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Anti-university Now Super Simple Oscillator Building Workshop
2025-10-17 14:30 - 17:30 (Europe/London) | SET Social, 55a Nigel Road, London, SE15 4NP, United Kingdom
Super Simple Oscillator Building Workshop invites participants to explore the basics of DIY sound-making through a hands-on electronics session at SET Social, as part of Anti-university Now 2025.

Open to all levels and backgrounds, this workshop introduces how to build a small oscillator circuit using only a breadboard, a few capacitors, and other simple components. Together, we’ll create noisy little instruments and experiment with how electricity becomes sound.

Facilitated by Pei, a multidisciplinary artist working with experimental noise and DIY electronics, the session encourages playful engagement and curiosity rather than technical perfection. All materials are provided, and participants will take home their own mini sound device at the end of the session.

This workshop offers a chance to get hands-on with electronic sound, share ideas, and connect with others interested in noise, experimentation, and the joy of making.

Ticketing / registration:£6 per person. Booking required.To register, please email amulatto38@proton.me

Organiser details:

Led by Pei (@pppppphhhh6759), a London-based multi-disciplinary artist working primarily in sound art. Pei’s performances and works have been showcased in various venues such as the London Short Film Festival (Rio Cinema), Aaja Basement, and Greatorex Gallery. Their practice merges DIY electronics, noise performance, and the exploration of experimental music.

Additional information:Any questions please email amulatto38@proton.me

Arts for Dementia
2025-10-20 11:00 - 12:30 | SET Social, 55a Nigel Road, London, SE15 4NP, United Kingdom
Arts for Dementia warmly welcomes you to a new 10-week Ceramics and 3D Arts programme with artists Helen Johannessen and Molly Bonnell.

These relaxed, creative sessions are designed for people living with dementia and their companions, with each session offering a gentle introduction to hands-on 3D art practices, including clay ceramics, plaster casting, and more.

The programme is completely free, with all materials provided. No previous art experience is needed. It’s all about having fun and giving it a go!

Event details

When: Every Monday 11am – 12:30pm from 6 October to 8 DecemberWhere: SET Social Peckham, 55a Nigel Road, SE15 4NPTicketing/registration: FreeNumbers are restricted, so if you are interested in joining, please email christina@artsfordementia.org or call 020 36339954.

Ponies Carboot
2025-10-25 14:00 - 18:00 | SET Social, 55a Nigel Road, London, SE15 4NP, United Kingdom
Ponies is an indoor carboot featuring stall holders selling a wide range of items, from jewellery, zines, and artist editions to ceramics and second-hand clothes.

The event is open to everyone. Please note, however, that Ponies cannot be responsible for sellers’ work that may not be suitable for children.

Ponies Carboot is being held to raise funds to print an independent photography book. The book will not be sold for profit – any surplus income from sales will go towards production costs and paying our book designer.

Date and time: 25 October, 2-6pm

Ticketing:

Stall holders can purchase a stall ticket via the Ponies website: www.ponies.bigcartel.com

Attendees do not need a ticket to attend. Donations will be collected upon entry, but these are entirely optional.

Artist details:

Originally from Sydney, Kate Kidney-Bishop (@sashasadies) is a London based artist and fashion consultant. Kate began exploring gender identity in sport and sportswear with her BA dissertation on singles female figure skating, aiming to find ways to make space for the full gender spectrum in competitive sports. Her first book, co-created with Celia Croft, studied gender identity and gender role-bending tendencies in female bodybuilding. Ponies continues this conversation in its next chapter.

Charlotte Grocutt (@chargrows_) is an artists and designer based in South London.

Contact information: poniesbook@gmail.com

Movement and dance class
2025-10-26 14:00 - 15:30 | SET Social, 55a Nigel Road, London, SE15 4NP, United Kingdom
Movement at SET is an open space for dancing, stretching and exploring how your body moves. Sessions shift between guided workshops and more open movement time.

You don’t need any dance experience to come along. Each session is different, sometimes structured, sometimes more fluid. It’s a space to move, breathe and connect with others at your own pace.

Event details

When: Every second and fourth Sunday of the month, 2-3.30pm. You can arrive a little early to settle in.

Ticketing/registration: Entry is £5-7 on the door.

For updates or to get involved, follow @movementatset on Instagram or send a message there if you have questions or would like to lead a session.

Medieval Hennin Workshop: Make Your Own Princess Hat!
2025-10-27 19:00 - 22:00 | SET Social, 55a Nigel Road, London, SE15 4NP, United Kingdom
Ever wanted to make your own princess hat like the ones from your childhood? This workshop lets you do exactly that. Using card, fabrics, trims, beads, and lace, you will create your very own DIY hennin, the iconic pointy medieval hat.

The evening is set to a curated medieval and princess-inspired playlist, perfect for getting into the creative spirit. You can craft your own Halloween costume in a friendly social environment and take home your beautiful creation. There will also be a medieval-inspired backdrop for stunning princess photos.

Event details

Date/time: 27 October, 7-10pmTicketing / registration: £11 Standard £7 Concession Everyone is welcome regardless of background or skill level. Feel free to bring your own craft materials if you like, though everything you need will be provided.

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Artist / organiser details:

The workshop is led by Dhara Wright (@lasagna_girl_) and Isolda Milenkovic (@isolda_milenkovic), two artists and medieval enthusiasts, not historians.

Additional information:

Questions? Email dharasanderwright@gmail.com

Hand Building: Surface and Substance - 8 week course with Artist Francisco Zhan
2025-10-27 19:30 - 22:00 | SET Ceramics, 35 Crutched Friars, London, UK Mainland, EC3N 2AE
Join artist Francisco Zhan in this 8-week Hand Building course at SET Ceramics.

