Revolutionary Communist Party Open Meeting at SET Social
2026-02-15 16:00 - 18:00 (Europe/London) | SET Social, 55a Nigel Road, London, SE15 4NP, United Kingdom
The world feels like it’s shifting fast. What does it mean, and what comes next?

2026 has started with a bang: Nicolás Maduro has been kidnapped by US imperialism; ICE continues its murderous rampage in American cities; the Iranian working class faces a new wave of repression from its ruling class; and the whole British state has been exposed at every level.The so-called “rules-based world order” is crumbling before our eyes. People across the world are asking why this is happening—and what role ordinary people can play in shaping what comes next.

The Revolutionary Communists of Peckham invite you to an open meeting at SET Social to discuss these questions collectively. The session will explore current global events, the role of imperialism and state power, and the potential for working-class movements to respond to ongoing crises.

This is an opportunity to meet others interested in revolutionary politics, share perspectives, and engage with ideas around socialist transformation and international solidarity.

Whether you are new to political organising or already involved, all are welcome to attend and join the discussion.

Workers of the world unite.

Event details

Date: Sunday 15 FebruaryTime: 4pmLocation: SET Social, Peckham, 55a Nigel Road, SE15 4NPTicketing/registration: Free, no registration required.

She Echoes CIC Launch: New Year, New Mindset
2026-02-19 18:00 - 21:00 | SET Social, 55a Nigel Road, London, SE15 4NP, United Kingdom
Curious about connecting with other women working in music and the creative industries?

This event marks the official launch of She Echoes CIC, a new female-led initiative supporting young women across South London through music, mentoring, and creative development.

The evening centres on a guided Vision Board Making Workshop, offering space for participants to reflect, set intentions, and map out personal and creative goals for the year ahead. Alongside the workshop, the programme includes live performances from emerging female artists, a DJ set, and contributions from guest speakers working across the music industry.

She Echoes CIC is focused on creating accessible spaces for connection, learning, and collaboration. This launch event introduces the organisation’s wider mission and marks the beginning of its two-year development programme, which will include workshops, studio sessions, and community-led events.

The event is open to women aged 18-30 and is designed as a supportive space to meet others, share ideas, and learn more about upcoming opportunities with She Echoes CIC.

Event details

Date: Thursday 19 February Time: 6-9pmLocation: SET SocialTickets: £5 (plus booking fee) and available via Eventbrite.

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About the organiser: She Echoes CIC is a Southwark-based community organisation dedicated to uplifting disadvantaged and underrepresented women and girls through the power of music, mentoring, creativity and well being. They provide safe, supportive spaces where women can build skills, gain confidence and access opportunities that can help them thrive personally, creatively and professionally.

Their mission is simple. To amplify the voices of women and girls who are too often unheard – helping them grow, connect and step boldly into their potential.

Learn more at https://www.sheechoes.co.uk/

Soft Ground: Textiles and Self-Soothing Workshop Series
2026-02-20 14:00 - 16:00 | SET Social, 55a Nigel Road, London, SE15 4NP, United Kingdom
Soft Ground is a four-month programme of free weekly drop-in textile-based art sessions, designed to support mental wellbeing through creativity, routine, and communal making.

Drawing from neurodivergent practices and trauma-informed methodologies, the sessions are open to all, with a particular welcome extended to neurodivergent participants. The programme offers a gentle, sensory-aware environment where participants can engage with textile processes at their own pace, using tactile making as a tool for self-soothing, co-regulation, and creative exploration.

Each two-hour session is led by a rotating group of women artists recognised for their inclusive practices and lived experience of neurodivergence: Kim Chin, Birungi Kawooya, Sue Mayo, and Jenny McIlhatton. Participants are invited to drop in, try different approaches to textile making, and take part in a supportive communal space focused on reducing isolation, building trust, and nurturing emotional wellbeing.

Sessions follow a consistent weekly format designed to create structure and accessibility, particularly for those who experience anxiety, sensory overload, or social isolation. While the programme centres neurodivergent experiences, it is open to anyone in the local community interested in creativity as a pathway to wellbeing.

All sessions take place at SET Social, our arts and social club in Peckham. Each session concludes with refreshments, creating a relaxed environment for conversation and connection.

Event details

Dates: Every Friday, from 20 February – 5 JuneTimes: 2-4pmWhere: SET Social, 55a Nigel Road, Peckham, SE15 4NPTicketing/registration: All workshops are free, available to book via Eventbrite.

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Programme credits

Curated by Sylvia Keck, Community Engagement Curator at Looking Forward.Realised in partnership with SET and with support from the National Lottery Community Fund.

About the organiser: Founded in 2019, Looking Forward works internationally across contemporary art, design, and socially engaged practices. As curators and cultural producers, they bring together artists, researchers, institutions, and publics through medium and long-term projects that span exhibitions, publishing, public programming, outreach, communication and critical research.

Continuing in Skin - Exhibition at SET Stage Gallery
2026-02-20 19:00 - 2026-02-22 22:00 | SET Social, 55a Nigel Road, London, SE15 4NP, United Kingdom
Continuing in Skin is the second exhibition of the year by SET Stage Gallery. Created by Téa-Anya Sage Earle, the exhibition explores tattooing as ritual, archive, and memory, considering the body as a living record.

Presented at SET Social Peckham, Continuing in Skin traces connections between ancient and contemporary tattoo practices. Drawing on pre-colonial and Indigenous aesthetics and informed by ideas of collective memory, the exhibition examines how skin marking carries meaning across generations.

Through this lens, tattooing is approached not only as personal expression but as a method of remembering, recording, and transmitting experience, inviting a reappraisal of the relationships between body modification, skin, and recollection.

Exhibition details

Opening night: Friday 20 February, 7-10pmExhibition run: 20-22 February, 2-9pmLocation: SET Stage Gallery at SET Social, 55a Nigel Road, Peckham, SE15 4NPVisiting information: Free + optional £5 donation. To help manage capacity, booking is required.

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About SET Stage Gallery

Launched in 2023, SET Stage Gallery is a volunteer-led, non-profit contemporary art space based at SET Social. The gallery prioritises artists with limited access to exhibition opportunities and supports a programme of monthly workshops, talks, screenings, reading groups, and exhibitions. All proceeds go directly to participating artists, supporting accessibility and sustainability within the space.

Artist: Téa-Anya Earle (@a____9.o)Curator: Ayiesha Sankoh (@thereturnofshe)

Contact

For questions, please email setstagegallery@gmail.com

London Fashion Week Clothes Swap
2026-02-21 15:00 - 18:30 | SET Social, 55a Nigel Road, London, SE15 4NP, United Kingdom
During London Fashion Week, we’re taking a stand against fast fashion. Join Hate Zine and Fossil Free London at SET Social for an unofficial clothes swap celebrating sustainable fashion, creativity and anti-consumerism.

Free and open to all, this event offers a space to rethink how we wear, share and value clothing while having fun and connecting with like-minded people interested in sustainability and collective action. Alongside the swap, visitors can browse activist T-shirts for sale, take part in cute craft activities, and discover ways to reduce waste and get involved in climate and social justice campaigns.

