Urlibido was a cabaret-style night for the ‘Open Glasgow’ section of Glasgow International. This one–off event was staged in the evocative eighteenth century setting of Sloans Grand Ballroom. Live events included a new performance work by Shelly Nadashi, called Affectionate Still, built around a few still objects, a puppet and a live performer, which examined the possibility of investing still objects with a soul and a will, and how these objects may then affect the performer. There was also a live performance by Susie Green inspired by the visions of Hildegard von Bingen, and new collaborative musical compositions by Cara Tolmie and Kimberley O’Neill using song, sampled sound and live performance. The ballroom was re-imagined through projected images of faces made up in 1920 and 30s period styles by make-up artist Morag Ross. Kim Coleman & Jenny Hogarth’s An Infusion of the Evening Air combined audience, performers, stage, seating, tables, curtains and lighting, rendering the mise-en-scène the material of the work. Live camera feeds heightened the sensual awareness of the staging of the event, re-framing the cabaret; a table acting as a stage, the stage performing as a spotlight, the spotlight functioning as ambient light, the performers and audience the subjects of a work created and re-presented live.