DIG 2025 | BUZZCUT Double Thrills: Samir Kennedy (UK/France) + Pik Kei Wong (Hong Kong)
Part of Tramway's Dance International Glasgow festival, 9 - 24 May
*PLEASE NOTE* Due to team injury, Harald Beharie’s Batty Bwoy, originally billed in this programme, will not be able to take place.
Pik Kei Wong’s beautiful solo Bird Watching will take place as scheduled on Tuesday 20, Wednesday 21 and Thursday 22 May as planned, at 7pm in the CCA
We are pleased that Samir Kennedy has agreed to present CHAOS BALLAD on Thursday 22 May.
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Tuesday 20 May (Free)
7 to 7.30pm Pik Kei Wong: Bird Watching - CCA
Wednesday 21 May (Free)
7 to 7.30pm Pik Kei Wong: Bird Watching - CCA
Thursday 22 May (Sliding Scale ticketed)
7 to 7.30pm Pik Kei Wong: Bird Watching - CCA
8 to 9pm 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)
Fresh from a 5-star triumph at Edinburgh Fringe, Bird-watching, Pik Kei Wong’s mesmerizing solo asks audiences to confront their own perception of the female form. Developed in Hong Kong where she worked in the dance scene before her move to Scotland in 2023, Bird-watching artfully navigates the complex interplay of desire, cultural norms, and female empowerment – transforming discomfort into a profound appreciation of the body’s power and presence.
Welcome to the world of Samir Campaign, nobody's 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.
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
Photos from to top
Pik Kei Wong by William Muirhead
Samir Kennedy by Lorenzo Carly