Tell the Story of Your Clothes

Every item has a story. Participants are invited to share the story behind a piece of clothing, either by writing it down to be read aloud or by stepping up to the mic. Whether meaningful, funny or unexpected, these stories highlight the personal connections that make clothing more than just commodities.

How the swap works

Bring five or more items and leave with up to five items

No items to swap? You are still welcome to attend

Tokens are given based on how many items you donate

Tokens can then be exchanged for clothing during the swap

Clothing guidelines

Clean, good-quality adult clothing only

No shoes

No underwear or damaged items

Please try to arrive early if you are donating clothing so organisers can prepare the space. Any leftover items will be donated to charity after the event.

Please bring your own bag.

Event details

Date: Saturday 21 FebruaryTime: 3-6.30pmTicketing: Free entry, just drop in. All welcome.

About the organisers:

Hate Zine is an anticapitalist arts zine and online platform focused on social justice and politics.

Fossil Free London is a climate justice organisation dedicated to opposing the fossil fuel industry and the financial and political structures that sustain it. Through creative public engagement and campaigning, they advocate for a rapid and just transition towards a sustainable and equitable society.

Theatre Other Open Rehearsal
2026-02-25 15:00 - 17:00 | SET Social, 55a Nigel Road, London, SE15 4NP, United Kingdom
Join Theatre Other for an open rehearsal of their developing performance Join the Dance.

This session invites audiences into the rehearsal space to witness and respond as dance artists explore what a “dancing space” can be today. Participants are encouraged to offer honest feedback and critical reflection to help shape the development of the work. You are welcome to bring your own medium to respond live, whether that is drawing materials, writing tools, instruments, or other creative approaches.Drawing inspiration from the phenomenon of 16th century dancing mania, Theatre Other explores how collective movement persists today, across streets, social clubs and town halls in London. The work investigates how social identities shape the ways bodies move through space, tracing patterns of movements that feel both pleasurable and disturbing.

This project is co-devised by a queer, neurodivergent collective exploring alternative approaches to collective making.

Event details

Date: Wednesday 25 FebruaryTime: 3-5pmTicketing/booking: Free. Please RSVP via otheatreother@gmail.com

Please note: some scenes may be disturbing for younger audiences.

We aim to make the space as accessible as possible. If there is anything that would support your participation, please get in touch at the above email.

About the organiser: Theatre Other assembled through spontaneous encounters and shared curiosity in summer 2025. The group exists beyond traditional categories of “dancers” and “non-dancers”, creating nurturing environments for collective making and collaborative performance practice.

Poster design: @da.lsyArtwork: @marleyartan

D.E.A.D - Dazzling Eulogies and Devotions
2026-02-26 17:30 - 20:30 | SET Social, 55a Nigel Road, London, SE15 4NP, United Kingdom
A cabaret for the dead divas we miss so much.

Alan Rickman. David Bowie. Harper Lee. Carrie Fisher. George Michael. Prince. Leonard Cohen. Victoria Wood. Zsa Zsa Gabor. Muhammad Ali. And Fraser Buchanan’s (the organiser) mum. What do all these people have in common? They all died in 2016.

Ten years on, this event reflects on grief as something vast, world-shifting, and deeply personal, but also something that can hold humour, tenderness, and release. There are dark jokes to tell, sweet stories to share, silly songs to sing, and moments worth sitting with.

D.E.A.D (Dazzling Eulogies and Devotions) is a one-off cabaret-come-memorial bringing together songs, poems, anecdotes, and short performances. A group of invited artists and collaborators share work that honours loss, memory, and the people we carry with us, without asking the audience to be solemn, polished, or resolved.

The evening is intentionally low-key, camp, heartfelt, and a little irreverent. It offers space to sit with death and grief without the pressure to explain it, fix it, or make it palatable.

Featuring performances from:

Lavinia Co-opDanielle JamesMax LindsayMx FortuneGayathiri KamalakanthanTemi WilkeyFraser Buchanan

more to be announced!

Important note

This event is not group therapy. It is not facilitated by a trained grief counsellor and does not offer bereavement support. It is a cabaret for people who want to sit with themes of death and loss without worrying about making others uncomfortable. Dedicated bereavement resources are available elsewhere for those who need them.

Event details

Date: Thursday 26 FebruaryTime: 6-8.30pm (doors from 5.30pm)Location: Red Room, SET SocialAge restriction: 16+Tickets: £5 and available via Ticket Tailor.

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About the organiser:

This event is curated and produced by Fraser Buchanan (@fraserfab), a performer and producer working across cabaret, performance, and community-led arts.More information: fraserfab.net

With thanks to Raze Collective for their support.For event queries, please email fraser@razecollective.com.Artwork by Moss Kissing.

Healing the Hidden Ancestral Stories
2026-02-28 14:30 - 17:30 | SET Social, 55a Nigel Road, London, SE15 4NP, United Kingdom
A four-part workshop series exploring ancestry, healing, and inherited patterns.

Healing the Hidden Ancestral Stories is a supportive series of four workshops inviting participants to explore their ancestral history through journaling, meditation, and sound. The sessions offer time and space to reflect on inherited experiences, patterns, and stories, and to gently work with how these may continue to shape our lives.

Each workshop combines guided journaling, meditation, and sound work using Tibetan healing bowls. The sessions are designed to support individual exploration in a safe, grounded environment, allowing participants to connect with both personal and ancestral narratives and to begin releasing what no longer serves their lineage.

This course is open to people of all faiths and belief systems. While anyone is welcome to join any workshop, it is recommended that participants attend all four sessions, as each builds on the last.

Session breakdown

Session 1 — Saturday 28 FebruaryExploring inherited thought patterns and individual experiences that may be negatively impacting your life. The session focuses on identifying these patterns and working with sound and meditation to begin clearing them.

Session 2 — Saturday 7 MarchExploring the impact of displacement, including ancestral or personal experiences of moving between lands and places. The session looks at how this history can affect us today and includes meditation and sound work to support healing.

Session 3 — Saturday 14 MarchExploring collective trauma within your lineage and how this may show up in your life. Meditation and sound are used to gently work with and release connected trauma.

Session 4 — Saturday 21 MarchExploring the gifts inherited through both individual and ancestral experience. This final session focuses on recognising these strengths and considering how they can be expressed in the world.

Each session allows time for individual reflection, supported by guided meditation and sound.

Event details

Dates: Fridays 28 February, 7 March, 14 March, 21 MarchTime: 2.30-5.30pmTickets: £16.96 per workshop; booking available via Eventbrite

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About the facilitator:

The workshops are led by Anthea Durand, an experienced spiritual teacher with over 20 years of teaching practice.

Anthea is the author of Illumination of the Shadow: Ancestral Wisdom from the Past for the Future (2020), which received several awards, including the New York Big Book Award and a Silver Prize in the Nautilus Book Awards. Her work centres on helping individuals and communities recognise and heal negative ancestral patterns in order to live more fulfilled lives. The book is available on Amazon and various online platforms.

SET Social March Community Day and Market
2026-03-01 12:00 - 17:00 | SET Social, 55a Nigel Road, London, SE15 4NP, United Kingdom
Looking for a relaxed Sunday filled with local creativity, good food, and familiar faces?

