Events – Daedalus Theatre Company

East Music returns!

By DaedalusAdmin on Thursday, September 3, 2026

East Music Song and Tune Exchange

Bring your instruments and voices along with songs and tunes from across the world’s folk and grassroots traditions to play, sing and share

This is a free, friendly and inclusive session for musicians of all levels of experience, and from all musical heritages. Global Majority* and LGBTQ+ music makers are particularly welcome. The session, which is acoustic only, will be led by members of the Black Smock Band, a queer folk group. If you’d like to bring a song or a tune to share with the group, please do!

Date: Saturday 19 September 2026

Time: 2-4pm

Duration: 2 hours including a break for refreshments.

Location: Poplar Union, 2 Cotall St, London E14 6TL

Ages: 18+

Reserve your free space here

Produced by Daedalus Theatre Company in partnership with Poplar Union. Funded by Arts Council England.

*Global Majority refers to people who are Black, Asian, Brown, dual-heritage, indigenous to the global south, and/or have been racialised as ‘ethnic minorities’.

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New Workshops this Summer in Rainham and Romford

By DaedalusAdmin on Friday, June 12, 2026

It’s been two and a half years since Daedalus first announced our partnership with Havering Changing and we feel really grateful to continue this collaboration with two new workshops this Summer.

Collaging Havering: Past, Present and Future

First up, we’re heading to Rainham on Saturday for the Annual Mardyke Community Centre Summer Festival. The event is free to enter with live entertainment, family activities and a wide range of refreshments on offer. Daedalus Assistant Producer Tasnim Siddiqa Amin and local artist Vicki Griffith will be facilitating a creative collage workshop exploring Havering’s past, present and future.

From the migration of East End communities after the Second World War to changing demographics, industries and high streets, we’ll share stories from local history, reflect on what community means in Havering today, and imagine what the borough could look like in years to come.

Date: Saturday 13 June 2026

Time: 12PM – 4PM

Location: Mardyke Community Centre, 52 South St, Rainham RM13 8PJ

No booking required, just turn up.

The creative nature workshops Daedalus delivered in Rainham in 2024 gave Vicki “the confidence to explore this side of my creativity more fully. Since then, I have continued learning through local craft workshops and more recently, simply to share with community partners and local groups. In 2025, three of my own denim artworks were selected for display as part of the ‘Secret Artist’s Project’ in Rainham, Essex.”

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Call for Bengali Storytellers from Camden: East to Elsewhere on the theme of KINDNESS

By DaedalusAdmin on Saturday, June 6, 2026

Do you have a story to tell about kindness? We’re looking for Bengali storytellers from Camden. If you have a story about acts of kindness, migration or how Camden has shaped your life, we want to hear from you! This callout is for people with little or no professional experience in storytelling.

About the Project:

We’re thrilled to bring East to Elsewhere to Camden People’s Theatre this Summer. This project will explore the rich history and diverse cultures of Camden and beyond through stories of migration, community and kindness.

The kind of thing that we are looking for:

Stories about acts of kindness within migrant communities in Camden.
Experiences of newcomers, especially refugees and asylum seekers.
Historical migration stories linked to Camden.
Contemporary stories about migration today.
Personal stories – if you feel like sharing!
Stories that reflect the awesome diversity of Camden.

Eligibility:

Are you Bengali?
Do you have a connection to the London Borough of Camden?
Are you interested in telling stories?
Are you new to storytelling?

If you answered yes to these questions and are NOT a professional storyteller, we invite you to pitch your story!

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New Creative Nature Workshop for Young People (16-25) in Romford

By DaedalusAdmin on Monday, March 23, 2026

Our work continues in Havering with Kaleidoscope, a grassroots organisation that has been working with young LGBTQ+ people in Romford since 2022.

Date: Tuesday 7th April 2026
Time: 5PM-7PM
Location: Lumiere Romford, RM1 3EE
Age: 16-25

Book now

Often queer people have been called unnatural, but nature is filled with wonder and ambiguity. Take the most apparently basic animal, the fruit fly; researchers have found that fruit flies have metafemale, metamales and intersex gender identities, and bisexuality. One species of fungus has 23,000 genders. Gay penguins have been well documented in zoos and the wild. Starfish are asexual.

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Daedalus returns to Camden People’s Theatre with QUEER REVOLUTIONARY SINGALONG featuring The Black Smock Band

By DaedalusAdmin on Monday, March 16, 2026

Andy Bannister, Dan Cox and Paul Burgess at Deptford Pride 2019. Photo by Dino Paciulli

Daedalus returns to Camden People’s Theatre 15 years after their acclaimed immersive documentary drama A Place at the Table, to present QUEER REVOLUTIONARY SINGALONG with ecosocialist folk band The Black Smock Band.