There are 6 spaces available for this course, this is to ensure there is sufficient space to work in the studio and that students get the out the most from both the course and the tutor.

Course prices range from £224-£280.

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Course overview:

This course is an introduction to making ceramics by hand, using both conventional and experimental techniques. Exploring ceramics’ potential both as painted sculpture, as well as functional objects.

Throughout the course of 8 weeks, participants will learn the basic building blocks of working with clay by hand, through pinching, coiling, slab-rolling and block carving using different clay bodies.

Participants will be guided in using slips, glazes and resists to achieve a variety of decorative effects.

Surface and substance will provide learners with key knowledge of ceramic techniques and processes, as well as a space for free material experimentation. Using the skills learnt during the course, there will be time given to work on personal projects.

The course will cover:

– Hand building techniques: pinching, coiling, slab-rolling and block carving

– Decorating techniques: slips, glazes and resists.

– Experimental surfaces: monoprinting, inlays, Sgraffito.

– Recycling clay

This course is suitable for beginners. It also provides further support and training for those with some experience.

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Course dates:

Week 1: Monday 27 October Week 2: Monday 3 NovemberWeek 3: Monday 10 NovemberWeek 4: Monday 17 NovemberWeek 5: Monday 24 NovemberWeek 6: Monday 1 DecemberWeek 7: Monday 8 DecemberWeek 8: Monday 15 December

Please not classes missed cannot be made up at a later date.

Class times:

Classes will start at 19:30 lasting 2.5 hours and finish at 22:00. The last 30 minutes of the class are for cleaning up and organising work in progress.

Please do not arrive any earlier than 5 minutes prior to the class starting as there is no waiting area and the tutor will be busy setting up the studio for the class ahead.

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Tutor bio:

Francisco Zhan (he/him) is a visual artist working with ceramic sculpture, writing and performance. He is interested in skeletons in closets, as much as closeted skeletons.

Francisco’s work takes shape through questions of queer practice, auto-ethnography and transhumanism. He borrows the language of ceramic relics, fashion phenomena and pop symbols to investigate history as a material – one that’s not inert, but alive, persistent and embodied in our everyday lives.

Francisco has taught ceramics at Camden Art Centre, Maison S. Sommet, and Mudgang Pottery CIC.

Francisco currently studies Sculpture at the Royal College of Art, where he was awarded the RCA President and Vice-Chancellor Scholarship, following his BA at Goldsmiths University (2016).

His love for making has taken him to residencies at Sanbao Ceramics Institute in Jingdezhen, and Casapiena in Sicily. His work has been shown nationally and internationally.

Francisco was a recipient of a Grand Plan Fund project grant in 2024.

Website: www.franciscozhan.com

Instagram account: @francisco.zhan

About SET Ceramics

SET Ceramics is a new community ceramics studio in a former Key Cutters and Cobblers. It is located on Crutched Friars, less than a minute from Fenchurch Street Station and round the corner from Tower Gateway.

The fully equipped studio features a 220-litre capacity kiln, four pottery wheels, hand-building and glaze facilities. This is an opportunity to see the space, get a feel for it and register interest in what the studio has to offer. Including Studio Memberships, Throwing and Hand-building courses, and more.Instagram account: @setceramicset

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Life Drawing is in Fashion - Halloween Eve Special
2025-10-30 19:00 - 21:00 | SET Social, 55a Nigel Road, London, SE15 4NP, United Kingdom
On the eve of Halloween, Peckham Life Drawing is hosting a bonus Life Drawing is in Fashion session. This ongoing series explores creative and experimental approaches to life drawing beyond traditional observation, bringing together models, artists and performers who shape each session through their own practices and ideas. The Halloween Eve special continues this approach, offering another chance to draw, experiment and spend time together.

Everyone is welcome, whether you’ve drawn before or not. Materials are provided, so just bring yourself and curiosity.

Please note there is often nudity, and sessions are open to participants aged 18 and over.

Event details

This special sessions runs only on 30 October (eve of Halloween)

7– 9pm (with a break; drinks available at the bar)

Some materials are provided, but feel free to bring your own. Drawing tips are available for anyone who asks

Tickets are £12 and available via Eventbrite below

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About the organisers

These sessions are hosted by Peckham Life Drawing, which curates diverse events that quite literally draw people together. Facilitated by Peckham-based artist Lucie Russell MA RCA, the project explores creative collaboration and inclusive approaches to life drawing.

Follow on instagram at @peckham.LifeDrawing

Corpsing Theatre presents Knock Down, the Life and Times of John Tabernacle - SET 91
2025-10-31 17:30 - 19:00 | SET 91, 91 Tabernacle Street, London, EC2A 4JN, United Kingdom
Corpsing Theatre Company presents Knock Down, the Life and Times of John Tabernacle, a new experimental theatre show led by Middleton Maddocks. John Tabernacle has died and been reincarnated as a building. Join us from inside his head as he is troubled by his past…

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About the performance

Drawing inspiration from folk plays, Tanztheater, and pantomime, Knock Down is a playful and often comedic exploration of associations. Written for SET 91 on Tabernacle Street, the performance responds directly to the space and its possibilities, blending absurdity and physicality, and inviting the audience into a world that is at once uncanny, humorous, and immersive.

Performers and creative team

Middleton Maddocks – Writer, Director, Performer (@gm.say.it.back)Saul Smith – Performer (@saul_sennen) Dashiell Cummins – Performer (@dashiellcummins) Felix FFK – Performer (@felixffk) Alex Heard – Performer (@alexheardalloneword) Mack Pegram – Performer (@thepegramcollection) Sasha Ahuja – Performer (@sashaahuja_)

Show details:

Dates/times: 31 October – 2 November, 6:00 PM (doors 5:30 PM; latecomers will not be admitted)

Location: 91 Tabernacle Street, London EC2A 4JN

Length: Approx. 45 minutes

Age Guidance: 14+ (must be accompanied by an adult)

Content Warnings: flashing lights, loud sounds

Tickets, pricing and accessibility information:

Concession tickets are £8 (students, unwaged, senior citizens, children under 16, those receiving benefits, NHS workers, disabled visitors, and SET Associate Members). Standard tickets are £10.