SET Social’s March Community Day and Market returns for the start of Spring, bringing together local makers, neighbours, artists and friends for an afternoon of browsing, chatting and spending time together.

Expect a lively indoor market filled with handmade goods, vintage finds, ceramics, prints, zines, collectables and baked treats. Alongside the stalls, there will be drop-in workshops throughout the day, plus a café and bar open from start to finish.

This is a free, open event designed as a welcoming space to support local makers, spend time together, and enjoy a slower Sunday.

Please note: all proceeds from the café and bar directly support SET Social’s community projects. We kindly ask that you do not bring outside drinks.

Event details

Date: Sunday 1 MarchTime: 12-5pmEntry: Free

Drop-in workshops

Mud Volts: Permacomputing Workshop

Part of this month’s Community Day, Mud Volts is a hands-on session exploring sustainable approaches to technology. Using soil-based microbial fuel cells, participants will build plant-powered “mud cells” that generate small amounts of electricity.

The workshop runs from 1-3pm and is free to join. You can read more about the workshop below.

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Gardening Workshop with the SET Social DIY Community Garden

A relaxed, drop-in session inviting you to get involved with the community garden. Expect planting, sharing tips, chatting, and learning more about how the garden is cared for collectively. No experience needed.

Call-out for market traders

Calling all makers, creators, hustlers, collectors, and hoarders. Come be part of our February market.Stall options:

Inside Big Table 120cm rectangle

Inside Small Round Table 60cm

Floor Pitch – please bring a rug/blanket or rail to present your items

Prices vary between £5-8 depending on size of stall.

If you’re a charity or raising money for a charity email tabitha@setspace.uk with details of your organisation. Free or subsidised stalls are available.

Please make sure you select the correct ticket when booking, as table sizes are limited and specific to each option.

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Important information

Café and bar open all day; proceeds support SET’s charitable projects.

Stall setup begins at 11:30am.

Market opens to the public from 12pm and closes at 5pm.

Pack down stalls by 5pm.

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.

We can’t wait to see you there!

Mud Volts: Permacomputing Workshop
2026-03-01 13:00 - 15:00 | SET Social, 55a Nigel Road, London, SE15 4NP, United Kingdom
Plants are good. Electricity is fun. What happens when we bring the two together?

Inspired by Sunjoo Lee’s Electric Garden, this community session will build a collection of soil-based microbial fuel cells, also known as “mud cells”, which generate small amounts of electricity through the metabolic processes of soil bacteria. Each plant pot becomes a living power source.

Participants will work together to build mud cells and collectively decide on a low-power device to power during the session. The workshop invites reflection on how technology can be designed with adaptability, care and ecological awareness in mind.

All materials are provided. The session is free to attend.

Event details

Date: Sunday 1 MarchTime: 1-3pmEntry: Free

About the organiser:

This workshop is hosted by the Permacomputing community, a gathering dedicated to cultivating resilient and sustainable approaches to technology. The group shares skills, explores regenerative and low-tech computing practices, and encourages hands-on maintenance and repair. At a time when extractive and high-impact technologies dominate culture, Permacomputing seeks to build alternatives rooted in transparency and care.The Permacomputing club runs every Monday, 6:30-7:30pm at SET Social. You can learn more here.You can learn more at: permacomputing.net/principles

Mud Volts forms part of SET Social’s March Community Day and Market. You can find full details of the day’s programme here.

Turncoats: North vs South London debate
2026-03-05 19:00 - 22:00 | SET Social, 55a Nigel Road, London, SE15 4NP, United Kingdom
Of all the 272 Tube stations, fewer than 9% are south of the Thames while 39 out of 41 Elizabeth Line stations are in the North. Yet ironically North London’s transport generosity seems to create a culture that is anything but.

While southern Londoners obligingly drag themselves North at the behest of friends in Clapton or Chalk Farm without complaint, persuading a Northerner to cross the river in the other direction is like drawing blood from a stone. There are at least 59 ways to cross the river in the capital by foot, boat, road, rail or cable car, yet many North Londoners still insist the south of their city is “difficult to get to”.

What is it about North London that breeds a pampered psyche too timid to venture beyond Hackney or try the Thameslink? Why would so many North Londoners rather queue round the block for a cramped seat at an over-hyped small plates restaurant in Soho when for half the price they could have a vat of Ecuadorian fish soup or a mountain of Nigerian suya on The Old Kent Road? Who would choose the Maseratis of Knightsbridge, the banker-wankers of the City and the insufferably smug postcard families of Stoke Newington over Burgess Park barbecues, the Blackheath Kite Day and that sauna in the Finnish church?

In these hyper-polarised times, Turncoats returns to SET Social to tackle the biggest schism of our divided nation. Buckingham Palace vs Crystal Palace. The Ivy members club vs The Ivy House community pub. Fancy buildings and high air pollution vs sprawling parks and modernist council estates.

The ultimate grudge match: North vs South London.

Speakers

North LondonKasia TomasiewiczPater Bloxham

South LondonHidigo DulaneOwen Hatherley

ChairAydin Dikerdem

Additional performers to be announced.

Event details

Date: Thursday 5 MarchTime: 7-10pmTickets: From £8

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Turncoats is presented in partnership with FA Front and Architecture Foundation.

Analogue Animation Workshop - March Edition
2026-03-10 19:00 - 21:00 | SET Social, 55a Nigel Road, London, SE15 4NP, United Kingdom
Curious about animation beyond screens and software?

This hands-on workshop offers an introduction to analogue and handmade animation techniques, as part of an ongoing monthly series focused on experimentation, play, and learning by doing. Each session explores a different approach to making moving images using tactile, low-tech methods.

Led by artist and animator, Miranda Peyton Jones, the workshop is designed as an open, supportive space to try new ideas, learn practical techniques, and meet others interested in experimental animation. Participants can expect to leave with a short piece of moving image, along with printed materials created during the session.

No previous animation or drawing experience is required. All materials are provided, and participants are welcome to bring their own materials if they wish. Please note that you will need a smartphone with the free Stop Motion Studio app downloaded before attending.

Event details

Time and dates: Tuesday 10 March, from 7-9pm

Tickets are available via Eventbrite:

£8 concessions

£14 standard

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Outer Circle Voice Circle – women and non-binary vocal workshop
2026-03-11 19:00 - 21:00 | SET Social, 55a Nigel Road, London, SE15 4NP, United Kingdom
Want to explore your voice in a supportive, non-judgemental space?

Outer Circle is an experimental vocal group for women and non-binary people, offering a monthly space to explore voice, breath, and sound together. This is not a choir. There are no auditions, no expectations, and no prior experience required.

Each session brings together vocal warm-ups, group singing, improvisation, meditation, and playful exercises. The focus is on connection rather than performance, inviting participants to tune into their own voice and the voices of those around them.

Outer Circle welcomes women and non-binary people from all backgrounds and levels of musical experience. Sessions are designed to be supportive, inclusive, and open-ended, creating space for curiosity, expression, and collective listening.

No musical experience is necessary, and no materials are needed.

Event details

Date: Wednesday 11 March

Time: 7-9pm

Ages: 18+

Tickets: £5 + £1.13 booking fee via Eventbrite.

