Events
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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’?
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Open Call For Artists
Exciting News! Kakilang are delighted to announce two new £3,000 commission opportunities for artists - one each for artists with interdisciplinary practices from a Performing Arts and Non-Performing Arts background, to be presented in Kakilang's 2025 season. Deadline Friday 31st May 2024
2023 Festival Highlights
Every Dollar Live. Photos by JY Mak @JOYCENTRISM
State-less. Photos by Richard Eaton @Worldcityphotog
Home X at Barbican
Every Dollar Live. Photos by JY Mak @JOYCENTRISM
Light Vessel
Taste
Every Dollar Live. Photos by JY Mak @JOYCENTRISM
State-less. Photos by Richard Eaton @Worldcityphotog
Taste
Taste
Light Vessel
Kakilang: ‘one of us’ in Hokkien*. Used in many places across East and Southeast Asia, evoking kinship and affinity.
Our Kakilang are people who come together through art, and who champion diverse voices and communities.
*Hokkien: a group of Minnanhua 閩南語 / Ban5-lam5-oe7 dialects, “the speech south of the Min river”, the most widely distributed of the Min languages. Minnanhua is spoken by slightly over 46 million inhabitants of the People’s Republic of China, Taiwan, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Indonesia and Philippines.