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Please note that we want to make this show as inclusive as possible, so if you face any barriers to purchasing a ticket, please email corpsing@proton.me

The performance takes place on the ground level with step-free access. For additional accessibility information, please contact the same email as above.

About Corpsing Theatre

Corpsing Theatre Company, led by Middleton Maddocks, creates experimental, collaborative works that blur the boundaries between performance, autofiction, and everyday life. Previous shows include Substantive Archival Challenges, which observed an all-male guerrilla theatre troupe putting on clandestine productions. Collaboratively, Maddocks and the performers explored surveillance, Stanislavsky, content creation, archetypes, and pagan folk plays, building a playful world where the Id is unleashed, analysed, and reordered.

Middleton Maddocks is an artist working in various modalities. Their practice spans mapping, language, nonsense-making, and symbolic personal histories. Middleton completed their BA at Goldsmiths in 2023 and a residency at Open School East 2024.

About SET 91:

SET 91 is SET’s first in-house curated contemporary arts gallery, located in Old Street. Dedicated to supporting early-career contemporary artists, the gallery provides a non-profit platform for experimentation, collaboration, and the presentation of new work beyond commercial pressures. Keep up to date with SET 91’s curated programme on Instagram at @set91set.

Poster design by Callum Bridge (@ellery3000)

SET Social Halloween Party - Fancy Dress, Games, & Live DJs
2025-10-31 18:00 - 2025-11-01 02:00 | SET Social, 55a Nigel Road, London, SE15 4NP, United Kingdom
It’s getting spooky here at SET Social…

Come by on Friday 31 October from 6pm till late for a night of trick, treats and a few surprises.

Expect:– Halloween games and odd little activities early on– Fancy dress catwalk (yes, there’s a prize for the best outfit)– Live music from 8pm, DJs from 10pm (stay tuned for announcements coming soon)– Pool, photo ops, and Halloween drinks & deals

Fancy dress is highly encouraged. The more effort, the better. But if dressing up isn’t your thing, throw on something vaguely spooky and you’ll still be welcome in the coven 😉

Event details

Dates and times: Friday 31 October, 6-lateTickets: Entrance will be £5 for SET Social members and £7 for non-members (attending as guests of a member).There will be no pre-sale tickets. Just come by and pay for your entry on the door.

We are expecting it to be busy so come down early to get involved! Once capacity is hit, it’s one-in-one-out.

DJ line-up

Dave and the Scally’s @daveandthescallysFormed in south London during 2024, Dave and the Scally’s is a music project, just trying to exist.

ORNELLA @ornellamutoni

London-based filmmaker and selector. Her sets draw on the soulful influences of her hometown and global dancefloor sounds. She has hosted radio shows on Voices Radio and Balamii, and performed at parties including Elevations and Tribqu.

YEESH @thereturnofshe

Drawing on her South London upbringing and South African roots, Yeesh’s sets span gqom, house, brokenbeat, and UK Funky. She has performed as part of Rhythm Section International and at events including Jumbi, Out of Body Pop, and Voices Radio.

Z Lovecraft @mbadenpowell

The DJ alias of multi-faceted producer and instrumentalist Mali Baden-Powell. Z Lovecraft has performed internationally, including London, Berlin, and Estonia, at venues such as fabric, The Colour Factory, Corsica Studios, Stage, and ZENNER. He is also a resident DJ for Rhythm Section.

Hand Building 8 week course with Ceramicist Lauren McNicoll
2025-11-02 10:00 - 12:30 | SET Ceramics, 35 Crutched Friars, London, EC3N 2AE
Join ceramicist Lauren McNicoll for this new Hand Building 8-week course: Exploring making techniques from the conventional to the novel at SET Ceramics.

There are 6 spaces available for this course, this is to ensure there is sufficient space to work in the studio and that students get the out the most from both the course and the tutor.

Course prices range from £224-£280.

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Course overview:

This 8-week hand-building ceramics course at SET Ceramics introduces the essential techniques of sculpting, building, and decorating with clay. Suitable for beginners to intermediate makers, it encourages playful exploration and hands-on learning. As the course progresses, participants are invited to experiment and work more adventurously, including using the body as a tool for sculptural creation—offering a unique, embodied approach to working with clay.

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Course dates:

Week 1: Sunday 2 NovemberWeek 2: Sunday 9 NovemberWeek 3: Sunday 16 NovemberWeek 4: Sunday 23 NovemberWeek 5: Sunday 30 NovemberWeek 6: Sunday 7 DecemberWeek 7: Sunday 14 DecemberBREAK: Sunday 21 DecemberBREAK: Sunday 28 DecemberWeek 8: Sunday 4 January

Please note classes missed cannot be made up at a later date.

Class times:

Classes will start at 10:00 lasting 2.5 hours and finish at 12:30. The last 30 minutes of the class are for cleaning up and organising work in progress.

Please do not arrive any earlier than 5 minutes prior to the class starting as there is no waiting area and the tutor will be busy setting up the studio for the class ahead.

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Tutor bio:

Working across sculpture, education, and facilitation, I explore clay as a material of connection, memory, and embodied process. Alongside my current technical and teaching roles across independent ceramic studios and Central Saint Martins, I run experimental workshops that blur the boundaries between making, movement, and performance—inviting participants to engage clay through sensation and play. My approach merges technical foundation with intuitive exploration. Recent work has been shown at VFD, Pocko Gallery, and Ugly Duck. I’m currently based at Tannery Arts, Bermondsey.