Please note: The group prioritises accessibility and community, and no one will be turned away due to lack of funds. If cost is a barrier, please email rosanorthover@gmail.com to arrange a free ticket.

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Facilitator information:

The session is led by Rosa Theodora, a South London–based musician, composer, facilitator, and DJ working across experimental, jazz, and psych sounds. Rosa plays keyboard and synth with Orchestra New (women and non-binary improviser’s orchestra), Existential Dress (UKG-marimba-punk duo), and Noon Garden (psych pop). Her recent projects include improvised Piano Meditations on YouTube, Interferences with Teo Danneman, and Fly Away for Tour de Moon’s Moon Music EP 5, which was transmitted to the moon and back. Rosa is also an experienced facilitator, running monthly vocal sessions at SET Social and working with charities such as Spark the Noise and Raw Material.Guest facilitator: Jess Mollie

For any questions, please contact rosanorthover@gmail.com

OffBeat Presents: The Land Between Race and Place
2026-03-12 18:30 - 22:30 | SET Social, 55a Nigel Road, London, SE15 4NP, United Kingdom
OffBeat returns to SET Social for the final events in its programme before the OffBeat Folk Film Festival launches in May.

For this special evening, OffBeat is joined by curator and researcher Gabriel Leavey for a programme of film screenings and discussion exploring the Black British experience across these isles and how it intersects with ideas of folk culture.

The event asks a series of questions about identity, geography and belonging. Why is Black Britishness so often associated with the “urban”? What happens when your roots are suburban or rural? Can Black British identity also exist within folk culture, and what does it mean to occupy the socially and geographically liminal space between race and place?

The evening will feature films, conversation and discussion, alongside a relaxed atmosphere with cheap beer, pizza and samosas available.

This event forms part of a two-night programme curated by Gabriel Leavey taking place across London, with the second night Walthamstow Trades Hall on 9 March.

Event Details

Date: Thursday 12 MarchTime: 6.30-10.30pmLocation: SET Social, 55a Nigel Road, Peckham SE15 4NPTickets: £10, available from Ticket Tailor.

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About the organiser: OffBeat was founded in 2022 by Mike Hankin and Rita Conry as a small film night for friends and has since grown into a wider project exploring what folk culture means today.

The project hosts regular events across London and in 2025 launched the first OffBeat Folk Film Festival, a week of sold-out screenings, talks and music featuring 48 contemporary films made across Britain.

OffBeat began by sharing overlooked archive films about folk culture, heritage and working life in the UK. Today, the project continues to celebrate and connect the culture, art and stories of everyday people, offering a more inclusive and expansive picture of what it means to be British.

You can learn more about their upcoming 2026 Film Festival here: https://offbeat.film/obfff26

St Paddy’s Night at SET Social
2026-03-14 18:00 - 2026-03-17 02:00 | SET Social, 55a Nigel Road, London, SE15 4NP, United Kingdom
Polish your shamrocks and prepare your best jig. St Paddy’s is landing at SET Social for a night of Irish-inspired making, music and good old-fashioned craic.

The evening starts early with some St Paddy’s themed crafting and a prize raffle, before the room fills with the sound of a live trad session. Fiddles, flutes, bodhráns and a crowd that may or may not know the words.

From 11pm, the Red Bar decks take over, with DJs carrying things through to the early hours.

And yes, the rumours are true. Baby Guinness will be on the menu.

Come with friends, come solo, come wearing green, come without a clue what a bodhrán is. By the end of the night someone will probably teach you.

Sláinte.

Event Details

Date: Saturday 14 MarchTime: 6pm–2amTrad Session: 9-11pmDJs: 11pm-2amLocation: SET Social, 55a Nigel Road, Peckham, SE15 4NP

Tickets on the door:

Free before 8pm

£3 for SET Social members

£5 for non-members (must be accompanied by a member)

Poster design by Lola Hibberd <3

Club Bananas: Blossom Collage Workshop
2026-03-15 15:00 - 17:00 | SET Social, 55a Nigel Road, London, SE15 4NP, United Kingdom
Club Bananas returns to SET Social with a new seasonal collage workshop celebrating the arrival of spring. This month’s theme is Blossom, inspired by blooming flowers, fresh growth and the colours of the changing season.

Led by local artist Banana Holdwin, Club Bananas is an inclusive art club centred on craft-making, collage and mixed media experimentation. The sessions centre creativity without pressure, encouraging participants to explore freely, embrace messiness and enjoy the process rather than focus on perfection. It is a space to connect with others, experiment creatively and let your inner child play.

Each month introduces a new theme while keeping mixed media at the heart of the practice. Participants are always welcome to follow their own ideas alongside the theme.

Session focus

This session explores blossom-inspired collage using scrap paper, magazines and found materials. A short demonstration will introduce simple collage techniques using nature books, magazines and recycled materials.

As always, the theme is optional and open to interpretation. Participants are welcome to experiment with the theme or follow their own creative direction for their collage pieces.

All materials are provided, but you are warmly encouraged to bring magazines, coloured paper, postcards, photos or craft materials you would like to use.

Event details

Date: Sunday 15 MarchTimes: 3-5pmLocation: SET Social, Red Bar, 55a Nigel Road, Peckham SE15 4NPTickets: Pay what you can. Book online or pay on the door.

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About Club Bananas: Club Bananas is an art club led by local artist Banana Holdwin, focusing on collage and mixed media making through recycled and found materials. The sessions prioritise experimentation, accessibility and community, offering a playful environment for people of all ages and abilities to make work together.

Braiding Sweetgrass Reading Circle
2026-03-15 16:30 - 18:30 | SET Social, 55a Nigel Road, London, SE15 4NP, United Kingdom
To celebrate the return of spring, join us at SET Social for the Braiding Sweetgrass Reading Circle, a small reading group exploring Robin Wall Kimmerer’s influential book Braiding Sweetgrass.

Meeting every two weeks from 15 March to 24 May, the circle invites participants to read and discuss the book together over tea in a relaxed and welcoming setting. Each session will focus on a different section of the text, beginning with the introduction at the first meeting.

Drawing on her life as an Indigenous scientist, a mother and a woman, Kimmerer explores how other living beings such as plants, animals and ecosystems offer lessons about reciprocity, care and responsibility. Through stories that move between ecology, science and Indigenous knowledge, the book explores our relationship with the earth and the importance of living in respectful kinship with the more-than-human world.

The reading circle will be a space to discuss these ideas together and reflect on how they might influence our daily lives. If gardeners attend, the group may also explore ways to connect some of the book’s teachings with the SET Social Community Garden.

Open to anyone interested in nature, gardening or anti-colonial perspectives on our relationship with the land. The group will remain small to allow space for discussion.

Tea will be provided.

Event details

Dates: Every two weeks from Sunday 15 March-24 MayTime: 4.30-6.30pmLocation: SET Social, 55a Nigel Road, Peckham SE15 4NPEntry: Free, drop-in

Sessions will take place indoors around the tables in the main hall, or outdoors in the garden when the weather allows.

