Samir Kennedy / Pik Kei Wong

PLEASE NOTE: Due to team injury, Harald Beharie’s Batty Bwoy will not be able to take place.

Pik Kei Wong’s beautiful solo Bird Watching will take place as scheduled on Tuesday 20th, Wednesday 21st & Thursday 22nd at 19:00 at the CCA.

We are pleased that Samir Kennedy has agreed to present CHAOS BALLAD on Thursday 22nd.

***

Tuesday 20th May (Free)

19:00 - 19:30 Pik Kei Wong Bird Watching - Centre for Contemporary Arts

Wednesday 21st May (Free)

19:00 - 19:30 Pik Kei Wong Bird Watching - Centre for Contemporary Arts

Thursday 22nd May (Sliding Scale ticketed)

19:00 - 19:30 Pik Kei Wong Bird Watching - Centre for Contemporary Arts
20:00 - 21:00 Samir Kennedy CHAOS Ballad - The Vic (1 min walk up a steep hill, access support is available and we can pay for accessible cabs if needed)

***

Access: Pik Kei Wong: Highly visual, does not contain text. Samir Kennedy: sound based.

18+

Pik Kei Wong - Bird Watching

Fresh from its 5-star triumph at Edinburgh Fringe, this mesmerising solo piece opens with a striking image: a blood-red dress suspended upside-down, obscuring the dancer's face. As the performance unfolds, audiences are compelled to confront their own perceptions of the female form. The piece artfully navigates the complex interplay of desire, cultural norms, and female empowerment, transforming initial discomfort into a profound appreciation of the body's power and presence.

Samir Kennedy - Chaos Ballad

*Thursday 22nd only

Welcome to the world of Samir Campaign, nobodies favourite sad fuck faggot clown.
It’s the “fin de la soirée”. His inauguration into the world of the living.
He hauls his melancholy across the space, scattering a trail of decrepit beauty that at any moment feels ready to tip into monstrosity.
He rehearses and rehearses and rehearses a never ending rehearsal for a show that will never be.
What vortex of sadness will he be sucked into now? And in turn suck you into?

CHAOS BALLAD lurks somewhere between concert, cabaret and nightmare.
We bear witness to the attempts of Samir Campaign as he just keeps on keeping on in a world filled with terror and the terror of boredom and the boredom of terror.

***

Patsy Cline recorded Crazy while still on crutches, two weeks after being thrown through the windshield of a car in a horrific car accident (cars didn't have seatbelts back then).

Patsy Cline died in a plane crash 90 km from her home when her pilot decided to continue on despite the bad weather. The crash site was looted and her fee for the show she had just performed and the dress she sang in that night were never recovered.

Patsy Cline loved a drink.
Mums love Patsy Cline.

Artist Bios

Pik Kei Wong is a freelance dance creator based in Glasgow, and a member of The Work Room. Having previously worked in the Hong Kong dance scene for 14 years, her move to Scotland in 2023 occurred at a turning point in her creative career amidst the changing socio-political context in Hong Kong. Pik Kei’s work has always explored contentious social issues. Her solo work Bird-Watching explores gender and desire through challenging stereotypical perspectives. The work received an outstanding award in 2018 in Hong Kong and 5 stars (Fringebiscuit) at the 2023 Edinburgh Fringe (Summerhall). As a performer, Pik Kei’s practice is built on strong technical training, particularly in butoh and Tai Chi. She applies mindfulness practices to explore her work beyond physical movements.Her dance footprint covers Iceland, Italy, Spain, Sweden, Austria, Australia, Canada, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Malaysia, Singapore and Mainland China. Her latest invitation is from Duke Arts (Duke University, USA), where she will perform her work and teach dance workshops in October 2024.

Samir Kennedy is a British/Algerian dance, performance and sound artist based between the UK and France. He makes interdisciplinary works across video, sound, choreography and performance which centre the body as a site from which to perform notions of class, race, otherness, queerness and abjection using archetypal figures (such as the devil, the zombie, the clown) as vehicles from the collective consciousness which drive complex readings.

Credits and Support

Pik Kei Wong - Bird Watching

Choreographer and Performers: Pik Kei Wong, Composer: Fiona Lee（Premiere）Jasper Fung, Lighting designer: SunFoolLau, Costume designer: Luise Yau, Installation Frame designer: William Muirhead

Samir Kennedy - CHAOS BALLAD

Created and performed by: Samir Kennedy 
Creation supported by Arts Council England, Cambridge Junction, Wainsgate Chapel and ICI-CCN Centre Chorégraphique National de Montpellier 
Thanks to Anne Kezerho, Myrto Katsiki, Volmir Cordeiro, Maria-Giulia Serrantoni, Jean-Daniel Broussé, Ema Boswood, Charlie Morrisey & Rob Hopper