Events

Spring ImmersionBotswana-born Award-Winning Artist, Katlego K Kolanyane-Kesupile, Embarks on "Spring Immersion" Residency at Ugly DuckDuring her residency, Botswana-born interdisciplinary artist, Katlego K Kolanyane-Kesupile, embarks on a transformative exploration of decoloniality through a multi-disciplinary artistic lens. Katlego's work delves into the intricate intersections of borders and boundaries, offering a profound reflection on how these physical divisions…

Atenti... presents a multi-faceted exhibition featuring three distinct installations, a captivating live performance, and immersive video screenings. The overarching aim is to foster an interactive dynamic between the live performer and the audience, encouraging engagement within the space. Central to the exhibition's theme is an exploration of power dynamics inherent in the act of granting…

MY BLOOD IS MY VOICE Explore a multisensory world built around the power of the collective human voice and how its ancestry shapes our connection to life beyond human binaries through the queer & neuroqueer lens.   your voice is a luminary guide to well trodden paths of fractured facets in knowing far beyond the…

TALKING TEXTURES An opportunity to connect, learn, and celebrate the richness of SWANA culture and hair diversity Join Yasemin Hassan for a launch night to remember for Talking Textures, an analogue photo series shot by Yeliz Zaifoglu delving into the hair, beauty, fashion and culture of Southwest Asian and North African regions. Talking Textures is…

shedding:::selves - Queer East 2024 Exhibition  Visitor Information Exhibition Opening Night Friday, 19 April, 18:00 – 21:00 The opening night event will feature a one-night-only live performance by LI YILEI. The exhibition opens daily from 20-28 April, from 12:00 to 17:00 About Diverging from normative ideals and modes of being, shedding:::selves brings together eight artists…

( Press release audio described available bellow ) Ugly Duck Bermondsey is excited to announce the first ever summer edition of @Disturbance, taking place on Saturday June 22 & Sunday June 23. Following the success of previous programmes championing LGBTQIA+ performance, video and digital artists, @Disturbance makes maximum use of Ugly Duck’s Tanner Street location,…

Les Nuages will come to Ugly Duck on the 13th of July, for one performance only. A 30 minute version of this otherwordly piece directed and performed by Bea Bidault, with original music by Mayah Kadish and costume design by Shanti Bell. Come and be mesmerized by a fictional landscape, bodies filled with air and…

Making Sh*t Happen! LET’S MAKE SH*T HAPPEN! Chisenhale Dance Space takes over Ugly Duck on July 20th and 21st, offering a weekend of art, activism, dance, and networking. MSH Performance Party // 20th July, 7-10pm No stage. No overbearing host. Just great music, dancing, and unannounced performance interventions emerging throughout the night. With a stunning…

The University of New South Wales Judith Neilson Chair of Contemporary Art Paul Gladston, in collaboration with Ugly Duck, proudly presents "Yique's Way - Mutuality in Extremes," an innovative exhibition featuring the works of emerging artist Yique. Last year, Yique and a collective of artists made a bold statement by completely whitewashing the Brick Lane…

Eclipse 30.08.2024 - 08.12.2024 Artist: NONOTAK Date: 2024 Captivate the senses, connect with your surroundings, and challenge reality as you delve into ECLIPSE, NONOTAK’s solo London debut presented by Lumen Studios. This evocative audio-visual experience explores the power and impact of light on visual perception when combined with space and sound. Light will be sculpted…

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…