Bi-weekly schedule

15 March: Introduction and Chapter 1 – Planting Sweetgrass 29 March: Chapter 2 – Tending Sweetgrass12 April: Chapter 3 – Picking Sweetgrass26 April: Chapter 4 – Braiding Sweetgrass10 May: Chapter 5 – Burning Sweetgrass24 May: Epilogue

Facilitator and artwork:

Reading circle facilitated by @jadesrooomPoster artwork by @brog.de.mer

Please note: If you would like to join but are unable to purchase the book, please contact the host at @jadesrooom.

Permacomputing club
2026-03-16 18:30 - 19:30 | SET Social, 55a Nigel Road, London, SE15 4NP, United Kingdom
How can we rethink our relationship to harmful technologies?

Join the Permacomputing Club every Monday at SET Social for a weekly meet-up exploring this question and more sustainable ways to use and think about digital tools.

Inspired by permaculture, permacomputing is an anti-capitalist project that challenges the environmental and social damage caused by modern technology. Drawing on ideas from degrowth, ecologism, decolonial thinking and intersectional feminism, it looks for alternatives to the energy-intensive systems shaping today’s tech landscape.

Each session emphasises collaborative discussion over solo tinkering. Participants are invited to share a problem they’ve read or experienced, where they’ll receive feedback and work together to find solutions.

In a culture dominated by harmful tech practices, including AI, the Permacomputing Club aims to build a more thoughtful space to explore new and different possibilities.

All are welcome, though women and non-binary participants are particularly encouraged to join.

Please bring your own tech and have a look at our guiding principles before attending: permacomputing.net/Principles.

Event details

Date: Every MondayTime: 6.30-7.30pmTickets: Free entry. Simply drop-in. RSVP optional.

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Artist/organiser: Ana Meisel and Margot McEwen. Instagram: @dj_anicka

Website: london.permacomputing.net

For enquires, please get in touch at ana4a@proton.me

Peckham’s Multicultural Plates
2026-03-17 17:00 - 21:00 | SET Social, 55a Nigel Road, London, SE15 4NP, United Kingdom
Peckham’s Multicultural Plates is an evening of community, culture and cuisine, bringing together Peckham’s diverse communities to break bread and celebrate shared stories.

Organised by The Ernest Foundation, a Peckham-based charity promoting health and wellbeing, and supported by Rebel Led Equality, this free gathering celebrates the spirit of iftar and langar— coming together to nourish body and soul —while honouring the rich tapestry of traditions that make Peckham home.

The event will feature a free multicultural feast with dishes shared by local cultural and faith representatives, including langar. All food will be halal.

Alongside the meal, the evening will include:

Live music, art and performances from local artists

Free health checks and wellbeing signposting with the Southwark Public Health Team

Mini craft tables for creative expression and community art-making

Opportunities to connect with cultural and faith leaders

Space for dialogue, reflection and community building

All are welcome. Come hungry, leave connected.

Event details

Date: Tuesday 17 MarchTime: 5-9pmLocation: SET Social, 55a Nigel Road, Peckham SE15 4NPTicketing/registeration: Free entry. Reserve your spot via Eventbrite.

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Get Involved

Peckham’s Multicultural Plates is a collective effort, and organisers are inviting members of the community to take part.

They are currently looking for:

Cultural and faith groups to share traditional dishes

Musicians, artists and performers

Volunteers to support with setup, serving food and creative activities

Health professionals or community champions to support wellbeing activities

No experience is necessary. Just bring your energy, warmth and commitment to building community.

To take part, please complete the sign-up form below.

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About the organisers:Peckham’s Multicultural Plates is organised by The Ernest Foundation, a Peckham-based charity dedicated to promoting health and wellbeing within local communities.

The event is supported by Rebel Led Equality, a local non-profit advancing equity through research, training and community engagement.This event is funded by Southwark Council.

Anti-ICE Benefit Night at SET Social
2026-03-19 19:30 - 23:00 | SET Social, 55a Nigel Road, London, SE15 4NP, United Kingdom
Join us for a night of music, art and collective action in solidarity with communities resisting immigration detention and state violence.

This benefit brings together indie and punk music, art stalls, a clothing swap and a raffle, with prizes including cinema tickets, a pottery class, original artworks, local restaurant vouchers and more. Bring extra clothes to swap, meet new people and help raise funds for grassroots mutual aid efforts.

All proceeds from the night will support Indigenous land defenders and families directly impacted by ICE detention.

Where the funds will go

Proceeds will support two grassroots initiatives in the United States.

Mni Owe Sni Prayer Camp
Part of the proceeds will support Mni Owe Sni Prayer Camp, established in 2026 outside the Whipple ICE detention centre. The camp is a sacred space led by Indigenous elders and activists reclaiming land where more than 1,600 Lakota prisoners were once held in the 1800s.

Through ceremony, community care and peaceful presence, the camp supports Indigenous people and others affected by detention and displacement. Donations help sustain the camp and the community organising taking place there.

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Bail funds for families impacted by ICE
Funds will also support bail funds organised by Minnesota ICE Watch (MNIW), a grassroots abolitionist collective based in Mnisóta Makhóčhe. Their work supports individuals and families affected by ICE detention and deportation through community organising, legal solidarity and mutual aid.

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Event details

Date: Thursday 19 MarchTime: 7.30-11pmLocation: SET Social, 55a Nigel Road, Peckham, SE15 4NP

Entry is sliding scale, with a suggested donation of £10. You can contribute in cash on the door, show proof of a donation, or bring a mutual aid item. No one will be turned away for lack of funds.

Contact: For questions or more information, contact the organisers at alessandraguy@gmail.com and ambrosesainsbury@icloud.com

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SET Stage Gallery - Point of Reference
2026-03-20 19:00 - 22:00 | SET Social, 55a Nigel Road, London, SE15 4NP, United Kingdom
SET Social’s SET Stage Gallery presents Point of Reference, an intimate and immersive installation by brothers Saiya and Yumaani Thomas.

Artists of Jamaican-Swedish heritage, the brothers’ practices meet at the intersection of culture, memory and identity. For this exhibition, the gallery is transformed into an installation set within their family living room. A deeply personal environment becomes the stage where heritage, culture and aspiration take centre stage.

By recreating a space that shaped their upbringing, the artists invite audiences to step into the environment that formed their shared point of reference. Personal history, artistic practice and cultural influence come together to create a setting that is both reflective and immersive.

Visitors are welcomed into a space where everyday domestic surroundings become a site for storytelling, reflection and creative expression.

Exhibition details

Opening night: Friday 20 March, 7-10pmExhibition run: 20-23 MarchLocation: SET Stage Gallery, 55a Nigel Road, Peckham, SE15 4NPEntry: Free + optional £5 donation. To help manage capacity, booking is required.

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About SET Stage Gallery

Launched in 2023, SET Stage Gallery is a volunteer-led, non-profit contemporary art space based at SET Social. The gallery prioritises artists with limited access to exhibition opportunities and supports a programme of monthly workshops, talks, screenings, reading groups, and exhibitions. All proceeds go directly to participating artists, supporting accessibility and sustainability within the space.

Artist: Saiya Thomas (@ssaiyathomas) and Yumaani Thomas (@yumaani.t)Curator: Ayiesha Sankoh (@thereturnofshe)

Contact

For questions, please email setstagegallery@gmail.com

Folk Club: Spring Equinox Plantlore and Tinctures
2026-03-21 14:30 - 16:00 | SET Social, 55a Nigel Road, London, SE15 4NP, United Kingdom
How do we mark the turning of the seasons and reconnect with the plants that grow around us?

