Inter-Waves took place over the course of one day and was a gathering of artists, presenters, producers, and cultural organisations working across the UK, Asia, and international contexts.

Participants reflected on the current approaches to artistic collaboration, mobility, and cultural exchange. Through a series of panel discussions and open conversations, the event explored how organisations sustain artistic practices, build international partnerships, and their response to the shifting cultural landscape.

Having brought together ESEA and South Asian arts organisations, international delegates, and UK-based presenters, Inter-Waves created a vital space for sharing different production models, programming approaches, and collaborative strategies across local and transnational contexts. The event successfully inspired participants to engage in communication with each other and to make new connections between artists and organisations working across borders and disciplines.

You can watch the Inter-Waves: London panel discussions.

Beyond Representation: Building Sustainable ESEA & South Asian Cultural Futures
Panelists include:
Yi Wang, founder of Queer East
Iskandar R. Sharazuddin, Joint AD of Ellandar Productions & the Associate Director of RSC & Studio Ghibli’s My Neighbour Totoro
Māsoom Parmar, Head of Programmes, India for Aakash Odedra Company
Howl Cheng-Po Yuan, Artistic Director of Kakilang
Ruth Holdsworth, Executive Director of Kakilang

Across Contexts: Programming and Producing International Work in Asia
Jih-Wen Yeh, Dance Producer & Executive Producer of Taiwan Season at the Edinburgh Fringe
Shien Hian Lim, international theatre practitioner
Sasapin Siriwanij, international performing arts producer & curator
Ryo Tanaka & Hayato Okada, Program Officers at YPAM
Bill Bragin, Executive Artistic Director of The Arts Center at New York University Abu Dhabi
Chaired by Daniel Kok, producer & programmer

Programming Mobility: International Collaboration and Cultural Exchange
Michelle Rocha, Head of Touring at Factory International
Ailin Conant,Artistic Director and Co-CEO of New Earth Theatre
Farooq Chaudhry OBE, co-founder of Akram Khan, dance producer & director
Clayton Lee, Artistic Director of Fierce Festival
Chaired by Peter Glanville, Creative Director and CEO of Farnham Maltings

Inter Waves was co-produced by Kakilang and New Earth Theatre and presented in partnership with the Bagri Foundation as part of the Bagri Samaya Series.