Events

Grace Quigley is a queer multidisciplinary artist, poet, writer, performer, drag and movement artist. Their work explores the depths of queerness, gender, identity, community, neurodivergence, mental health, recovery and addiction. With a background in acting, Grace graduated with a BA Hons from the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama. Their solo show ‘Bluewater’(2022) ran…

THE QUEER CREATIVE RIDICULOUS: 2 day intensive with Lucy Hopkins for queer clowns and creators of live performance Connect to the creative, ridiculous spirit of your thing and work out how to share it with a roomful of people in a way that they will love. *This workshop is intended for queer folks to work…

THE UNKNOWN: a show-portal to the New The culmination of 2 days of The Queer Creative Ridiculous: an intensive workshop of queer experimentation, exploration and the discovering of brand new things. The Unknown is a 90 minute show-portal to the New, featuring acts, material and musings never before shared with a live audience. You are invited to join us to discover shootlings of greatness,…

MYTO MYTO Episode 2 presents SOLARPUNK: Decolonisation  Myto is a multimodal organism reimagining learning through collaborative practice, spanning music, performance, contemporary art and club culture. For their second episode, Myto teams up with Ugly Duck to bring to life a two day exhibition surrounding the theme of Solarpunk.  Solarpunk is a genre of speculative fiction…

Ugly Duck, an independent arts space that has been a home for experimental, queer, trans, and anti-institutional cultural practices for over a decade. We are currently working on A Collective Archive, a vital project directed by Deen Atger that will document and preserve the legacy of Ugly Duck as a space of radical creativity, collective resistance,…

Toxic Art Gallery is proud to present ‘THE GARAGE,’ a group exhibition celebrating modern art from around the world. No themes, No Boundaries, a diverse collection of works including sculptures and paintings. The show will bring together 15 exceptional emerging artists from around the globe, this exhibition offers the people of the UK a unique opportunity to…

An Easter alternative for blasphemous queers, a feast of hysterical performances, sounds and the launch of a movement. Join us for an evening of DIY queer performances. Deviant poetics and fetish thoughts. Hyster is the queer hysteria unleashed by an overdose of Easter chocolate. Expect: hysterical egg hunt, T4T eroticism, poetry, performances, queer Russian ballet,…

Gaza Biennale – Jinnaah UK علىأنقاضهذاالعالم| Upon the Ruins of the World
 28th May to 1st June
 We invite you to join us across this 5-day journey. Whether you come for a moment or stay for the entire arc, your presence matters deeply. This is more than an exhibition and program — it is a…

Some Kind of Bliss is not a performance you watch. It’s a zone you enter. There’s no stage. Only presence. No protagonist—only fragments. Rooted in the lived experiences of the Pan-Asian queer diaspora in London, this piece reclaims small acts of transgression—taking an onion, leaving a broken speaker, a fake eyelash in the sink—as gestures of…

A Collective Archive 12–15 June 2025 Ugly Duck, London A Collective Archive is a four-day celebration of artistic practices, shared resistance, and the many communities that have shaped Ugly Duck over the past thirteen years. What began as a temporary project space became a home for interdisciplinary, experimental, and politically engaged work—a space for collaboration,…

Fading Out of Dead Air (Transmissions for the Necropolis)  3 hrs durational performance by Martin O'Brien A scratchy sound of white noise emanating from a small radio fills the dark room. A faint voice comes through. It sounds like nothing from this world, as if death itself was speaking. Somewhere else, sickly patients lay in hospital…

The Last Dance  Ugly Duck closing party ! 8.30 pm - 00h Join us for a rare and last occasion to celebrate our work in this wonderful building and to turn the garage into a dance floor Music : Josh Quinton and Friends  Performance : Sophie Brain Presented as part of A Collective Archive 12–15 June…

A collective Saturday Ugly Duck memory lane A Collage workshop: 2 pm - 5 pm with Bold Melon - (To be donated to Bishopgate institute)  Gushing with Gabby (Montez Prez Radio) : 5 pm - 6 pm Southwark pride performance artists: 6.30 pm - 6.45 pm Tribe Incorporated sound and poetry: 7pm - 8 pm…

A collective SUNDAY The weekend ( and Ugly Duck ) closes with performances by Chloé Filani, Puer Deorum, and Joy Kincaid. Presented as part of A Collective Archive 12–15 June 2025 A Collective Archive is a four-day celebration of artistic practices, shared resistance, and the many communities that have shaped Ugly Duck over the past…