Centre 151

A huge TOI TOI TOI to all the artists who have been doing lots of hard thinking in the house over the past few weeks. Wishing you all the best in your travels and where your work takes you next. Go check them out if they come to your city! Kiss Witness with Prayers For a Hungry Ghost at Tobacco Factory Theatres on 19-20 May The New Rep Theatre with The Sneeze at Golden Goose Theatre 12-16 May Yasmeen Ghrawi with From The Daughter of A Dictator on a UK Tour / Pic: Gav Connolly Zhuo Mengting with Still Noise: Ways to Occupy a Performance Space at Cambridge Junction on 19 May Kwam Collective presenting a double bill Klaudia Wittmann + Bea C Bidault & Max Revell at Rich Mix on 29 May Sung Im Her with Doomsday at 10 Sentidos Festival, Spain on 19 May Xenia Aidonopoulou working on something new / Pic: Nikolas Louka Chen Xu with A Perfect Dish at Theatre Peckham on 4-5 June as part of Peckham Fringe Buzz Theatre with Petty Men on a European Tour / Pic: Tom Dixon Marie Hamilton with Madonna On The Rocks on a UK Tour Lewis Major Projects working on something new CD3 with The Application at ICA London on 16 May as part of Queer East Kenneth Ka Chun Hui and Ivy Y. Tsui doing some filming Neve Harrington working on something new / Pic: Christa Holka Foreign Affairs doing lots of researching and thinking @kisswitness @the_newrep @yasmeen_ghrawi @timelessclock @kwamcollective @sungimher @xenia.aidonopoulou @oops_chen_x @stripy.productions @buzz.theatre @marierhymeswithgary @lewismajorprojects @cd3project @kenneth_hui_ka_chun @danceivydance @j.neve.harrington @weare4naffairs

A Deep Listening meet-up open to all. May 19th 2026 6:30 to 8:30 Centre 151 151 Whiston Road London E2 8GU Free (donations welcomed) No need to register “Deep Listening, as developed by Pauline Oliveros, explores the difference between the involuntary nature of hearing and the conscious nature of listening. The practice includes bodywork, sonic meditations, and interactive performance, as well as listening to the sounds of daily life, nature, one’s own thoughts, imagination, and dreams. It cultivates a heightened awareness of the sonic environment, both external and internal, and promotes experimentation, improvisation, collaboration, playfulness, and other creative skills vital to personal and community growth.”  Center for Deep Listening Artur M. Vidal is a London-based and Spanish-born saxophone player who grew up in Paris where he studied music, philosophy, and history of Art. His work involves field recordings, sound walks, dance, and improvisation. He has been doing academic research in London on improvised music and has become a certified teacher of Pauline Oliveros’s Deep Listening practice. He has published two collections of text scores: The Hum in the Valley (2021) and Friendly Algorithms (2018).  Centre 151 is an independent, award-winning charity and community hub in Hackney, East London, promoting culture, arts, and social inclusion. It was established in 1986 as a meeting point for Vietnamese, Lao, and Cambodian (VLC) refugees. The center operates in collaboration with the Van Huynh Company, providing a space for dance, workshops, and community events.

just a real girl this Sunday opening act @ifsplashasyourwhistle_ @xinyuiris screening event @centre151 from 7pm .uk/programme/you-watched-me-cry-and-you-left/ 📱mixing excerpts from all filmz and sing

This is an appreciation post for the best place to rehearse in London @centre151 - if you haven't, check them out! We love rehearsing there because their spaces are clean, light filled, and it just feels like you can feel the residue of the different creative communities that have been there. Also, they have a peaceful garden and teahouse at the back for breaktimes and pho club on Wednesdays and Saturdays! Thank you Pierre and Juan for fostering such a lovely space for artists 🌞🌞🌞

Bookings are now open for the next Massage Shala at Centre 151 📅 Sunday 10th May 📍Centre 151, 151 Whiston Road, E2 8GU ⏰ 11am – 3pm THERAPIES AVAILABLE: 💆 Jean-Philippe Guichard (SHIATSU) 💆 Jo Lim (THAI MASSAGE) 💆 Rachel King (THAI MASSAGE) 💆 Sara LeTurcq (SHIATSU) 💆 Slava Tchakaloff (BRENNAN TECHNIQUE) 💆 Stuart Thomas (TUI NA) Start times for treatments are 11am, 12pm, 1pm and 2pm. Each 60-minute session costs £40. Treatments take place in a communal space, fully clothed. To book, please email [email protected] The Massage Shala finds its inspiration in the communal, more informal massage rooms of South East Asia. We are massage practitioners who enjoy the energy created in a shared space. Working in a communal room creates a safe space and open informal atmosphere, welcoming all. A container for community, connection and healing.

