Centre 151

01/05/2026

24/04/2026

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 Q***r 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
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScXAx3Kk0wzM-LvyCjp06k6wCsRczvZVKe4Yw-Wflgs3xgbcg/viewform
Photo Yvonne Chew

Mutsumineiro
EXODUS Butoh Lab 2-day Workshop
Saturday 2nd May - 15:30-20:30
Sunday 3rd May - 10:00-16:00
https://www.centre151.com/arts/workshops/

Q***r East Festival 2026:
https://www.centre151.com/news/film-screenings-sunday-3-and-friday-8-may-2026-7pm/

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

17/04/2026

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

https://autograph.org.uk/exhibitions/nhu-xuan-hua

10/04/2026

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.

https://www.southlondongallery.org/events/nc-live-2026/

📸 Pete Woodhead
Will Pham and The VLC Band, You Belong Here, Southbank Centre, 2025.

07/04/2026

Shout out to all the wonderful artists who filled the house with their creative energy over the past few weeks!

Transit Productions with Places I Never Think About, 9th April at The Cockpit as part of Poetry Plays
https://www.thecockpit.org.uk/show/poetryplays

Act on Tap with Attachment Theory 8-12 April at Canal Cafe Theatre
https://canalcafetheatre.com/our-shows/attachment-theory/
14-18 April at The Bread & Roses Theatre
https://www.breadandrosestheatre.co.uk/whats-on.html

Jonathan Burrows & Matteo Fargion with The Quiet Dance & The Unison Piece, 18 April at Wainsgate Chapel
https://wainsgate.co.uk/the-quiet-dance-the-unison-piece-burrows-fargion/

Mimbre touring Weight(less) in Australia

The New Rep Theatre with their powerful double bill presented at Centre 151

IJAD Dance Company, Certain Blacks, Foreign Affairs, Pinch Punch Impro working on something new and more!

19/03/2026

We are chuffed to host a double bill presented by The New Rep Theatre on 25-28 March 2026, 7.30pm.

Immerse yourself in the wit and wonder of two of Thornton Wilder’s most celebrated short plays sharing a stage for a captivating double bill: The Long Christmas Dinner / Pullman Car Hiawatha

Book your tickets now!

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-long-christmas-dinner-pullman-car-hiawatha-tickets-1983623682833

19/02/2026

Chúc mừng năm mới! Happy New Year of the Horse!

We started the year with a bang on Sunday with our celebrations. Thank you to everyone who attended, it meant a lot for us to share this time with you all. Thank you to all the volunteers, chefs, cooks, performers who made this day extra special!

13/02/2026

We hope you are as ready as we are for our Lunar New Year Celebrations this Sunday 15 February, 11am-4pm!
We have been preparing a plethora of bánh tét and many more Vietnamese culinary specialties.
See you all there and stay to enjoy the Lion Dance at 1pm!

Free admission

10/02/2026

Thank you to all the creatives for bringing your energy into the space over the past few weeks and Toi Toi Toi with all your projects!

You can watch:

Yen-Ching Lin on 26 February as part of States of Love and Collapse at FOLD presented by Serpentine Galleries in collab with FuturShock

Unearthed Theatre Company with These Roots Are Made for Walking on 11, 13, 14, 15 February at Canal Café Theatre

Foreign Affairs: HUGE congrats on their International Award at The Stage Awards 2026!!!

Becky Namgauds cooking something new...

Pell Ensemble working also cooking something new...

Upcoming shows at The Place as part of Resolution:
Rachel Elderkin with Hours on 11 February

Cynthia Cheung with Intersection on 20 February

Julia Lupascu with The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living on 25 February

📸 Terry Lin (Photo 1), Rocio Chacon (Photo 4)

31/01/2026

Graffiti Bodies XV overlays movement, sound art, poetry, sculpture and visual imagery into one mesmerising experience. The piece is inspired by Jean-Michel Basquiat’s work, challenging societal norms and reclaiming power for marginalised groups. This dance and visual art performance urges us to re...

26/01/2026

Join us to celebrate Tết - Lunar New Year - on Sunday 15 February 2026 at VLC - Centre 151, 11am-4pm!
It will be a family-friendly day filled with Vietnamese food, fun and music.

Free admission

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📸 Scott Wilson – WilsonAxpe Photography