11:00 am, October 18 2026
Backyard Comedy Club, Bethnal Green
Speaker: Adela Apetroaia
Poet: Kay Scorah
Halloween is the ideal time to confront the things that scare us, including our own minds. What if getting to know our monsters can help us better understand ourselves, our relationships and what we really want?
Adela Apetroaia – lecturer, writer and psychotherapist – returned to Sunday Assembly London for a playful exploration of our inner demons. Drawing on dream work, existential kink and internal family systems, she explained the hidden motivations and inner conflicts lurking in the shadows. If you’ve never confronted your negative emotions by visualising them, personifying them, interrogating them or singing about them, give it a try!
We also got to enjoy Sunday Assembly London’s own Kay Scorah putting the poet into poltergeist with original poems about ghosting, love and witches.
Our singalongs
As usual, there were four pop songs performed by our Sunday Assembly London band and connected to today’s theme and Halloween. Three of them were from Sunday Assembly’s founding year:
- Wake Me Up – Avicii (2013)
- Riptide – Vance Joy (2013)
- Demons – Imagine Dragons (2013)
- Time Warp – from The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)
Community craft session
This assembly was followed by a Hallowe’en themed community craft session led by our Community Lead Tanya.
About Sunday Assembly London
Sunday Assembly London is your regular and reliable stop for a welcoming, accessible and inspiring Sunday community, where you can hear talks and poetry, sing songs and make new friends.
Stay after for tea, biscuits, and chat in the Backyard Comedy Club. Then join us for a local meal, picnic, or a drink and card games at the pub.
→ Our next assembly: Rogue Opera, 1st November
← Our previous assembly: Rainbow Plaques, 4th October