Si Rawlinson

Cast & Creatives Set for THE DAO OF UNREPRESENTATIVE BRITISH CHINESE EXPERIENCE
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Apr 5, 2024

Discover the full cast and creative team behind THE DAO OF UNREPRESENTATIVE BRITISH CHINESE EXPERIENCE by Daniel York Loh, playing at London's Soho Theatre. Learn how to purchase tickets.

Cast Set For MY NEIGHBOUR TOTORO Returning to the Barbican; Plus Watch a Rehearsal Video!
by Stephi Wild - Sep 29, 2023

The full company has been announced for the multi-award-winning stage adaptation of Studio Ghibli’s My Neighbour Totoro which will return to the Barbican theatre for a strictly limited run from Tuesday 21 November 2023 to Saturday 23 March 2024. Find out who is starring and check out a rehearsal video here!

Kakilang Welcomes Natalie Chan As New Director/CEO and Introduces Fresh Leadership Structure
by Stephi Wild - Jul 28, 2023

Kakilang (formerly Chinese Arts Now) has announced Natalie Chan as the organization's new Director/CEO, commencing a new chapter of leadership and growth. With a proven track record as a producer and fundraiser, Natalie brings invaluable experience to Kakilang's artistic journey.

Review: SAVING FACE by Si Rawlinson, The Place
by Matthew Paluch - Jun 26, 2023

Interdisciplinary is a bittersweet word/theory, and when I come across it, I'm equally filled with both anticipation and foreboding. The former as when it works it's hard to beat, the latter as when it doesn't, the night can be an awkward one. And in this spirit, I'm afraid Saving Face by Si Rawlinson is an adventurous, multifaceted piece that hasn't quite found its feet. 

Kakilang Presents Si Rawlinson's New Comedy Dance Theatre Show, SAVING FACE
by Stephi Wild - Apr 4, 2023

A new comedy dance theatre show exploring stories of invisible illness, private struggle and what happens when being professional collides with being human…

An-Ting Chang To Step Down As Artistic Director/CEO of Kakilang Festival
by A.A. Cristi - Mar 24, 2023

An-Ting Chang is to step down as artistic director/CEO of Kakilang following the conclusion of the current Kakilang Festival, running at present in various venues across London till April 22nd, which she has curated along with her team of associates Si Rawlinson, Ling Tan and Daniel York Loh.

Review: HOME X, Barbican Theatre
by Franco Milazzo - Feb 23, 2023

Despite the recent focus on metaverses and 3D gaming, digitally-rendered worlds – and the hype around them - have been in the public consciousness for decades.

Photos: First Look at the Stage Premiere of MY NEIGHBOUR TOTORO
by Stephi Wild - Oct 13, 2022

All new production photos have been released for the global stage premiere of Studio Ghibli’s My Neighbour Totoro. The production welcomed its first audiences to the Barbican during previews this week and will open officially next Tuesday, 18 October.

Photos: Inside Rehearsal For the Stage Premiere of MY NEIGHBOUR TOTORO
by Stephi Wild - Sep 30, 2022

The Royal Shakespeare Company has released rehearsal photos for the global stage premiere of Studio Ghibli’s My Neighbour Totoro, which will begin previews at the Barbican next week.

Chinese Arts Now Announces Rebrand
by A.A. Cristi - Sep 30, 2022

Chinese Arts Now (CAN) has unveiled an exciting new name and bold new visual identity:  Kakilang (自己人)- 'one of us' in the Hokkien dialect, evoking kinship and affinity - widely used amongst East and Southeast Asian diasporic groups, is the company's new name. 

Full Cast Announced For the Royal Shakespeare Company's MY NEIGHBOUR TOTORO
by Stephi Wild - Aug 17, 2022

The full company has been announced for the global stage premiere of Studio Ghibli's My Neighbour Totoro, opening at the Barbican this Autumn.

Chinese Arts Now Appoints Three Associate Artistic Directors In a New Restructure
by Stephi Wild - Nov 22, 2021

Chinese Arts Now (CAN) is a UK platform for artists who tell British Chinese stories in contemporary and innovative ways. It commissions, produces and presents work across the artforms with the intention of increasing understanding and appreciation of British Chinese arts and culture.

New Dates Announced for CAN Festival's Online Immersive Promenade Performance
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Mar 30, 2021

Set in a digital recreation of the gallery spaces of Two Temple Place, an extraordinary neo-Gothic mansion built by William Waldorf Astor in the 1890s, Every dollar is a soldier/With money you’re a dragon is an immersive new production directed by An-Ting Chang and designed by Christine Urquhart.

Curve Announces Resident Creatives
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Mar 10, 2021

Leicester’s Curve has announced the 16 Midlands theatre-makers and companies who will join the theatre as Curve Resident Creatives. The Curve Resident Creatives will be embedded in the life of the theatre and will be supported by Curve to create new work and develop artistic practice in Leicester.

CAN Festival 2021 Announces CAN x TWO TEMPLE PLACE
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Feb 10, 2021

At the heart of the CAN Festival 2021, CAN x TWO TEMPLE PLACE is an ambitious new Chinese Arts Now production, co-produced with Two Temple Place and conceived and led by CAN’s artistic director An-Ting Chang. 

Chinese Arts Now Festival 2019: The First Arts Festival Of Contemporary British Chinese Arts Across London
by Julie Musbach - Nov 8, 2018

London is to host the first arts festival in the UK dedicated to British-Chinese performance and culture in 2019. The festival, which runs from 19 January to 2 February 2019, is produced by Chinese Arts Now (CAN), the new Arts Council funded body working with Chinese artists, both British born and from the Chinese diaspora. CAN Festival will showcase a diverse range of art forms (music, drama, live art, dance, films, digital arts) with over 60 events across London. The festival presents high-quality contemporary and innovative Chinese arts and aims to raise the representation of Chinese artists in the UK.

Southbank Centre Presents its Autumn and Winter 2017 Programme
by BWW News Desk - Sep 19, 2017

Southbank Centre presents its Autumn and Winter 2017 programme for performance, dance and comedy, showcasing work from celebrated international and UK artists from stunning snow shows, augmented reality and trolls to West-End numbers and global surveillance theatre.

LEICESTER DANCE FESTIVAL Closes this Weekend
by BWW News Desk - May 11, 2017

LET'S DANCE INTERNATIONAL FRONTIERS heads into its final week as Leicester's premiere annual dance festival.

Curve Welcome the International Festival of Hip Hop Dance Theatre
by A.A. Cristi - May 3, 2017

Now in its 14th year, Sadler's Wells' critically acclaimed festival of hip hop dance theatre Breakin' Convention is back on tour and explodes onto the Curve stage on Tue 23 and Wed 24 May.

LET'S DANCE INTERNATIONAL FRONTIERS Announces Dance Festival Lineup
by Christina Mancuso - Mar 8, 2017

LET'S DANCE INTERNATIONAL FRONTIERS is the dynamic annual dance festival in Leicester which has been performing to increasing audiences since its inception in 2010.  This year's event – April 29th-May 13th -  features an extensive, exciting programme designed to give audiences the opportunity of seeing work by nationally and internationally renowned dance companies, brand new work crisply delivered by fast rising names from the UK as well as work from locally based dancers and choreographers.  LDIF17 will present performances, documentaries, workshops and discussion exploring this year's theme of 'Identity and Choreographic Practice'.