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Kakilang @kakilangarts.bsky.social · 6d

Join us on Monday, 20th of October, for a night full of laughter! 🎭😂
🎟️ https://loom.ly/W1lS00o

Kakilang @kakilangarts.bsky.social · 12d

Some exclusive BTS shots from Prayer for a Hungry Ghost rehearsals at Centre 151! 👻✨
If you haven’t got your tickets yet, be quick — they’re selling like hot cakes! 🔥

Wed 29 Oct - Sat 1Nov
The Pit at Barbican
7:45pm
🎟️ www.kakilang.org.uk/hungryghost

Kakilang @kakilangarts.bsky.social · 13d

Don’t miss our amazing Little TASTE host @contains_mild_peril bringing the chaos to @thedivineldn this evening!

🎟️ Last few tickets left — grab yours now! https://loom.ly/VHkGtb8
⏰ Doors: 7:30pm | Show: 8:00pm

See you there for a night of mayhem and magic! ✨

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Kakilang @kakilangarts.bsky.social · 18d

The lineup is set. The mic is ready. Are YOU? 🎶👊
Grab your tickets now and see you on Tuesday 7th Oct at The Divine, London. 💋
www.outsavvy.com/event/29506/...

Kakilang @kakilangarts.bsky.social · 20d

We’ve got a packed October at Kakilang — with exciting shows, creative workshops, and plenty to share with our community. Check out what’s on at www.kakilang.org.uk/events-calendar
We’d love to see you there! - Part2/2

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Kakilang @kakilangarts.bsky.social · 20d

We’ve got a packed October at Kakilang — with exciting shows, creative workshops, and plenty to share with our community. Check out what’s on at www.kakilang.org.uk/events-calendar
We’d love to see you there! - part 1/2

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Kakilang @kakilangarts.bsky.social · 20d

✨Host Alert✨
Our Little TASTE Host is Mild Peril - a genderfuck Asian drag powerhouse serving camp, sex & satire.

Tuesday 7th oct, The Divine. Doors 7:30pm Show 8pm.
Don't miss it!
🎟️ www.outsavvy.com/event/29506/...

Kakilang @kakilangarts.bsky.social · 21d

✨Meet AJ Yi (they/them) our final artist for Little TASTE - Olivier-nominated writer, sapphic songwriter & piano crooner with a dykey twist. Laugh, reflect & be seduced by nostalgia.✨

🗓️ Tue 7 Oct 📍The Divine 💷 £7
🎟️ www.outsavvy.com/event/29506/...
Come and join in the fun!

Kakilang @kakilangarts.bsky.social · 24d

✨Meet our 4th Little TASTE artist: Jacqui Bardelang aka Sigi Moonlight ✨
Drag king, boylesque performer & actor seen at BBC3, Netflix's I Like To Watch, Pride, Glastonbury & The Bitten Peach.

🗓️Tues 7 oct at The Divine - £7 only
www.outsavvy.com/event/29506/...

Kakilang @kakilangarts.bsky.social · 26d

🌟 Meet Pear Nuallak — dug out from a Croydon hill, raised by Thai multi-hyphenates, now an artist, writer & critic working on damp & hateful things across London’s bogs. Debut book: Pearls from their Mouth (2022).
Tickets 👇
www.outsavvy.com/event/29506/...
#LittleTASTE #PearNuallak #PerformanceArt

Kakilang @kakilangarts.bsky.social · 27d

✨ Little TASTE presents Jiayi Chen — award-winning UK-based Chinese artist & founder of The Great Her Collective, amplifying East Asian women’s voices through performance & visual art.

📅 Tue 7 Oct | 📍 The Divine | 💷 £7
www.outsavvy.com/event/29506/...

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Kakilang @kakilangarts.bsky.social · 28d

🌟 First up for Little TASTE: Anna Watanabe 🌟
Tokyo-born, London-based dancer + movement artist. Her work weaves improvisation + atmosphere into a language beyond words.

📅 Tue 7 Oct | 📍 @The Divine | 🎟️ £7 www.outsavvy.com/event/29506/...

