Introducing our new Associate Artists and Artist of Change

Hidden Keileon are six multidisciplinary artists, strategists, thinkers, researchers and curators focused on making change. They collaborate with people from migrant and queer communities like themselves to imagine futures with justice and freedom for all. They dream up and lead community building and life-affirming cultural projects across the UK and beyond.

Previous projects include ‘Paradoxical Gasp’ (2022), an experimental, multisensory event exploring the global legacy of tear gas and its effects on freedom and bodily autonomy; and ‘Peer-to-Peer Exchange’ (2024), a collaborative space for individuals dedicated to using culture for social change, hosted at the Arcola Theatre.

Marie Klimis is a writer, theatre-maker, and producer specialising in immersive and site-specific projects. She is one of the founders of 27 degrees, a migrant-led collective dedicated to socially-engaged immersive theatre in unconventional spaces, from museums to church crypts, underground tunnels or people’s houses.

As a solo creative, she focuses on intimate projects in libraries and public spaces, often combining miniature design, interactive audio storytelling and community stories. As a producer, she has brought art to the strangest possible spaces, from ‘climbing concerts’ in the trees of the Epping Forest to an immersive takeover of the City of London for Coney.

She is interested in making the arts more accessible and bringing performances outside of theatre venues, creating work that is inclusive, challenging and fun for people of all ages and backgrounds. Marie will be working at our sister site, Deptford Lounge.

Photo credit: Paul Husband

Maz Koshika is a mixed British-Japanese creative facilitator, educator, and drag king, with experience in community organising. They often use participatory arts and trauma-informed practice as a way to connect communities and to explore social and climate justice issues, with a particular interest in nature-based practices and creative forms of resistance. They are excited to support people in reconnecting with nature in the Albany garden and enabling different ways for people to feel inspired to take action.

Onos Ovueraye is a London-based creative professional with a diverse background in media, production, and the arts. With experience spanning roles such as a music and entertainment editor at BellaNaija.com, a music curator for Ndani TV’s Ndani Sessions, and a production assistant on music videos with Prettybird, Onos brings a unique blend of storytelling and technical expertise. He has also worked as a production trainee on the documentary Breaking the Silence and organized IndieView Lagos, a platform for showcasing short films. Onos’s journey reflects a passion for creativity, storytelling, and cultural exchange.

Onos focuses on the alternative Nigerian “alté” and “ajebutter” cultures, how they emerged from Afrobeats, and what they mean for the future of music and interdisciplinary work.

Giles Kwakeulati King-Ashong, known as kWaKe BaSs, is from Lewisham, South London. He is the musical director for both Sampha and Kae Tempest’s latest tours and has played with the likes of Lianne La Havas, Mica Levi, Joey Bada$$, MF Doom, Roots Manuva, Shabaka Huthcings and Novelist. As a producer he explores what lives between the cracks of structured programming with live electronic improvisation.

KWaKe runs his music night Block Power Music at the Albany and will be developing ideas around the connection of music to tech, literature and how it used to connect people.

Sue and Chuck are an intergenerational duo (in their 30s and 70s), who have created work together for seven years. They will be working with Meet Me… at the Albany, the Albany and Entelechy Arts’ weekly arts and social club for over 65s.

Sue Mayo is a collaborative theatre maker, facilitator and researcher. She has worked with many organisations, including LIFT, Metal, People United, Magic Me and The Albert Hall, as well as designing and leading her own work, across art forms, with communities. She currently leads Breaks & Joins, exploring the repair of our stuff, ourselves and our communities. She ran the MA in Applied Theatre at Goldsmiths for 10 years and is a proud South Londoner.

Chuck Blue Lowry is an artist, filmmaker, facilitator, lecturer and performance maker, based in South London. She specialises in participatory and social practice and has a particular focus on intergenerational exchange and storytelling. She is an associate artist with Magic Me and a Lecturer in MA Performance: Screen at Central Saint Martins. She has worked with a wide range of organisations and communities and her work has been presented in venues such as Tate Modern, British Film Institute, Women of the World Festival, Whitechapel Gallery, London Short Film Festival and on BBC, ITV and Sky. She is part of the Breaks and Joins collective.

Crescendorious is a punk, joyous theatre company based in Margate, co-directed by critically acclaimed artists Brigitte Aphrodite and Gaz Tomlinson.

Since 2015, Brigitte and Gaz have created five highly acclaimed theatre shows together, including My Beautiful Black Dog (2014/15), Parakeet (2019), The Christmas Goblin (2021 & 2024), Living Legends (And Dead Ones Too) (2022-25), and SAD (2021-25). My Beautiful Black Dog is regarded as a landmark in British Theatre and one of the original innovators for the ‘Gig Theatre’ genre in the UK.

Currently, they’re working on A Message for the Future; an early years multi-sensory immersive theatre experience, which is at Southbank Centre’s Imagine Festival 2025. They’re also touring Les-tah to the Front; an interactive live gig-theatre show full of vibrant Leicester roots, kindness, fun and electrifying punk vibes.

In the past, their shows sold out Edinburgh Fringe, Southbank Centre, Roundhouse, Hackney Showrooms & many more. They’ve been supported by Arts Council England and the Wellcome Trust, toured nationally, and featured in The Guardian, Elle magazine, Exeunt, BBC 6 music and on BBC news.

Together, the work they make is a glitter-explosive, joyous, shoulder-shimmering kick back against the injustices and inequalities of marginalised societies. At the Albany, they will be focusing on creating children’s and family work.

Photo credit: Rosie Powell