Join Folk Club at SET Social for a special Spring Equinox workshop exploring plant folklore and herbal tincture making. Together, participants will learn about herbs traditionally associated with the equinox and create their own tincture to take home.

During the session, you will explore the folklore and traditions connected to different plants, make personalised recipe labels for your tinctures, and set intentions for the season ahead as nature begins to awaken.

The workshop is open to adults and no prior experience is required. All materials are provided.

Event details

Date: Saturday 21 MarchTime: 2:30-4pmLocation: SET Social, 55a Nigel Road, Peckham SE15 4NPTicketing:Folk Club events run on a sliding scale to help keep sessions accessible. For this event, Folk Club are asking for a minimum donation of £10, to cover materials and contribute to our expenses. We ask you to pay according to your income bracket. Please see the guidelines below.

Minimum £10 (unwaged, low income)

Suggested £12 (May stress about meeting some basic needs but still regularly achieve them, are employed, have some expendable income)

Pay it forward £15

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If you are financially able, please consider paying more, to keep Folk Club events accessible to all. If these costs are prohibitive to attending, please email wearefolkclub@gmail.com. No one turned away for lack of funds.

About the organiser:

Folk Club is a space for the lost, found and newly made folklore and customs of the fair isles of Albion including Éire, Cymru, Alba and England.

The project follows the turning of the year through seasonal customs, storytelling and shared learning. It invites participants to explore the lore of the land and its traditions together, one archive image and twisting tale at a time.

Folk Club is run by Elizabeth Bailey and Eleanor Dempsey.

Instagram: @_folkclub

Email: Email wearefolkclub@gmail.com

Painted Pots and Seed Planting (Spring Craft Workshop)
2026-03-22 15:00 - 17:00 | SET Social, 55a Nigel Road, London, SE15 4NP, United Kingdom
Paint a pot, plant a seed, and welcome spring into your hands.

Join us in the community garden at SET Social for a relaxed, family-friendly craft workshop celebrating creativity, growth, and the arrival of spring.

In this hands-on session, participants will decorate their own plant pot using paint, markers, and simple design techniques, before planting seeds or small seedlings to take home and nurture. The workshop is designed to be accessible and welcoming to beginners, with guidance provided throughout.

Suitable for ages 6+ (with an accompanying adult), this is an opportunity to slow down, get creative outdoors, and leave with something handmade and growing.

Event details

Date: Sunday 22 MarchWorkshop time: 3-5pmAccess time: 2:45-5:15pm

Ticketing/registration: £12 (+ booking fee, max £1.95). Book via Eventbrite.

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About the facilitator:

The workshop is led by Naomi, a passionate crafter and SET Social member with her own allotment. Naomi runs Naomi’s Creations GB and Crafting with Naomi, delivering creative workshops through her crafting club and platforms such as ClassBento.

Shop: https://www.etsy.com/shop/NaomiscreationsGB Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/craftingwithnaomi/

For questions, please contact: naomi@planwithnaomi.com

Blether Performer’s Playground: March Edition
2026-03-22 15:30 - 17:30 | SET Social, 55a Nigel Road, London, SE15 4NP, United Kingdom
Want to perform in front of an audience but not sure where to begin? Or do you have an idea for a new set that you would like to test in a supportive space?

Blether Performer’s Playground is a DIY, peer-to-peer workshop offering an introduction to performance techniques. Part of a monthly series, it focuses on collaboration, play, and learning through experimentation (and embracing imperfection).

Each explores how to build short performance pieces. These might include spoken word, storytelling, monologues, PowerPoint presentations, cabaret or any performance idea you want to try. The session will experiment with voice, movement and text to help participants build confidence and develop stagecraft.

The workshop is led by theatre director and maker Giulia Grillo, and is designed as a relaxed and encouraging environment to test ideas, learn practical tools and meet others interested in performance making.By the end of the session, participants will have created and presented a short performance piece and will receive photographs taken during the workshop.

No previous stage experience is required and all materials will be provided.

What to bring

Please bring a short text you would like to work with. This could be something you have written yourself, or a poem, song or monologue. You can read from it during the session or perform it from memory. There is no need to learn it by heart.

Event details

Date: Sunday 22 MarchTime: 3.30-5.30pmLocation: SET Social, 55a Nigel Road, Peckham SE15 4NPTickets available via Eventbrite:

£5 concessions

£10 standard

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If you have any additional questions, please contact:giuliagrillo1997@gmail.combletherforever@gmail.com

No You’re Not, Yes I Am: A Portrait of Autistic Women - SET Lewisham Exhibition
2026-03-24 14:00 - 2026-03-28 18:00 | SET Lewisham, Unit 1, Lewisham Retail Park, London, SE13 7RZ, United Kingdom
No You’re Not, Yes I Am is a photography project by documentary photographer Rosie Barnes.Developed over six years between 2018 and 2024, the exhibition brings together portraits and extended interviews from women across diverse communities, many of whom describe themselves as ‘high-masking’ autistic women who were diagnosed later in life.

Each portrait is shown alongside the participant’s own words, reflecting on diagnosis, identity and everyday life. Their stories reflect the long path many women take before receiving a diagnosis, and the ways autistic women and girls can often be misunderstood or overlooked.

Together, the works offer insight into the inequalities, misunderstandings and barriers they face, while calling for greater understanding of neurodiversity.

Alongside the exhibition, a panel discussion on Thursday 26 March will bring together contributors and specialists to explore the themes raised by the project and discuss how society can better support autistic women and girls.

Residents, families and community groups are invited to visit the exhibition and engage with the stories on display.

Exhibition details

Public opening event: Monday 23 March, 6-8pmExhibition run dates: Open daily between 24-28 March, 2-6pmPanel discussion: Thursday 26 March, 6-8pmLocation: Unit 1, Lewisham Retail Park, Lewisham, London, SE13 7RZAdmission: Free; no booking required for exhibition. If you’d like to attend the panel discussion, please RSVP at outreach.admin@drumbeat.lewisham.sch.ukAccessibility visits can be arranged through Drumbeat Outreach:S.Gannon@drumbeat.lewisham.sch.uk

About the artist

Rosie Barnes is a fine art documentary photographer whose work explores the human condition, neurodiversity and our relationship with the non-human world.

Over a thirty-year career she has developed long-form photographic projects that challenge assumptions, expand public understanding and give visibility to overlooked subjects. Her work has appeared in The Guardian Weekend, the Financial Times and projects with the Wellcome Collection.

She is widely recognised for her work exploring autism. Her book Understanding Stanley was widely reviewed and exhibited across Europe, while the portrait series No You’re Not, Yes I Am was funded by the Wellcome Collection, with two portraits selected for the Taylor Wessing National Portrait Prize.

Barnes lives in London and her practice is informed by her own experience of neurodivergence.

Partners and support

The exhibition is presented with support from Drumbeat Outreach and marks the beginning of Autism Awareness Month in Lewisham.

It is supported by Lewisham Council Public Health as part of the Lewisham All Age Autism Strategy, and contributes to the Partnership for Inclusion of Neurodiversity in Schools (PINS) programme.

