not know what they are purchasing until the box is finally opened. Each sealed box contains a unique handmade piece created in collaboration with Anita Wadworth, Alzira Salles, Bronia Kupczyk and Elina Pasok. Each holds a story, a secret, something to be completed by its owner.<\/p>\n\n<p>The blind boxes function as extensions of the performance itself, allowing fragments of the stories inside the show to travel into people\u2019s lives.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\"><div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><p>Hidden somewhere beside the River Thames, behind curtains and pagan rituals, <em>The Shop for Mortals and All Fools<\/em> does not behave like a traditional theatre production, but instead subverts old stories into new perspectives. Customers do not simply attend. They enter. They wander. They listen. They exchange. They purchase. They leave carrying residues of stories that only they can trace back to their origins.<\/p>\n\n<p>The boxes contain amulets, relics of mortal desire, handmade purses, candles and other small works connected to the narrative world of <em>The Bacchae<\/em> and the mythology surrounding the Goddess Cybele. No two boxes are the same, and the contents only reveal themselves once opened. The shop presents the collection as an exploration of value, memory, ritual and imagination, asking whether meaning comes from the material itself, or from the stories people attach to the things they keep.<\/p>\n\n<p>&#8220;<em>And I\u2019m telling this story again, how many times have I repeated myself? And I will tell it again tomorrow, new order, same pain\u2026 I will.<\/em>&#8220;<\/p><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-columns has-dark-brown-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-2bd2609cc5ea46b3f539cd4a26b7f6df is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\"><div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:25%\"><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\"><div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/viniciussalles.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_4723_elinainfocus-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2809\" srcset=\"https:\/\/viniciussalles.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_4723_elinainfocus-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/viniciussalles.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_4723_elinainfocus-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/viniciussalles.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_4723_elinainfocus-100x150.jpg 100w, https:\/\/viniciussalles.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_4723_elinainfocus-512x768.jpg 512w, https:\/\/viniciussalles.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_4723_elinainfocus-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/viniciussalles.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_4723_elinainfocus-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/viniciussalles.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_4723_elinainfocus-350x525.jpg 350w, https:\/\/viniciussalles.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_4723_elinainfocus-scaled.jpg 1707w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">photo by Elina Pasok<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Curated Objects from Emmaus<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n<p>The Curated Items from Emmaus are assembled from second hand items sourced through the charity Emmaus. Items include a shoe box of photographs, a broken radio, a coat missing two buttons, a porcelain dog, and a rusted lock with no key. Within the shop, these items are presented as fragments of untold stories, encouraging people to consider who they once belonged to and why they were left behind.<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"998\" src=\"https:\/\/viniciussalles.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/amulets-1024x998.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2810\" srcset=\"https:\/\/viniciussalles.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/amulets-1024x998.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/viniciussalles.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/amulets-300x293.jpg 300w, https:\/\/viniciussalles.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/amulets-150x146.jpg 150w, https:\/\/viniciussalles.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/amulets-768x749.jpg 768w, https:\/\/viniciussalles.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/amulets-350x341.jpg 350w, https:\/\/viniciussalles.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/amulets.jpg 1285w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><strong>The Amulets of Absence<\/strong><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n<p>Handmade by the Brazilian artist Alzira Salles, The Amulets of Absence are collectible items sold sealed and anonymously, meaning buyers do not know which amulet they will receive. The collection is linked to the mythology of Cybele and focuses on themes of absence, protection, and personal symbolism. The amulets contain a range of materials including fragments of mirror, dried flowers, bells, threads, keys, and handwritten phrases. Each piece is unique.<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"920\" height=\"1006\" src=\"https:\/\/viniciussalles.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/relics_w_elinainfocus.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2811\" srcset=\"https:\/\/viniciussalles.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/relics_w_elinainfocus.jpg 920w, https:\/\/viniciussalles.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/relics_w_elinainfocus-274x300.jpg 274w, https:\/\/viniciussalles.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/relics_w_elinainfocus-137x150.jpg 137w, https:\/\/viniciussalles.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/relics_w_elinainfocus-702x768.jpg 702w, https:\/\/viniciussalles.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/relics_w_elinainfocus-350x383.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 920px) 100vw, 920px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">photo by Elina Pasok<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><strong><strong>The Relics of Mortal Desires<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n<p>Relics of Mortal Desire is a series of handmade blind box artefacts created by Elina Pasok for <em>The Shop for Mortals and All Fools<\/em>. Each box contains a unique handmade relic created from materials including plaster, clay, thread, paper, and natural fragments. The relics explore themes of desire, belonging, memory, and ritual. Buyers do not choose the relic directly, but receive a sealed item intended to function as a personal keepsake or talisman.<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"968\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/viniciussalles.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/mother-968x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2812\" srcset=\"https:\/\/viniciussalles.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/mother-968x1024.jpg 968w, https:\/\/viniciussalles.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/mother-283x300.jpg 283w, https:\/\/viniciussalles.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/mother-142x150.jpg 142w, https:\/\/viniciussalles.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/mother-726x768.jpg 726w, https:\/\/viniciussalles.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/mother-350x370.jpg 350w, https:\/\/viniciussalles.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/mother.jpg 1285w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 968px) 100vw, 968px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><strong><strong><strong>Mother<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n<p><em>Handmade purses from wool and cotton made by artist Anita Wadsworth.<\/em><\/p>\n\n<p>Every story needs a container, and every story needs to be told. A shared secret can reveal something previously hidden underneath. These purses are an invitation to tell stories before they disappear.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong>Tea for Mortals or Fools<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n<p>According to the shop, the teas are intended to encourage reflection, memory, and personal interpretation. There are two versions: Tea for Mortals and Tea for Fools, and the shop lets people decide which is which. The Tea for Mortals is associated with calm and introspection, while the Tea for Fools is presented as a more unpredictable variation. The shop does not fully explain the difference between them.<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"997\" src=\"https:\/\/viniciussalles.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/emmaus_elinainfocus-1024x997.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2813\" srcset=\"https:\/\/viniciussalles.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/emmaus_elinainfocus-1024x997.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/viniciussalles.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/emmaus_elinainfocus-300x292.jpg 300w, https:\/\/viniciussalles.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/emmaus_elinainfocus-150x146.jpg 150w, https:\/\/viniciussalles.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/emmaus_elinainfocus-768x748.jpg 768w, https:\/\/viniciussalles.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/emmaus_elinainfocus-1536x1496.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/viniciussalles.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/emmaus_elinainfocus-2048x1995.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/viniciussalles.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/emmaus_elinainfocus-350x341.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">photo by Elina Pasok<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong>Unfinished, Broken<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n<p>These items are designed to function as extensions of the performance itself. Fragments of the shop. Pieces of stories carried home. Unfinished fiction to unfold somewhere else. Here, reality becomes fragile, shaped by desire, belief, and imagination, slowly dissolving into unexpected dimensions. This has always been central to the philosophy of <em>The Shop for Mortals and All Fools<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n<p>And perhaps this is why customers continue returning. Not only to witness the shopkeeper\u2019s stories, but the world she opens around them. A place where people are invited to step forwards and backwards, knock three times, touch the wool, and sip the taste of the invisible. 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