To see Lauren’s work head to: laurenmcnicoll.com

About SET Ceramics

SET Ceramics is a new community ceramics studio in a former Key Cutters and Cobblers. It is located on Crutched Friars, less than a minute from Fenchurch Street Station and round the corner from Tower Gateway.

The fully equipped studio features a 220-litre capacity kiln, four pottery wheels, hand-building and glaze facilities. This is an opportunity to see the space, get a feel for it and register interest in what the studio has to offer, including Studio Memberships, Throwing and Hand-building courses, and more.

Instagram account: @setceramicset

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Analogue and Print Animation Workshop - Spooky Edition
2025-11-04 19:00 - 20:30 | SET Social, 55a Nigel Road, London, SE15 4NP, United Kingdom
Try your hand at using charcoal to create some spooky animations in this new workshop on Tuesday 4 November, 7-9pm. Led by Miranda Peyton Jones, this is part of an ongoing series exploring analogue and print animation. Each month, learn, experiment, and have fun with different hands-on animation techniques. This is a space to try out new ideas and meet fellow experimenters. Expect to come away with a piece of moving image and your printed materials.

No previous animation or drawing skills are necessary; all are welcome. Materials are provided, but feel free to bring your own.

Please note: You’ll need a smartphone with the free app ‘Stop Motion Studio‘ downloaded before you come.

Event details

Time and dates: Tuesday 4 November, from 7-9pm

Tickets are available via Eventbrite:

£8 concessions

£14 standard.

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Artist details:Miranda Peyton Jones is a freelance animator and university lecturer at Kingston School of Art. Her work often explores animated documentary through analogue and tactile materials. See more via her website: https://www.mirandapeytonjones.com/

Contact information: mirandapeytonjones@gmail.com

SET Film Festival 2025 | Night 1: A Token, A Sign
2025-11-06 19:15 - 23:30 | SET Social, 55a Nigel Road, London, SE15 4NP, United Kingdom
Introducing Night 1 of the SET Film Festival 2025: ‘A Token, A Sign’, taking place at SET Social, Peckham on Thursday 6 November.

This night’s programme of short films attempt to decipher the latent meanings, codes, and symbols of landscape and place.

In these works, history and memory are inscribed in the contours of land and cityscapes as codes to be decrypted, mapping forgotten histories of dispossession, extraction, and trade, as well as more personal and idiosyncratic stories. Here, film becomes a taxonomic tool – measuring, but also mystifying – tracing routes into territories of myth, nationalism, enclosure, and erasure.

Night 1 films include:

Riverrun (2024) — Luiza Spotorno

Becoming Landscape (2024) — Eva Giolo

The Force (2025) — Wilma Stone

Houston’s Whitebeam (2024) — Alex Darby and Jake Morris

Outsides (2025) — Milo Gooder

I am Immaculate Conception (2023) — Frank Eli Martin

Comfort (2023) — Daisy Smith

Full programme details can be found on Eventive.

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Event details

Date: Thursday 6 November 2025Doors: 7.15pm | Screening: 7.45pm prompt with a 15-min intervalTickets: £7 (concession) / £9 (general), inclusive of a printed programmeNote: Open to all. SET Social membership is not required, though members enjoy concession rates.

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Follow: @set.filmfestival for programme updates.Poster design by @ashleykinnardstudio.

SET Film Festival 2025 – A Celebration of Contemporary, Artist and Archival Film
2025-11-06 19:15 - 2025-12-06 23:30 | SET Social, 55a Nigel Road, London, SE15 4NP, United Kingdom
SET Film Festival 2025 returns this November, bringing a month of contemporary, artist and archival films to SET Social, Peckham. Now in its third edition, the festival provides an alternative, grassroots platform for bold, independent work.

Curated by Amina Ali, Ellie Dobbs and Verity Monroe, the programme includes short films, feature films, and archival works, with each of the six nights centred around a distinct theme. Selected screenings will be followed by filmmaker Q&As, offering insight into the creative process and opportunities to engage with the community.

Tickets are priced to keep the festival affordable and accessible, reflecting SET’s commitment to keeping culture open and inclusive.

Programme highlights

Full programme details, including the complete film line-up and themes for each night, can be found on Eventive. For further updates, follow @set.filmfestival on Instagram.

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Event details

Dates: Every Thursday, 6 November – 4 December 2025, plus Saturday 6 DecemberDoors: 7.15pm | Screenings: 7.45pm promptTickets: £7 (concession) / £9 (general), with the Archive Film Night offered free of charge. Each ticket includes a printed programme.Note: Open to all. SET Social membership is not required, though members enjoy concession rates.

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Follow: @set.filmfestival for programme updates.

Poster design by @ashleykinnardstudio.

With support from the Exhibitions Hub, Department of Art, Goldsmiths College.

Language Circle
2025-11-08 16:00 - 17:30 | SET Social, 55a Nigel Road, London, SE15 4NP, United Kingdom
Language Circle is an open and informal space to practise speaking and listening in another language. Each month focuses on either French or Spanish, alternating as the year goes on.

You don’t need to be fluent to take part. The group is made up of learners, native speakers and people somewhere in between. Sessions are relaxed and focus on conversation, sharing words, and helping each other learn.

Event details

When: every second Saturday of the month, 4-5.30pm.Ticketing/registration: Free, just drop in any time during the session.

Marx Reading Group
2025-11-09 16:00 - 18:00 | SET Social, 55a Nigel Road, London, SE15 4NP, United Kingdom
The Marx Reading Group is a monthly space for reading and discussing Capital together. The aim is to make Marx’s writing accessible by working through it slowly, sharing thoughts, questions and ideas as a group.

Everyone is welcome, whether you are new to Marx or have read him before. There’s no need for prior knowledge, and all readings are available for free online.

Each session focuses on a set section of Capital, with time for open discussion and contributions from everyone who wants to speak. At the end of each meeting, the group agrees on the next reading and invites volunteers to introduce sections at future sessions.

Event details

When: Every second Sunday of the month, 4-6pm.

Ticketing/registration: Free, no booking required.

For updates on the sessions, join the Marx Reading Group WhatsApp group.

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Contact information: For questions, please email: gfmcvicar@gmail.com

The Upper Matrix of Human Error - Exhibition at SET Lewisham
2025-11-13 17:00 - 2025-11-25 12:00 | SET Lewisham, Unit 1, Lewisham Retail Park, London, SE13 7RZ, United Kingdom
The Upper Matrix of Human Error opens at SET Lewisham on 13 November, 6-9pm.

Bringing together new works by Associate Members, Peter McNelis and Charlie Fogg, the exhibition explores communication, paranoia, and power within the structures that shape digital and social life.

Fogg’s films dissect the mechanics of speech and narrative in digital spaces, manipulating both filmic and verbal language to expose how meaning slips even as it’s being constructed. His fragmented scripts and narrators—whether real or artificial—highlight the instability of communication, particularly when filtered through systems designed to distort and replicate.

McNelis’ film, drawing, textual, and sculptural works are structured around performances of legal and social contracts, and the fictions that underpin them.

Together, their works critique the technologies and networks of power that govern contemporary visual culture. Rather than dismissing those caught within conspiratorial or paranoid thinking, they explore how such ideologies emerge from systems of alienation and control.

Paranoia becomes a defining condition of both production and spectatorship, and yet, within the texts and images they sample, the artists uncover traces of humanity; in the awkward politeness of British speech, the familiar banality of work and consumption, and in moments of humour.

Exhibition details

Private view: 13 November, 6–9pmExhibition dates: 13-25 NovemberTimes: Wednesday-Friday, 4.30–8pm; Saturday-Sunday, 12-6pmLocation: SET Lewisham, Unit 1, Lewisham Retail Park, Loampit Vale, London SE13 7RZTickets: Free entry. No need for appointments.

This exhibition is realised with support from the Exhibitions Hub, Department of Art, Goldsmiths College.

Artists Peter McNelis @l15.pmcne Peter McNelis (b. Newcastle Upon Tyne, 2000) makes work concerned with internal structures of ideology and nationhood, and the naive actors who perform and make them external. He received a BA in Fine Art and History of Art from Goldsmiths in 2023.Charlie Fogg @charlienewfbfogg Charlie Fogg (b. Newcastle Upon Tyne, 2000) works primarily with digital moving- image. His works interrogate narrative forms, exploring themes of the post-internet condition and its effect on everyday life. He received a BA in Fine Art from Manchester School of Art.

SET Film Festival 2025 | Night 2: State of the Nation
2025-11-13 19:15 - 23:30 | SET Social, 55a Nigel Road, London, SE15 4NP, United Kingdom
Introducing Night 2 of the SET Film Festival 2025: ‘State of the Nation’, taking place at SET Social, Peckham on Thursday 13 November.

Schools, care homes, youth centres, churches: these institutions shape who we are, yet they cannot contain us. In conditions of austerity, our underfunded public services and community spaces remain vital forms of support, even as they are marked by fragility and contradiction.

SET presents a series of six films that trace divergent relationships to these frameworks, revealing the fraying social fabric of collective life and the uneven networks that sustain it. In St Leonards-on-Sea, a local youth centre offers a young man both respite and a ticket out of town; veteran filmmaker John Smith reflects on aging, artistic legacy, and the joys and frustrations of being one of many; and in a church hall, faith charts a route back home.

Night 2 films include:

Being John Smith (2024) – John Smith

I’M CHARLIE JOHNSON (2025) – Esther Springett

Okay Keskidee! Let Me See Inside (2025) – Rhea Storr

We were halfway out of town when I realised I forgot my suit (2024) – Barney Ogden

Wedding Reminiscence (2024) – Barney Gibbons

Adura Baba Mi (2024) – Juliana Kasumu

Full programme details can be found on Eventive.

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Event details

Date: Thursday 13 November 2025Doors: 7.15pm | Screening: 7.45pm prompt with a 15-min interval, followed by a Q&A with the filmmakers, hosted by Ellie Dobbs and Amina Ali.Tickets: £7 (concession) / £9 (general), inclusive of a printed programmeNote: Open to all. SET Social membership is not required, though members enjoy concession rates.

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Follow: @set.filmfestival for programme updates.Poster design by @ashleykinnardstudio.

Under Archives - Exhibition at SET 91
2025-11-14 18:00 - 2025-12-07 21:00 | SET 91, 91 Tabernacle Street, London, EC2A 4JN, United Kingdom
SET 91 presents Under Archive, our third exhibition in our six-month programme, in dialogue with the 2025 SET Film Festival, taking place at SET Social in Peckham, from 6 November-4 December. Please join us for the public opening on Friday 14 November, 6-9pm.Co-curated by Ellie Dobbs and Verity Monroe, Under Archives brings together seven international research-based artists and the Sri Lankan Archive Collective, exploring the personal and collective dimensions of archiving. The exhibition highlights practices that expose and resist decades of inequities, neglect, and erasure in the process of archiving and remembering, questioning whose narratives are protected and whose are obscured.

Artists include Leily Moghtader Mojdehi, Halina Edwards, Harmeet Singh Rahal, Veronica Bello, Mya Cavner, Francesca Telling, Toulip Wonder, and the Sri Lankan Archive Collective.

Exhibition details

Private view: Friday 14 November, 6–9pmExhibition dates: 15 November-7 DecemberGallery times: Thursday–Sunday, 1–6pmLocation: 91 Tabernacle Street, Old Street, London, EC2A 4JNTickets: Free entry.

This exhibition is realised with support from the Exhibitions Hub, Department of Art, Goldsmiths College.

Poster design: Callum Bridge

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The Tiny Oscars - Inclusive One Week Film Challenge and Community Screening
2025-11-15 19:00 - 22:00 | SET Social, 55a Nigel Road, London, SE15 4NP, United Kingdom
The Tiny Oscars is an inclusive, free-to-enter independent film night that invites filmmakers from around the world to create a short film in just one week. The event brings the community together to share joy, watch films on the big screen, celebrate with awards, and end the night with a dance.

The initiative aims to encourage making for the sake of making. Many aspiring creators have personal projects they dream of completing, but without real incentive, those ideas often fall into the “idea graveyard.” The Tiny Oscars provides that incentive – a clear deadline and a supportive creative community.The ‘One Week Movie Challenge’ began with co-founder James Papper, who struggled with overthinking and unfinished projects. In late 2024, he discovered that setting a short deadline and holding himself accountable helped him break through a lifelong creative block. Inspired by that breakthrough, The Tiny Oscars now shares this process with a wider audience, empowering filmmakers to overcome perfectionism and rediscover the joy of creativity.

Whether an experienced director or a complete beginner, participants in The Tiny Oscars have the opportunity to see their films on the big screen, connect with fellow creators, and celebrate the act of making. For every filmmaker, it all starts with a deadline.

What is the brief?

The Tiny Oscars will be posting the brief over on Instagram (@thetinyoscars) on 3 November. You then have a week to make your film.

Submission deadline is 10 November. Details on how to submit can be found on Instagram too.

Event details

Date: Saturday 15 NovemberTimes: Doors open at 7pm | Films start at 8pmTickets: Free. You can reserve a seat via Resident Advisor below.

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Contact information: Feel free to get in touch at thetinyoscars@gmail.com with any questions.

Move for Marie Curie – Movement Workshop and Fundraiser
2025-11-16 14:00 - 15:30 | SET Social, 55a Nigel Road, London, SE15 4NP, United Kingdom
Take time for yourself with Move for Marie Curie, a welcoming movement group designed to release the week’s tension. Guided by a HCPC-registered drama and movement therapist, this session invites you to reconnect with your body, reflect, and reset in a safe and supportive space.

Whether you’re an overthinker or simply in need of some grounding, this is your chance to move, breathe, and let go. Bring a notebook for reflections, wear comfortable clothes and shoes, and don’t forget your water bottle.

This session is part of a fundraising journey for the 2026 London Marathon. All proceeds go directly to Marie Curie, helping provide vital end-of-life care and support.

Event details

Date: Sunday, 16 November 2025Time: 14:00 – 15:30Facilitator: Sarah Warham, movement therapist and London Marathon runner for Marie CurieTickets: £5

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Stay connected

Instagram: @sazrunz

TikTok: @sazrunz

Substack: Sazsez

Fundraising page: London Marathon for Marie Curie

Email: sawarham@gmail.com

SET Film Festival 2025 | Night 3: Reticence
2025-11-20 19:15 - 23:30 | SET Social, 55a Nigel Road, London, SE15 4NP, United Kingdom
Introducing Night 3 of the SET Film Festival 2025: ‘Reticence’, taking place at SET Social, Peckham on Thursday 20 November.

The programme presents seven films that employ strategies of reticence, probing the limits of the moving image. By shifting attention away from the visual, the films call on other senses to explore what can be felt rather than seen. Reticence becomes a counter-grammar through which to examine the politics of image-making, as artists evoke the sonic, haptic, and residual to open the screen into a space of speculation where fantasy and reality collide.

Through flicker, textile, archival glitches, and the slippery dreams of sleep-talking, the films embrace the quiet resilience of latent images. By inviting the viewer to project their own visions in the absence of those immediately offered by the filmmakers, their approach is one of dismantling the world in order to reassemble it otherwise.

Night 3 films include:

The Land Where Ghosts Could Speak (2024) – Tianhui Wu

So often returning to the same place (2025) – Maria Howard

Les mains qui travaillent (2024) – Eva van Tongeren

The Departing Images (2023) – Ana Edwards

Sinkhole (2024) – Kate Liston

Rage Against the Archive (2024) – Anshul Roy

Blouse and Skirt (2024) – Brandon Saunders

Full programme details can be found on Eventive.

View Night 3 programme

Event details

Date: Thursday 20 November 2025Doors: 7.15pm | Screening: 7.45pm prompt with a 15-min interval, followed by a Q&A with the filmmakers, hosted by Agnès Houghton-Boyle and Rebecka Öhrström Kann.Tickets: £7 (concession) / £9 (general), inclusive of a printed programmeNote: Open to all. SET Social membership is not required, though members enjoy concession rates.

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Follow: @set.filmfestival for programme updates.Poster design by @ashleykinnardstudio.

DIY Hennin Workshop: Make Your Own Princess Hat!
2025-11-24 19:00 - 22:00 | SET Social, 55a Nigel Road, London, SE15 4NP, United Kingdom
Ever wanted to make your own princess hat like the ones from childhood? This workshop offers the perfect opportunity! Participants will create their own DIY hennin—the iconic pointy medieval hat—using card, fabrics, trims, beads, and lace.

The workshop features a curated medieval-inspired playlist, setting a creative and social atmosphere. Attendees will craft their hats in a welcoming environment and take home their finished creation. A medieval-inspired backdrop will also be available for stunning princess photos.

Event details

Date/time: Monday 24 November, 7-10pmTicketing / registration: £14 Standard £8 Concession

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Everyone is welcome regardless of background or skill level. Feel free to bring your own craft materials if you like, though everything you need will be provided.