Join us this April for fiery folk tunes and leftie singalong classics, from ‘Bread and Roses’ to ‘Solidarity Forever’. Bring your singing voice and your revolutionary fervour! There will also be a limited number of floor spots. If you have a song that fits the vibe, and you’d like to share it, get in touch with the band via this link.

Date: Weds 22 April 2026
Time: 8.30PM
Location: Camden People’s Theatre
Tickets are pay what you can, starting from £3

Book here

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Artist Spotlight: Marshall Savage

By DaedalusAdmin on Thursday, November 13, 2025

Photo of Marshall Savage at Kobi Nazrul Centre (2025)

Marshall Savage, also known as Mijan, is a Bangladeshi-British queer person from Bow. Marshall is passionate about LGBTQ+ rights and welfare not warfare. Marshall doesn’t come from a creative or academic background, but he loves learning new skills and embracing new experiences wherever they lead him. He is the newest member of our East Storytelling Project.

After a late evening of rehearsals for our latest East production EAST TO ELSEWHERE, local trade unionist Marshall and assistant producer Tasnim sat at Chaiwalla on Brick Lane with a coffee and roti to talk about the East End, activism and the importance of sharing stories of migrant women.

Tell us about yourself.

My name is Marshall, I’m born and raised in Tower Hamlets, in Bow specifically. I work for Tower Hamlets and I’m also a Trade unionist. I’m very heavily involved in activism, especially local activism and organising against the far right

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Call for Emerging Bengali Storytellers: East to Elsewhere on the theme of KINDNESS

By DaedalusAdmin on Tuesday, November 4, 2025

Photo by Rehan Jamil

Do you have a story to tell about kindness? We’re looking for Bengali storytellers from Tower Hamlets. If you have a story about acts of kindness, migration or how Tower Hamlets has shaped your life, we want to hear from you! This callout is for people with little or no professional experience in storytelling.

About the Project: We’re thrilled to announce East to Elsewhere, a new storytelling event celebrating the theme of Kindness from the EAST Project. This project will explore the rich history and diverse cultures of Tower Hamlets through stories of migration, community support, and kindness—especially stories of kindness shown by migrant communities to newcomers such as refugees and asylum seekers.

The kind of thing that we are looking for:

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Mobile Incitement returns!

By DaedalusAdmin on Thursday, July 17, 2025

When the pandemic struck in 2020 we had a tour arranged for our gig-theatre piece Gerrard Winstanley’s True and Righteous Mobile Incitement Unit, and were in the middle of fundraising. That tour didn’t happen, obviously, but five years later one of the venues has invited us to perform. It will be part of a season of performances, talks and other events looking at the theme of protest and Exeter’s role in the Civil War period. The venue is St Nicholas Priory, a fantastic mediaeval building in the heart of Exeter. We will be working with local historians and performers to create a really special version of the show.

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Announcing New Daedalus Production and New Partnership at Exciting Queer Festival in South London!

By DaedalusAdmin on Wednesday, April 16, 2025

After two R&D phases and more than two years in development, we’re finally ready to share Dysbiosis, our latest theatre project — and we’re doing it as part of the 96 Festival on its tenth anniversary.

We’re thrilled to bring this work-in-progress performance and exhibition to Omnibus Theatre in Clapham, South London, marking an exciting moment for Daedalus as we step outside our usual East London base to join this landmark festival in a vibrant new context.

About the Show:

Dysbiosis is a queer-led, multimedia performance that unearths the tangled connections between queerness, place, nature and environmental justice. Developed through collaboration with working class, global majority and LGBTQ+ Londoners, it weaves together original music, spoken word, performance and visual storytelling to explore how we live in and with the natural world.

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Call for Storytellers: Tales of Tower Hamlets on the theme of KINDNESS

By DaedalusAdmin on Tuesday, March 4, 2025

Do you have a story to tell about kindness in Tower Hamlets? We’re looking for storytellers with Caribbean, Somali, or/and West African heritage. If you have a story about acts of kindness, migration, or how Tower Hamlets has shaped your life, we want to hear from you!

About the Project: We’re thrilled to announce Tales of Tower Hamlets, a new storytelling event celebrating the theme of Kindness from the EAST Project. This project will explore the rich history and diverse cultures of Tower Hamlets through stories of migration, community support, and kindness—especially stories of kindness shown by migrant communities to newcomers such as refugees and asylum seekers.

What We’re Looking For:

Stories about acts of kindness within migrant communities in Tower Hamlets.
Experiences of newcomers, especially refugees and asylum seekers.
Historical migration stories linked to East London.
Contemporary stories about migration today.
Personal stories—if you feel like sharing!
Stories that reflect the awesome diversity of East London and Tower Hamlets.

Eligibility: