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= Killjoy's Kastle: A Lesbian Feminist Haunted House =

Killjoy's Kastle: A Lesbian Feminist Haunted House is an immersive walk-through installation and performance artwork by artists Deirdre Logue and Allyson Mitchell.

The large-scale installation and performance was inspired by carnival haunted houses, lesbian-feminist direct action, community theatre practices, and Christian hell houses.

Each installation was used camp aesthetics, performance, soundscapes, lighting design, live music, video projections, theatrical props, costuming and public interaction. The immersive art installation staged interactive scenarios through human-scale dioramas that visitors toured through, guided by their Demented Women's Studies professor, who narrated and guided the trip.

The installation has been presented in four cities so far Toronto, London, Los Angeles, and Philadelphia. Each installation was adapted to the city by using queer history and local artist from the LGBTTQIA communities.

Toronto (October 15 - 30th 2013)
The first installation was mounted at a rented space, 303 Lansdowne street in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It was supported by the Art Gallery of York University.

London (March 21-30th 2014)
A smaller version of the show traveled to the BFI in 2014

Los Angeles (October 16 - 30th 2015)
The third installation was located in West Hollywood at a community centre in Plummer Park. The installation was supported by ONE National Gay and Lesbian Archives. More than 50 performers from Canada and around the Los Angeles area participated.

The gift shop was organized by Echo Park's Otherwild.

Philadelphia
The latest iteration was present at the Icebox Project Space in 2019.

Recurring roles

 * Dead Lesbian Folk singers
 * Zombie Valarie Solanas
 * Riot Ghouls (inspired by Riot Girls)
 * Paranormal Consciousness Raisers ( based on 1970's women's consciousness raising circles)
 * The personification of Intersectionality
 * Three-headed Internet troll
 * Polyamorous vampirc grannies
 * The Ball Buster
 * Demented Women's studies professors

In popular culture
The term feminist killjoy was popularized by cultural theorist Sarah Ahmed originating in her 2010 essay “The Promise of Happiness.