Meet the Team

Kakilang has an innovative artist-led leadership model that puts creative people in the driving seat, enabling us to access a wide range of creative ideas, inspiration and art forms and ensures that all decision making is artistically-centred. This is a new model that challenges traditional practice that we hope will inspire others. The Artistic/Associate Artistic Directors from diverse creative backgrounds work to push artistic boundaries and curate the biannual cross-artform festival.

Howl Cheng-Po Yuan

Artistic Director and Co-Chief Executive
Howl (he/him) is a cultural worker and performance maker. With the experiences in research and practice, Howl’s artworks focus on transcultural identity, mobility, space/place/site, and decolonised discourse. Howl’s works and projects span different formats but are primarily performance-based, presented in numerous venues and festivals.
Alongside his artistic practices, Howl also has rich curatorial experience to facilitate transcultural arts exchange such as Artists Home Swap and championing marginalised voices such as Migration Matters Festival, which was recognised with the Sheffield Community Award.
https://howlyuan.com/
Daniel York Loh

Associate Artistic Director
Daniel (he/him) is a writer, filmmaker, performer, and musician. His stage plays include The Fu Manchu Complex (Ovalhouse) and Forgotten 遗忘 (Arcola and Plymouth Theatre Royal, 2018). He contributed to the award-winning essay collection The Good Immigrant. His short films include Mercutio’s Dreaming, Dream of Emerald Hill, Hall of Mirrors, and Laid, which won ‘Best Science-Fiction Film’ at Cannes Shorts.
Recent work includes performances in Invisible Harmony 无形的和谐 (South Bank Centre), Living Newspaper (Royal Court), and Silent Disco In The Sky (Northern Stage). He also wrote and directed Asian Exclusion Act (East 15 Acting School).
He co-founded Moongate Productions, which curates projects like We R Not Virus 2, supported by Arts Council England.
https://www.danielyorkloh.com/
Joey Jepps

Interim-Co Executive Director/General Manager
Joey (he/him) is a mixed Japanese/British theatre practitioner, joining Kakilang as General Manager. He previously worked as Production Coordinator for London Theatre Company, working across 8 productions at the Bridge Theatre, including Guys & Dolls.
Joey is also an associate artist with Undone Theatre, where he is currently developing The Butterfly Project, a new documentary-theatre piece using opera & autobiography to explore diasporic identity & racial (mis)representation.
Sandy Wan

Head of Marketing & Audience Development
Sandy (she/her), a British Chinese marketing professional, brings over 20 years of experience, primarily in the B2B industry, with a recent focus on the arts and culture sector. In her first freelance role as a Marketing Outreach Officer at Southbank Centre, she spent three years promoting the "China Changing Festival," showcasing East Asian talent, and leading campaigns to engage ESEA communities in London and surrounding cities, fostering greater inclusivity in the arts.
Outside of work, Sandy is a mum to two teenagers, a chihuahua dog mum, and an avid baker.
Katrina Man

Arts & Community Producer
Katrina (she/her) is a curator and arts producer specialising in contemporary art. She works part-time at Kakilang, focusing on Southeast and East Asian creatives and communities, and is passionate about making the arts more inclusive and sustainable.
Diana Cheung

Producer
Diana (she/her) is an interdisciplinary producer from Hong Kong, with a broad background in producing cross-disciplinary works spanning music, dance, film, large-scale festivals, and participatory productions. She is dedicated to supporting and uplifting South and Southeast Asian artists. Diana has been behind a number of exciting and impactful projects, including Freespace Jazz Fest (Hong Kong), ifva – the incubator for film and visual media in Asia (Hong Kong), Mayfest 2022 (Bristol), and Festival for Our Future 2023 (Bristol). Diana thrives on fostering collaboration across cultures and disciplines, showcasing and uplifting creative communities globally.