SET 91 Open Series - Arts Council England Project Grant Application Advice Giving Session
2026-03-24 18:00 - 20:30 | SET 91, 91 Tabernacle Street, London, EC2A 4JN, United Kingdom
SET 91 launches the Open Series with an inaugural practical advice giving session focused on navigating Arts Council England’s National Lottery Project Grants, with a particular focus on the strand for applications under £30,000.

Led by a Relationship Manager for Visual Arts at Arts Council England, this free session will provide insight into the application process, including how applications are assessed, common challenges applicants encounter, and considerations when developing a proposal.

Applying for funding can often feel complex or inaccessible, particularly for early-career artists or those working outside traditional institutional pathways. This session aims to demystify the process by providing insight into how the programme works, how applications are reviewed and how artists can communicate their ideas clearly and effectively when preparing an application.

Who’s it for?

This session is designed to support artists and practitioners at different stages of the application process. Whether you are preparing your first proposal, refining an existing idea, or looking to better understand how Arts Council England funding works, the session will offer useful guidance and context.

What to expect

The session will include:

An overview of the National Lottery Project Grants programme (under £30,000 strand)

Insight into assessment criteria

Practical advice on structuring and presenting an application

Participants will also have the opportunity to ask questions and engage in discussion around common challenges and specific concerns.

What you’ll take away

Participants will leave with:

A clearer understanding of how the application process works

Greater confidence in approaching funding applications

Practical insight into strengthening their proposals

Details

Date: 24 March Arrival: 6pm Session time: 6.30-8:30pm Location: SET 91, 91 Tabernacle Street, Old Street, London, EC2A 4JN

This event is free to attend and open to all, although attendance from early-career artists and practitioners is particularly encouraged.

You book your free ticket via Outsavvy below.

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As places are limited, we kindly ask that you only book if you are able to attend so that others who would benefit from the session are able to take part.

If you can no longer attend, please cancel your ticket so the space can be offered to someone else.

About SET 91 and the Open Series

This session is part of the SET 91 Open Series, a programme of talks, workshops and discussions supporting artists in navigating, developing and contextualising contemporary practice.

SET 91 is SET’s contemporary arts gallery on Tabernacle Street in Old Street, providing a non-profit platform for early-career and underrepresented artists to develop and present new work through exhibitions, performances and public events.

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Everything Must Go - Closing Exhibition at SET Byward Street
2026-03-24 18:00 - 21:00 | SET Tower Gateway, 7 Byward Street, EC3 R5AS, United Kingdom
SET Byward Street presents Everything Must Go, a week-long group exhibition, artist sale, and durational performance by Associate members Leily Moghtader Mojdehi, Kasturi Kiritharan, Poppy Driver, and Abi Palmer.

Since 2022, wedged between souvenir shops and office towers, SET Byward Street has operated as both an artist studio and an undercover gift shop. To passers-by, Tower Hill Trinkets was a mysterious shop window offering a tongue-in-cheek look at what artists “do all day.” To its residents, it’s been a studio, an exhibition space, and a collaborative home for emerging artists to grow and unfold.

Everything Must Go is a final wake for SET Byward Street, which closes its doors in April 2026. As the artists empty their shelves, we invite the public to witness the dissolution of the studio and take a piece of its history with them.

About the programme

Everything Must Go reflects on the experience of making art in a city defined by constant movement and disappearance. It is an exhibition that doubles as a closing-down sale, where the boundaries between “art” and “stock” are intentionally blurred. Visitors can browse a curated selection of new works, artist-made merchandise, and studio ephemera, all available for purchase as the space is cleared.

At the heart of the exhibition is the final chapter of Crip Casino. Originally created by Abi Palmer between 2018 and 2022, the Casino was an interactive gambling arcade that used hacked fruit machines to explore the “luck” of the healthcare system. Instead of money, the machines produced absurd medical diagnoses and bureaucratic fragments of difficult conversations disabled people are forced to have with doctors and carers. Following the death of collaborator Jackie Hagan in 2024, the arcade became a site of grief.

In a performance titled Death of a Casino, the machines will be systematically dismantled and their components dispersed. This act of destruction is not just a logistical necessity of the move, but a reflection on the loss of disabled spaces, artworks, and communities. As the studio is vacated, the work itself ceases to exist in its functional form, leaving only its fragments behind.

Programme schedule

While the exhibition, talks and performances are free and open to all, weekday viewings and appointments can be booked via studiobyward@gmail.com. Weekend hours are 12-6pm.

Public Opening EventTuesday 24 March, 6-9pm

A celebratory opening featuring ice cream, stick-on tattoos, artist-made postcards, and drinks. This is the final opportunity to experience the Crip Casino in its “living,” functional state before the dismantling begins.

Exhibition: ‘Everything Must Go’Wednesday 25 – Sunday 29 March (Weekdays by appointment; Saturday & Sunday 12pm–6pm)A final showcase and “closing down sale” of the Byward Street studio. The public is invited to browse and buy new works, artist-made merchandise, and studio ephemera by the four resident associate members.Performance: ‘Death of a Casino’Wednesday 25 – Sunday 29 March (Weekdays by appointment; Saturday & Sunday 12pm–6pm)

A five-day performance by Abi Palmer and friends. Over the course of the week, the Crip Casino arcade will be physically dismantled. Visitors are invited to witness this process and take home a piece of the working casino as it is broken apart and dispersed.

Talk: ‘An Oral History of Crip Casino’Sunday 29 March, 2pm

Artist Abi Palmer in conversation with Jay Dalton and Nick Murray. The discussion explores collaboration, the legacy of performer Jackie Hagan, and what it means when disabled-led artworks disappear due to lack of space.

Talk: ‘Everything Has Gone’Sunday 29 March, 4pmA “house-cooling” conversation between the resident artists. As the final items are cleared, the group will reflect on the two-year history of the Byward Street studio and what happens next for their practices.Both talks are free to attend. No booking required.

Contributing artists

Leily Moghtader Mojdehi
Website: leily-mojdehi.comInstagram: @mojjyart

Leily Moghtader Mojdehi is a London-based artist and a BA Fine Art graduate from Goldsmiths, University of London (2021). Her practice intertwines painting, textiles, and sculpture to create mixed-media works that function as “woven diaries.” By drawing inspiration from ancient traditions, digital algorithms, and personal narratives, Mojdehi explores the boundary between the real and the representational. Her densely layered collage compositions serve as embellished stories of unplaceable experiences.

She exhibited at galleries and museums internationally, including Quench (Margate), South London Gallery (London), Ferens Art Gallery (Hull), Saatchi Gallery (London), Zhan Art I Space (Selangor, Malaysia) and SET 91 (London). She was selected for the 2022 Bloomberg New Contemporaries, shortlisted for the Ingram Prize (2023), and awarded the City of London x Outset Studiomakers Prize (2022).

Abi Palmer
Website: abipalmer.comInstagram: @abipalmer_bot

Abi Palmer is an artist and writer whose work explores “sick bodies,” viscous textures, and ecological landscapes through film, text, sculpture, and sensory intervention. Her notable solo projects include the mixed-media exhibition Slime Mother (Chapter, Cardiff; Site, Sheffield), the film series Abi Palmer Invents the Weather (Artangel), and the interactive gambling arcade Crip Casino (Tate Modern, Somerset House, Wellcome Collection). She is the author of Slugs: A Manifesto and Sanatorium.

