Who We Are

Kakilang produces and presents world-class interdisciplinary art from a wide spectrum of Southeast and East Asian voices. We pioneer work across multiple art forms and showcase artists working at the intersection of diverse practices.

Kakilang was founded in 2005 and became a National Portfolio Organisation supported by Arts Council England in 2018. Since then we have partnered with the Barbican, Southbank Centre, Rich Mix, Soho Theatre, The Place, Horizon, Leicester Curve, York Theatre Royal, Cambridge Junction, Oxford Contemporary Music, LSO St Luke’s, BFI, Young Vic, Tamasha, Dance Umbrella, and more.

Kakilang (自己人), meaning ‘one of us’ in the Hokkien dialect, embodies the sense of kinship and connection we foster within East and Southeast Asian diasporic communities. For us, Kakilang represents people coming together through art, championing diverse voices and shared experiences.

We continue to expand our ambition, scale, and reach, platforming more East and Southeast Asian artists while pushing boundaries in both live and digital work. Recently, we were awarded Arts Council England’s Digital Culture Award (Storytelling) which secured our position as a pioneer in digital innovation.

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Our Vision

Coming Together Through Art

  • We bring people together through art.

  • We build art that demands Equality.

  • We create with artists at the core.

  • We generate a space where art forms intersect, inspire, play with and talk to each other.

  • We raise awareness, and seek ways to address larger global issues, by engaging people through the arts.