✨ ESEA queer brilliance — don’t miss it! 🌈🔥

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Kakilang @kakilangarts.bsky.social · Sep 18

Kakilang @kakilangarts.bsky.social · Sep 18

🚨 Exciting news! 🚨

We’re thrilled to welcome Ruth Holdsworth as Kakilang’s new Executive Director & Co-CEO, joining Howl Yuan in leading us into our next chapter. 👏

Read more about Ruth’s journey and vision 👇
bit.ly/46JGgJq

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Kakilang @kakilangarts.bsky.social · Sep 3

Prayers for A Hungry Ghost – 5 Elements Movement Workshop
Sat 13 Sep | 11–4pm | £5 | Shoreditch Townhall

A movement practice for actors, dancers + physical theatre makers. Explore Wu Xing (Five Elements) to awaken a responsive, expressive body.

Book here bit.ly/3UYNyCK

Kakilang @kakilangarts.bsky.social · Aug 28

🍂 White Dew, soft-shell crab 🦀—a tender shift to autumn.
Kakilang’s 2025 season begins:

✨ Featured works: housing crisis video art, ghostly family trauma, a modern Mountains & Seas, youth music/dance, comedy, workshop & more.
🌏 Global: The Butterfly Project in Japan
www.kakilang.org.uk/season2025

Kakilang @kakilangarts.bsky.social · Aug 21

After a fab debut, Little TASTE is back on Tue 7th Oct 2025 at The Divine, hosted by Mild Peril.

We’re seeking 5 ESEA queer artists to share 10/15 min WIP pieces in any performance medium. Each artist will receive £100.

Apply by Fri 12th Sept 2025. Email [email protected]

Kakilang @kakilangarts.bsky.social · Aug 18

Coffee @ the Fringe ☕

Thu 22 Aug, 12pm · Studio 2 Dance Space
Meet Howl, Joey + our team for caffeine & conversation to fuel your Fringe journey.

Free, all welcome → https://loom.ly/rG2X4D4

Kakilang @kakilangarts.bsky.social · Aug 8

📱🎶 Want to create content using just your phone?

Join Creative Lab Youth for a FREE workshop on film, writing & music!
📅 Mon 18 Aug | ⏰ 10am–1pm
📍 Hoxton Hall
With creatives Dan Tsu (Lyrix Organix) & Brannon Yau (filmmaker, Photographer)
🔗 Sign up: https://www.kakilang.org.uk/creativelabyouth

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Kakilang @kakilangarts.bsky.social · Aug 6

🎭✨ Creative Lab Youth: workshop 1 Costume & Movement
🗓 Mon 14 Aug, 10am–1pm
📍 Hoxton Hall | Ages 12–18|

Explore how fabric + movement tell powerful stories on stage with artists Phoebe Shu-Ching Chan & Xiaoyi Tong. No experience needed!

🔗 Sign up now: www.kakilang.org.uk/creativelaby...

Kakilang @kakilangarts.bsky.social · Aug 6

Join us for an informal Q&A online TODAY (Wednesday, 6th August) at 5pm, where Howl and Joey will be on hand to chat and answer anything you’d like to know about the Associate Artistic Director role.

We’d love to see you there!
meet.google.com/dpj-ppkn-bkk

Kakilang @kakilangarts.bsky.social · Aug 4

Thinking of applying for our Associate Artistic Director – Visual Arts position? Got a few questions?

Join our Q&A online, Wed 6th August 5pm where Howl and Joey will be on hand to chat and answer anything you’d like to know about the role.

See you there! https://meet.google.com/dpj-ppkn-bkk

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Kakilang @kakilangarts.bsky.social · Jul 23

🚨 First-ever Creative Lab Youth is here!

This August at Hoxton Hall 🎭
4 cool workshops for 12–18s – from video + costume to performance + more.
💷 £3 each or 4 for £10 deal
Only 15 spots per session – sign up now!
https://www.kakilang.org.uk/creativelabyouth

#CreativeLabYouth #summerworkshops

Kakilang @kakilangarts.bsky.social · Jul 18

Mountains and Seas – Song of Today
山海 · 今日之歌
In collaboration with Kakilang
By Xie Rong & @danielyorkloh.bsky.social

A bold new performance blending myth, music, dance & art.
Exploring climate crisis, activism & identity.

📍 Dec 3–6 at Omnibus Theatre
🎟️ https://loom.ly/09x660M
📸 James Baker

Kakilang @kakilangarts.bsky.social · Jul 17

A very late—but very joyful—announcement 🎉

Meet our 2024 commission + seed fund artists:
👻 Elisabeth Gunawan & KISS WITNESS
🌀 Xin and JJ
🌊 Eelyn Lee
🎭 ShayShay @shayshayshow.bsky.social

Thank you to all who applied.
Full announcement - kakilang.org.uk/commissions

#OpenCall2024 #Latepost