3 DAYS TILL 𝐁𝐄𝐓𝐖𝐄𝐄𝐍 > 𝟏 An original contemporary dance theatre work 📅 28 April 2026, 7:00PM - 8:00PM 📍 Platform Theatre, Central Saint Martins, London N1C 4AA 🎟 Free admission — advance booking required Seats are going fast ✨ Book now via link in bio! #betweenmorethan1 #contemporarydance #londontheatre #freelondonevents #ual

We have some cool movement workshops by Jameywamey (25-26 April) and Mutsumineiro (2-3 May) coming up and there is still time to sign up! Also Queer East are back in the house as part of their Festival with 2 awesome screenings (Pay what you can offer) on Sunday 3rd and Friday 8th May, 7pm. Get your tickets now! Jameywamey Workshop - On Flow & Instinct Saturday 25th April 2026, 3pm - 6pm Sunday 26th April 2026, 12pm - 3pm Photo Yvonne Chew Mutsumineiro EXODUS Butoh Lab 2-day Workshop Saturday 2nd May - 15:30-20:30 Sunday 3rd May - 10:00-16:00 Queer East Festival 2026: You Watched Me Cry and You Left Sunday 3 May, 7pm The Girl Princes (왕자가 된 소녀들) Directed by Kim Hye-jung Friday 8 May, 7pm Booking links in bio @jameywamey @neironeironeiro @queereast @xinyuiris @ifsplashasyourwhistle_

In 1950s South Korea, Female Gukgeuk, a form of musical theatre in which women played male roles, enjoyed a golden age. Scrutinising cultural tensions relating to gender performance, manliness, and disguise, The Girl Princes is a documentary that follows some of these legendary actors as they reminisce about their shared history. Friday May 8, 19:00 at @centre151 , followed by an informal community discussion and gathering with snacks and drinks. #PayWhatYouCan

We visited Nhu Xuan Hua: Of Walking on Fire at Autograph and we highly recommend it! 16 April - 19 September 2026 Free entry Working at the intersection of art and fashion photography, Nhu Xuan Hua reflects on the fragility of how stories are communicated – or withheld – across generations. Rooted in language’s inability to fully convey complex family histories, Hua reimagines archival photographs from her family’s time in Vietnam and their early years in Europe. These uncanny, dreamlike compositions echo how memory within the diaspora can splinter, blur and slip from view. Of Walking on Fire considers� how the past continues to reverberate into the future – and how silence can persist, even in moments of gathering and togetherness. Curated by Bindi Vora Link in bio for more info @nhuxuanhua @autographabp @bindi_vora

Calling all crybabies! 🥹🥹🥹 Tears are most commonly associated with sadness, yet trickle between shame, ecstasy, grief and catharsis, gushing against the floodgates of restraint. 𝙔𝙤𝙪 𝙒𝙖𝙩𝙘𝙝𝙚𝙙 𝙈𝙚 𝘾𝙧𝙮 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙔𝙤𝙪 𝙇𝙚𝙛𝙩 brings together artist film, sound performance, and stand-up comedy to create a playful, intimate gathering where crybabies can collectively release their inhibitions. Sun 3 May 19:00 @centre151 with a live sound performance by Yutian Hu @yunaa_sparasii (YUNA阿尘) and a stand-up comedy set by Zhou Ning @zhouning__ . Guest curated by @xinyuiris @ifsplashasyourwhistle_ 🎤 𝙊𝙣𝙚 𝙏𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙨𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙍𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙤𝙣𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝘾𝙧𝙮 | dir. Jiawei Zheng @shotwoomoo | China, Denmark | 2025 | 9 min 💧 𝙄𝙣𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙀𝙢𝙚𝙧𝙖𝙡𝙙 𝙎𝙚𝙖 | dir. Asuka Lin @asuka_bot | Japan | 2024 | 20 min 🐶 𝙎𝙞𝙣𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙇𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙩𝙪𝙙𝙚 | dir. Jiawei Zheng @shotwoomoo | China, Denmark | 2024 | 20 min 🏨 𝙐𝙣𝙧𝙚𝙢𝙖𝙧𝙠𝙖𝙗𝙡𝙚 𝙕𝙝𝙤𝙪 | dir. Zhou Ning @zhouning__ | China | 2022 | 14 min

We are excited and proud to say that New Contemporaries Live this Saturday 11 April, 2-5pm at South London Gallery is now sold out! New Contemporaries Live is a dynamic programme of live works featuring Will Pham and The VLC Band alongside other artists including Alia Gargum, Makiko Harris and Christopher Steenson. Will Pham with The VLC Band: Pham is a British-Vietnamese artist exploring themes of intergenerational care, displacement and the Vietnamese resettlement experience to the UK. His approach often begins with archival research blending with his own personal memory, to reactivate a sensorial and bodily relation to memory, history and place-making. The VLC Band are a troupe of musicians primarily from Vietnam, led by Mr Lai. They are based at Centre 151, a Hackney-based community centre set up in 1985, formerly known as the Community Centre for Refugees from Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia (VLC). The band members include Dan Tran, Doc Ngo, Thanh Long, Frankie, Hung, Hùng, Quang, Ngọc Nga, Quyen and with special guests including Duy Khiem. Link in bio for more info 📸 Pete Woodhead Will Pham and The VLC Band, You Belong Here, Southbank Centre, 2025. @willpham_ @new_contemporaries @southlondongallery

We’re thrilled to welcome @justlidialidia , a seasoned model and visual artist, on Monday, 13 April 7-9pm at @centre151 , Haggerston in E2.  Come and unwind after work and enjoy a relaxed, friendly atmosphere while drawing together. Tickets available 🎟 Link in bio! Doors open at 6.45pm. --- EVENT INFO: - These are untutored sessions. - All skill levels and abilities are welcome.  - Materials are provided and included in the ticket price. - Seats are limited, to prevent overcrowding, with a max capacity of 15. --- TICKETS: - General admission: £12.50 - Drop-in (last minute): £15.00 - Arrive on the day and pay by card or cash. Subject to availability #lifedrawing #hackney #artist #nudemodel #irl