Palmer’s group exhibitions include Channelling for the Frieze Corridor Commission (2023) and Crip Arte Spazio at the Venice Biennale (2024). She is a Bloomberg New Contemporary Artist (2023) and has been recognised with the Henry Moore Foundation’s ‘Award for Sculptors’ (2025) and the Paul Hamlyn Foundation’s ‘Award for Artists’ (2022).

Kasturi Kiritharan
Instagram: @shoesatthe_door

Kasturi Kiritharan (b. 1998, London) explores the blurring of the real and the imagined, investigating how the act of recollection can tip memory into fiction. Using a process-led approach, she employs thin washes of oil paint, surface scratching, sanding, and staining to mimic the fluidity of memory. This speculative method allows everyday images recorded in her sketchbook or camera roll—from moths and horses to brick structures and rocky beaches—to re-emerge through the material possibilities of paint and surface.

Poppy Driver
Instagram: @poppaea.driver

Poppy Driver (b. 2000) is a Trinidadian-British artist. Drawing from childhood nostalgia, her work tells cautionary tales of womanhood. The dynamics in her work vary, ranging from romantic to platonic to moments of self-discovery.

About SET’s Associate Members Programme

This exhibition is presented as part of SET’s Associate Members Programme, which offers artists studio space alongside access to project spaces and opportunities to independently curate exhibitions, workshops, and events.

The programme supports a wide range of practices, from performance and installation to music, sound, print, and textiles, and is designed to provide space, visibility, and development opportunities for early-career and underrepresented artists working in London.

Event details

When: 24-29 March Address: SET Studio, 7 Byward Street, London, EC3R 5ASAccess: Level access and a large, wide-entry toilet (no handrails). Sunday talks will not be mic’d or captioned live; captioned recordings will be shared online afterward

Enquiries: studiobyward@gmail.com

Analogue Animation Workshop
2026-03-24 19:00 - 21:00 | SET Social, 55a Nigel Road, London, SE15 4NP, United Kingdom
Curious about animation beyond screens and software?

This hands-on workshop offers an introduction to analogue and handmade animation techniques, as part of an ongoing monthly series focused on experimentation, play, and learning by doing. Each session explores a different approach to making moving images using tactile, low-tech methods.

Led by artist and animator, Miranda Peyton Jones, the workshop is designed as an open, supportive space to try new ideas, learn practical techniques, and meet others interested in experimental animation. Participants can expect to leave with a short piece of moving image, along with printed materials created during the session.

No previous animation or drawing experience is required. All materials are provided, and participants are welcome to bring their own materials if they wish.Please note that you will need a smartphone with the free Stop Motion Studio app downloaded before attending.

Event details

Time and dates: Tuesday 24 March, from 7-9pm

Tickets are available via Eventbrite:

£8 concessions

£14 standard

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Brown Burton’s Suit - a retrospective of works by Harry Bix
2026-03-25 18:00 - 22:00 | SET Vauxhall, Camelford House, Albert Embankment, London, SE1 7TP, United Kingdom
Harry Bix turns 40 this year, and you’re all invited to celebrate.

Brown Burton’s Suit is a retrospective of works by the artist, taking place on Wednesday 25 March in the Sky Suite on the 17th floor of SET Vauxhall.

This exhibition also comes as Harry reaches ten years of having a studio at SET, and will be the inaugural exhibition at SET Vauxhall since the building opened last October. SET Co-Founder Roland Fisher-Vousden will also give an introductory speech on the night.

If you can’t make the opening, the exhibition will open again on Saturday 28 March.

Exhibition details

Public opening event: Wednesday 25 March, 6-10pmOpen day: Saturday 28 March, 11am-6pmLocation: SET Vauxhall – Sky Suite (17th floor), Camelford House, Vauxhall, London, , SE1 7TPAdmission: FreeAccess information: Take the lift to the 15th floor, turn left through the double doors, walk down the corridor and go up two flights of stairs.

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About the artist

Harry Bix is an artist and lecturer in fine art and design, whose work has been shown at major UK galleries including Tate Modern, South London Gallery, ICA, J Gallery Shanghai, Cubitt Invites, Camden Arts Centre, Southwark Park Galleries, City Gallery Glasgow, Stanley Picker Gallery and The Horse Hospital.

Alongside his studio practice, he runs East Anglia Records, which began as a party night showing friends’ work and releasing compilation albums. His work often explores the role of the MC as a community ambassador.

He recently completed a residency at High House in Norfolk, where he was making filming devices from hazel sticks. Bix is also part of the performance act ‘<3 (Less Than 3)’, who will perform in April at Cafe OTO and Counterflows Festival in Glasgow.In 2024 he received a DYCP grant from Arts Council England, which took him to Vienna to work with Austrian art collective Gelitin, helping them build a public fountain.Instagram: @eastangliarecords

Relationship Drama - A Night of Short Films
2026-03-26 18:30 - 21:30 | SET Social, 55a Nigel Road, London, SE15 4NP, United Kingdom
The course of true love never did run smooth.

Relationship Drama brings together a programme of short films about make-ups, break-ups and everything in between.

A nun runs towards love in the middle of a volanic eruption. A schoolgirl fixates on a classmate she passionately hates. A late-night encounter unsettles a closing shift. Elsewhere, relationships are tested, remembered, rewritten and let go.

All ticket sales will go towards the production of a new short film, a dark comedy centred on TikTok break-up diaries.

Event details

Date: Thursday 26 MarchTimes: 6.30-9.30pmDoors from 6.30pmScreening starts at 7pmLocation: SET Social, 55a Nigel Road, Peckham, SE15 4NPTickets: £10, available via Eventbrite.

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Programme

Katie Lambert – I Hate Helen (2025, 8 mins)Priya despises Helen everywhere – in the cafeteria, in science class, and especially during swimming. Most of all, she despises how Helen makes her feel.

Jack Howard – The Second Time Around (2025, 12 mins)On a rainy night, while closing a cafe, a waitress is confronted by a mysterious older woman.

Tom Brett – Hell (2025, 4 mins)When a volcano erupts in a medieval town, a nun leaves her life at the convent to find her love in the inferno, as past, present and future collide.

Tash Tung – Still, Moving (2025, 7 mins)In a tender dialogue between the filmmaker, her acrobat partner, and her deceased mother, Still, Moving reflects on life in the wake of death as time passes, through the existential musings of a clown in a long-distance relationship.

James Barlow – Girl (2025, 12 mins)A young woman gains new clarity about her relationship.

Emma Parkinson – I Love You, Rob (2022, 3 mins)A visual letter to the filmmaker’s mum’s ex-boyfriend.

Emma Parkinson – Dishes Dishes Dishes (2022, 5 mins)Kian is delighted to have his girlfriend move in, until he discovers her disturbing dishwashing habits.

Additional information:

This screening is fundraising towards the production of a new short film.

Subtitles will be included where possible.

Content note: some films include references to death and suicide.
