From Ukraine to UK: Hooligan Art Community

The event is sold out, so if you can no longer make it, please let us know by emailing Exchange.Team@somersethouse.org.uk so we can release your ticket to someone else. Thanks! Here are some directions and information:   The event will take place in  Somerset House Exchange, a co-working space. Please note – this is a pass protected area. If you are not a Somerset House passholder, please check in with our team member at New Wing Reception, they will escort you to Exchange and back out when you need to leave. The cut-off time for arrivals is 19.30.

The Exchange is located in the mid-basement level (-1) of Somerset House’s New Wing – from the New Wing Reception (off Lancaster Place, see map) head down the corridor towards the Lancaster/River Rooms, go down the South Staircase one floor and you’ll find the Exchange entrance on your right. Head through the green door, through the lobby and through the red door into the main space. If you have accessibility requirements, please let us know in advance and we’re happy to help.   

Somerset House passholders – you will be able to use your pass to access the space from 18.30, please aim to arrive in good time for the event start at 19.00. Drinks will be available to purchase from the Exchange Café Bar (card only). The event will finish at 21.00.

*****EVENT INFO***** Join the artists of Hooligan Art Community as they look back on their extraordinary journey of collaboration and resilience through pandemic, war and displacement, on the third anniversary of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

Founded in Kyiv, Ukraine in 2019, Hooligan Art Community are a group of artists from Ukraine, UK and Germany that began developing collaborative, co-authored performance in empty factories and abandoned spaces in the city, drawing on practices in theatre, dance, opera, music and film.

When russia launched the full-scale invasion of Ukraine on 24 February 2022, many of them became displaced. Navigating the trauma of the war and new lives as refugees, they have persevered, seeking out ways of coming together as a company to make new work. One of the results was their show Bunker Cabaret. Originally developed in a Kyiv bomb shelter, it premiered at Somerset House Exchange to acclaim in 2022 and toured the UK and Europe.

Where do we go from here?

This year, 24 February marks three years since the full invasion began. On this occasion Hooligan Art Community will tenderly open a conversation with their memories, revisiting their work to remember what they made and to nurture what still might be. The evening will conclude with a discussion about the significance of looking back and how it can help us think about the future.

“A paean to the fortitude of art in the hardest of conditions” -Index on Censorship

“Eloquent ferocity of a sort you rarely see on the British stage” -Dominic Cavendish

ESSENTIAL INFO:

The event is free, but reservation is required here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/from-ukraine-to-uk-hooligan-art-community-tickets-1232930029909?aff=oddtdtcreator

Please follow the address carefully to find the event at Somerset House Exchange: Exchange, Mid Basement, New Wing, Somerset House, Strand, London Doors: 19:00 Start: 19:15

A bar will be serving drinks during the evening. Participants in the evening include:

Liubov Sliusareva - Filmmaker and Art Director of Hooligan Art Community

Simeon Kyslyi - Performer and co-founder of Hooligan Art Community

Danylo Shramenko - Performer and co-founder of Hooligan Art

Jessie Maryon Davies - Composer and Music Director

Mathis Kleinschnittger - Choreographer and Movement Director

Peter Cant - Artistic Director of Hooligan Art Community

Riccardo Castellani - Musician and Percussionist

You can make a donation to support the company’s work here: https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=9YB2HF3PZZG46

www.hooliganart.org

Instagram.com/hooligan_art_community

Facebook.com/hooligan.theatre.performance

Behind the scenes photographs (2020-2023) of the company by Liubov Sliusareva