Organised and run by Dhara Wright and Isolda Milenkovic.

Peckham Chess Club
2025-11-26 18:00 - 21:00 | SET Social, 55a Nigel Road, London, SE15 4NP, United Kingdom
Peckham Chess Club offers free weekly chess sessions suitable for all levels and abilities. Come along for advice, new skills, and casual games. Every Wednesday 6-late.

SET Film Festival 2025 | Night 4: Coconut Head Generation
2025-11-27 18:45 - 23:00 | SET Social, 55a Nigel Road, London, SE15 4NP, United Kingdom
Night 4 of the 2025 SET Film Festival features Alain Kassanda’s multi-award-winning documentary, Coconut Head Generation, screening at SET Social on Thursday, 27 November.At the University of Ibadan, Nigeria’s oldest university, students gather for their weekly ‘Thursday Film Series’, where works by directors from Med Hondo to John Akomfrah spark lively conversations on feminism, LGBTQ+ rights, colonialism, housing issues and corruption.

Reclaiming the once-mocking term “coconut head generation”, a phrase used by older generations to deride young Nigerians as apathetic and disengaged, Alain Kassanda’s film follows these students as they turn the insult into an affirmation of their freedom of thought and expression.

The film moves from life on campus to the frontline resistance of the #EndSARS protests, the youth-led nationwide movement against police brutality, becoming an urgent portrait of a generation fighting for justice and meaningful social change.

Vividly immersing us in campus life, both as a site of intellectual liberation and spirited debate, and as a place marked by daily challenges such as frequent blackouts and overcrowded conditions, the film offers a resonant portrait of a generation of determined young Nigerians.

Event details

Date: Thursday 27 November 2025Doors: 6.45pm | Screening: 7.45pm prompt Tickets: £5 (concession) / £7 (general)Note: Open to all. SET Social membership is not required, though members enjoy concession rates.

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Follow: @set.filmfestival for programme updates.Poster design by @ashleykinnardstudio.

Pearly Makers Market
2025-11-30 14:00 - 18:00 | SET Social, 55a Nigel Road, London, SE15 4NP, United Kingdom
The Pearly Makers Market is popping up at SET Social on Sunday 30 November 30, from 2-6pm.

Hosted by the wonderful team at @pearlymakersmarket, this free and fabulous market is the perfect opportunity to kickstart your holiday gift-buying. Featuring some of the most talented queer creatives and makers in the scene, you’ll be sure to find something truly weird, wonderful, and unique to suit every taste and budget.

More than just a market, Pearly Makers Market is a safe space and vital platform for queer creatives to show off their incredible work, establish their businesses, and build community.

Every event brings together a vibrant mix, from market veterans to at least one trader who is completely new to the scene. Come discover your new favourite artist!

If interested in trading at future markets, please DM @pearlymakersmarket on Instagram directly.

Candid – Group Critique for Figurative Artists
2025-11-30 18:00 - 19:30 | SET Social, 55a Nigel Road, London, SE15 4NP, United Kingdom
Dive into this informal group critique dedicated to causal and chance depictions of people. This is your space to strip away the pretence, find inspiration, get honest feedback, and forge genuine connections with other artists. Everyone is welcome to share work or just be part of the discussion.

Bring your raw vision – from shaky first drafts to shimmering finished pieces. Spontaneous, momentary images are also encouraged. Conversations will centre around the technical edge (form and technique), as well as the conceptual heart (concepts and aesthetics).

Candid was set up as an open platform by artist Tabitha Gammer whilst studying at Central Saint Martins. Since then, crits have been held online, providing a space for artists to explore and champion the ‘candid’ moment in visual culture.

Event details

Date/times: Sunday 30 November, 6pm – 7.30pmTicketing/registration: Free. Please DM @candidcrits on Instagram or email tabbygammer@gmail.com to reserve a place.

A Coral Reef - Exhibition at SET Lewisham
2025-12-04 18:00 - 2025-12-19 21:00 | SET Lewisham, Unit 1, Lewisham Retail Park, London, SE13 7RZ, United Kingdom
SET is delighted to present A Coral Reef, a new exhibition, opening at SET Lewisham on 4 December, 6-9pm.Bringing together new drawings, paintings, and sculptural works by artists and SET Associate Members Aidan Quinn and Hallam Wood, the exhibition explores fragility, connection, and the unstable systems that bind living things together.Quinn (@maggot.kingdom) makes drawings and sculptures that reflect on the strangeness of living in a collapsing, disorienting world. His works begin with fragments—archival images, scraps of text, or simple patterns—which are redrawn, layered, and tiled until their origins blur and new connections emerge.

Wood (@hallamtwood) works between painting, drawing, and occasional sculpture, guided by the belief that all matter is connected. From this open-ended premise, he aims to realign the pedestrian elements of life. His recent paintings use looping lines to form links between objects and organisms.

Exhibition details

Private view: Thursday 4 December, 6–9pmExhibition dates: 5-7 December, 12–5pmAdditional viewings: 8-19 DecemberVenue: SET Lewisham, Lewisham Retail Park, SE13 7RZAdmission: Free entry, by appointment

SET Social Community and Market Day - Christmas Edition
2025-12-07 12:00 - 17:00 | SET Social, 55a Nigel Road, London, SE15 4NP, United Kingdom
We’re going big for Christmas!Join us on 7 December, 12-5pm at SET Social for our final Community and Market Day of the year – but this time with a festive twist..

This December, SET Social is part of a wider weekend of creativity across Peckham, with neighbouring spaces hosting their own winter events. Visitors will be able to flow between SET Social, Pexmas at Copeland Park, and the Bussey Building Open Studios, creating a full day of markets, art, food, and community just a few minutes’ walk apart.

