It’s September and it’s ESEA Heritage Month! Spearheaded by the phenomenal besean, it’s a month of events for those of East and South-East Asian heritage. It’s a big newsletter this month, so the whole thing might not appear in your inbox but click here to read it online!
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Sept News
Roundup
Fri 6 Sept Occasians ESEA Heritage Month Concert
Sat 7 Sept ESEA Culture Festival by KBCE
Sat 7 Sept Green Lions at GND Rising
Sun 8 Sept Centre 151 - VLC Open Day
Mon 9th Sept Moongate X Kakilang evening
Sat 7th Sept Workshop with Comediasians
Sat 7th Sept Comediasians 5th birthday bash
Sat 21 Sept ESEA Publishing Network Lit Fest, Foyles
Sun 22 Sept ESEA Publishing Network Lit Fest, Southbank with Phil Wang
Tue 24th Sept Comediasians guest gig
Sat 28 Sept Margins United by Eastern Margins
17-21 Sept ‘The Lonesome Death of Eng Bunker’ commissioned by Kakilang
Occasians - a platform for Asian creatives and artists by Asian creatives and artists
Friday, 06 September 18:00 - 23:00, 83 Rivington St. London | Tickets
We’re thrilled to announce our first-ever collaboration with Dynasty of Universal Music Group to kick off ESEA Heritage Month in style!
Get ready for our biggest event yet—a celebration of Asian creatives and artists like no other. This part-concert, part-networking party promises a night to remember with a killer lineup that’s sure to inspire.
Everyone is welcome, as long as you're ready to celebrate the incredible talent of creative Asians in the UK. For the creative Asians attending, we encourage you to wear something from your culture!
Alongside our performances, we'll have delicious Filipino food served up by Turo Turo and desserts by Esteni bakes! See you there!
7 Sept 11am - 3pm, Kingston. Free entry!
In collaboration with Kingston Beats and KCA, KBCE proudly presents the ESEA Culture Festival, celebrating the vibrant diversity of East and Southeast Asian heritage in Kingston.
The festival begins with the Autumn Moon Festival, a captivating event that blends delightful live performances, interactive demonstrations, and engaging audience participation.
Also Christy, one half of the Tea Readings newsletter, will be hosting this event!
Green Lions: A space for ESEA people to connect, build a more equitable world, and give a voice to ESEA and PoC in climate change
Want to learn more about how to get involved in climate activism? We'll be helping out at this event with GND Rising on Saturday 7th September, where you can learn more about activism and how to get involved - and meet other campaigners!
Please also join us at Margins United on September 28th, a festival celebrating alternative East and South-East Asian culture - we'll have a stall there!
Otherwise, we're making plans for a social in October - keep your eyes peeled for details on a fun fungi walk. More info to be announced on our Insta.
Centre 151 - Supporting the Vietnam, Laos & Cambodia community
You are invited to Centre 151 - VLC Open Day on Sunday 8 September 2024, 10am-4pm.
Join us for a fun-filled day for all ages and take part in our many activities: Qigong, massage, arts & crafts for children and more activities.
Dive into Vietnamese culture through delicious homemade food, watch performances and spend some downtime in our garden.
*Free Entry* https://www.centre151.com/news/open-day/
Moongate Mix - Raising the profile of ESEA talent whilst challenging stereotypes
Kakilang - Produces world-class art and pioneers multi-disciplinary art forms from a wide spectrum of Southeast and East Asian voices
1) Moongate Mix x Kakilang
Kakilang are excited to announce a special collaboration with Moongate this September to celebrate ESEA Heritage Month. Join us for an unforgettable Moongate Mix featuring ASIAN IS THE NEW COMEDY & ROCK ’n’ ROLL II.
Featuring stand up comedians Huge Davies and Ria Lina and music acts Cathy Jain and Jason Kwan. The event will be accompanied by Malaysian pop up kitchen GWEILO which starts from 5pm. And there’s even more as the cafe space is the setting for the launch of ’The Land of Kings’ exhibition by acclaimed artist Donald Shek
Monday 9th September at Omnibus Theatre, London | Door open at 5pm Show starts at 7pm
Tickets https://www.omnibus-clapham.org/moongate-mix-2/
2) The Lonesome Death of Eng Bunker
On January 17th 1874, Eng Bunker woke to discover his brother Chang was dead. The twin brothers, Siamese immigrants and entertainers who had carved out an uneasy space in the rotten heart of the American dream, were conjoined by a band of cartilage and shared a liver. This is the story of Eng’s final hours; alone for the first time in his life.
Using puppetry, music and striptease, this is a gothic horror about siblinghood, diaspora and the brutal cost of assimilation; about being entirely alone in the universe, and about waking up chained to a dead body.
Commissioned by Kakilang and supported by Arts Council England National Lottery Project Grants.
17-21 September, 7:30pm Omnibus Theatre
Tickets https://www.omnibus-clapham.org/the-lonesome-death-of-eng-bunker-2/
Credit Image: Jeffrey Phillips
Comediasians - the UK's premier pan-Asian improv group bringing laughs from the diasporASIA
Happy East And South East Asian Heritage Month! And a happy 5th birthday to us! We're celebrating on Saturday, 7th Sep with an improv workshop designed for the Asian community called ImprovisAsian Time. Plus our big Comediasians & Friends birthday show later that night.
Sat, 7th Sep, 3pm - ImprovisAsian Time! Our first improv workshop designed for the Asian community. No experience required and includes free entry to our Comediasians & Friends show! Tickets and more info here.
Sat, 7th Sep - Comediasians 5th birthday bash! A very special Comediasians & Friends birthday show with guest stand-ups Rick Kiesewetter and Ginnia Cheng! Tickets here.
Tue, 24th Sep - Swipe Right Improv Tuesdays. Guest gig at our friends Swipe Right's show at Shoreditch Balls. Tickets here.
Thu, 10th Oct - Comediasians & Friends. Our monthly show at Hoopla at The Miller.
Fri, 18th Oct - Every Rumour Every Asian All At Once. A double bill show with Rumourville at Barons Court Theatre.
Fri, 8th Nov - Comediasians & Friends. Our monthly show at Hoopla at The Miller.
Sat, 16th Nov - Improv Fest Ireland in Dublin! Catch us at this big international improv festival.
Thu, 12th Dec - Comediasians & Friends. Our monthly show at Hoopla at The Miller.
All details available on our Linktree. Subscribe to our newsletter to keep up with our latest news and follow us @comediasians on Instagram and Facebook.
Watch clips from our last show here!
ESEA Publishing Network - The UK’s award winning East and South-East Asian Literary Festival
Foyles
Saturday 21 Sept 2024, all day
The UK’s award-winning East and South East Asian literary festival returns to Foyles Charing Cross Road on Saturday 21 September 2024! Join us for a day full to the brim with conversation, readings and workshops, hosted in partnership with the ESEA Publishing Network.
An Evening with Phil Wang: ESEA Lit Fest Finale
Sun 22 Sept 2024, 7.30pm
At the closing night of ESEA Lit Fest, writer and actor Phil Wang talks about his memoir Sidesplitter and what it means to be torn between two continents.
Eastern Margins - the home for Alternative Asian culture
15 performances, 30 artists, 3 rooms, 12 hours, 7 seven years of Margins. Music, arts, workshops, installations, exhibitions, supper clubs. Celebrating the Margins.
28 Sept, 3:30PM - 3:30AM at Earth Hackney.
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