Kakilang Productions

19th June - 13th July 2024

  • A musician leans towards the camera while playing an electric guitar

    The Dao of Unrepresentative British Chinese Experience

    Is it easier to follow the ‘Dao’ of ancient Chinese philosopher Zhuangzi, cop out and dream you’re a butterfly? Or be a butterfly dreaming of being ‘Chinese’?

Past Productions

  • Four performers appear on stage, closed in a narrow space by two glass neon walls

    Saving Face

    Four office colleagues hiding in plain sight discover what happens when buried things come up for air. Invisible illness and private struggle might make you relatable, but maybe just do your job, ok?

  • Four performers stand on a stage, three play musical instruments while a man stands behind a microphone

    Every dollar is a soldier/with money you’re a dragon

    A powerful lament on the immigrant experience.

  • State-less 無國界

    A new exhibition examines the world through installations, moving images, photography and interactive works of internationally acclaimed Southeast and East Asian artists.

  • A man stands in the centre of a digital woodland scene with his arms outstretched.

    Home X

    Dance performance meets cutting edge technology in this live show created with artists in London and Hong Kong.

  • A montage of three different selections of Chinese food.

    Low Carbon Chinatown 低碳唐人街

    Come join us in tackling the Climate Crisis with food and cooking!

  • A hand holds up a mobile phone displaying the Augmented Chinatown 2.0 app, with Chinese lanterns in the background

    Augmented Chinatown 2.0

    A live, immersive audio tour through Chinatown with augmented reality visuals and miniature dramas behind the facades.

  • Every dollar is a soldier/with money you're a dragon - Digital

    Join us for a virtual promenade performance inside the Kakilang X TWO TEMPLE PLACE digital art gallery.

  • Two women sit at a table in bar having a conversation

    Overheard

    You’re in a bar, or is it a cafe, a restaurant? Either way you start catching snatches of conversation….

  • Five artists stand together, holding their instruments

    Coalesce 东弦西渐

    A unique night featuring the talents of post-90s Chinese poet, Yu Yoyo, and the CAN Collective.

  • Two women sit at a table in a restaurant, raising a glass of champagne in the air

    Citizens of Nowhere?

    Equipped with headphones and refreshments, audiences will eavesdrop on a family conversation in this immersive real-time audio drama by award winning writer, Ming Ho.

  • A musician sits at a piano throwing a table tennis ball to a player standing nearby

    Bats and Beats

    A unique, playful and entertaining concert, featuring live ping pong percussion alongside a piano, clarinet and cello, flute and double bass.