What to expect at SET Social

Our Christmas Community Day brings all the things you love about SET Social — plus a little extra sparkle. Expect a lively indoor market filled with:

Handmade gifts and crafts

Ceramics, prints, art, zines, and collectables

Vintage clothing, second-hand treasures, and festive finds

Bakes, treats, and unique one-off items

There will be workshops throughout the day, delicious food, and a special live performance from Peckham Elvis to keep spirits high.

Our café and bar will be open all afternoon, serving mulled wine and hot drinks. All proceeds from the bar support SET’s charitable projects, so we kindly ask that you don’t bring in drinks from elsewhere

Trader call-out

We’re looking for makers, creators, bakers, collectors, and sellers of all kinds to be part of our festive market. We welcome a broad mix of traders, including:

Handmade crafts, ceramics, textiles, art, prints and zines

Vintage clothing, second-hand items, bric-à-brac, and collectables

Candles, home bakes, books, records, and more

Booking options:

Inside Big Table – 120 cm rectangle

Inside Small Table – 60 cm round

Floor Pitch – bring a rug/blanket or rail

If you’re a charity or raising money for a charity email tabitha@setspace.uk with details of your organisation and we will offer you a free or subsidised stall.

There are specific tickets for people who require a larger table or a small table, so please make sure you select the correct ticket upon booking.

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Food

We’re delighted to have Peckham Soup Kitchen serving up delicious food throughout the day.Peckham Soup Kitchen is a grassroots community organisation providing free meals, essential support, and outreach for people in need across South East London.

Workshops

@drawing.people.together will be hosting ‘Blue Christmas’, a free drop-in workshop where you can make or draw your own bauble to take home. All ages and abilities are welcome, materials are provided, and you’re invited to simply come as you are.

Totes and cards will also be on sale in support of the fantastic local charity @pecan121a, all while being serenaded by not one, but two local Elvises.

Important Info:

Stall setup from 11:30am

Market opens to the public from 12pm

Pack down stalls by 5pm

Café and bar open all day (proceeds support SET’s charitable projects). Please don’t bring in outside drinks.

Event is indoors with limited plug sockets; bring charged card readers or power banks.

No parking on site.

Wheelchair and step-free access available, including a disabled toilet.

Children under 12 must be accompanied by a parent or guardian.

What to expect at Copeland Park

Just a short stroll from SET Social, both events below will be running throughout the day, making it easy for visitors to explore multiple creative spaces in one festive trip.

Pexmas

A longstanding Peckham winter celebration, Pexmas brings together over 150 independent traders, designers, artists, DJs, food stalls, and more. Expect a bustling market atmosphere in the Unit 8 Warehouse and Copeland Gallery, the perfect complement to SET Social’s indoor market.

Bussey Building Open Studios

Step inside the historic Bussey Building and discover the work of artists, makers, and designers across their open studios. Explore painting, crafts, photography, jewellery, fashion, printmaking, homewares, and more, all within one of Peckham’s most iconic creative buildings.

Peckham Chess Club Tournament
2025-12-07 18:00 - 2025-12-08 00:00 | SET Social, 55a Nigel Road, London, SE15 4NP, United Kingdom
After the success of the inaugural tournament, Peckham Chess Club is back bigger and better, with their next tournament this December.Open to players of all levels, this tournament guarantees everyone five games of 10-minutes each, with prizes awarded for top placing performers across all skill levels. Prizes include chess books, chess lessons, medals, and more.

Whether you’re an online chess addict or just getting into the game, come play some chess, have fun, and meet your local chess club.

Event details

Date/times: Sunday 7 December, 6pm-late. Ticketing/registration: Tickets are £10, with all proceeds going directly towards supporting the club and buying new equipment.

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Paratha Club - Joyland
2025-12-11 19:00 - 22:00 | SET Social, 55a Nigel Road, London, SE15 4NP, United Kingdom
Picture this: you roll into Peckham at 7pm and the air is warm with the scent of sweet incense and the soft glow of diyas flickers along the bar. At the bar, you’re offered stuffed parathas, served with butter, yogurt and a selection of Indian pickles. You tuck in, catching up with friends as the food fills you with comfort. Once you’ve eaten, a steaming cup of masala chai and a sweet treat are offered to you. You settle in together, chai and treat in hand, to watch a film—the perfect end to a soul-nourishing meal.

This weeks paratha stuffing: Gobi (Cauliflower)

This week’s film: JoylandA bit about the movie – Joyland (2022), the stunning debut from Pakistani director, Saim Sadiq, follows the Rana family in Lahore as their youngest son, Haider, secretly takes a job at an erotic dance theatre and becomes drawn to Biba, a confident transgender performeer. The film gently but powerfully explores desire, family expectations, and the cost of living your truth within a deeply traditional society. It’s beautifully acted, sensitively directed, and has become a landmark for Pakistani cinema on the world stage.

Event details

7-7.45pm – Paratha time7.45-8pm – Time to get some chai and a sweet treat and a chance to go to the restroom before the film starts8pm – Film starts11.30pm – End of event

All items are 100% plant-based.

Allergen InfoParatha – Gluten, SoySweet Treat – Soy, Tree Nuts, Sesame, GlutenMasala Chai – Oat milk

Ticketing / registration: £17.50

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Organiser details: Tava Rakh is a plant-based food business run by Mala Lal. Tava Rakh means “put the hot plate on” in Punjabi—a phrase Mala’s mum would say, signalling the start of cooking (and tasty food coming!). Growing up in a Punjabi household, Mala was constantly surrounded by rich, indulgent Indian comfort food. Cooking has always been a way to unwind, and sharing crispy parathas with yogurt, pickle, butter, and a cup of masala chai is a nostalgic, soul-warming experience she now invites you to enjoy.

Contact information: mala_lal@hotmail.co.uk
