Image by Jacob Samuel
Join BULLYACHE for a creativity workshop exploring the ideas, processes, and methodologies behind their performance-making practice. Learn how they build worlds, generate material, and evolve concepts into fully realised pieces through movement, music and composition.
The high-energy workshop led by Courtney and Jacob invites participants into their world of club sonics, cross-media influence and choreography shaped by queer and working-class perspectives. Through improvisation, collage and choreographic scoring, participants will explore the body as a site of cultural memory, resistance and joy.
Open to all – no experience required.
In the evening, we gather again for an intimate talk with the duo, creating space to unpack their process and the hybrid performance language they’ve become known for.
Workshop, 3–6pm
Talk, 7–8.15pm
Tickets for the workshop and talk are sold separately, with a limited number of combined tickets available.
This event is part of Speaking Futures × Diasporas Now, a cross-cultural programme of exchange and knowledge production, gathering artists together, sharing urgent discussions and inviting audiences to shape the journey.
The high-energy workshop led by Courtney and Jacob invites participants into their world of club sonics, cross-media influence and choreography shaped by queer and working-class perspectives. Through improvisation, collage and choreographic scoring, participants will explore the body as a site of cultural memory, resistance and joy.
Open to all – no experience required.
In the evening, we gather again for an intimate talk with the duo, creating space to unpack their process and the hybrid performance language they’ve become known for.
Workshop, 3–6pm
Talk, 7–8.15pm
Tickets for the workshop and talk are sold separately, with a limited number of combined tickets available.
Bio
BULLYACHE is an artist duo founded in 2021 by Courtney Deyn and Jacob Samuel. They make live music videos for the stage: choreographing, directing, and composing original works that merge music, avant-garde dance theatre, and pop culture spectacle. Think Pina Bausch cosplaying as Dua Lipa—ballroom meets noise, exhaustive dance training meets media theory—distilled into radical, cutting-edge choreographic performance.
BULLYACHE have created two previous full-length works, TOM and Who Hurt You?, both of which have toured and sold out internationally. Their third work, A Good Man is Hard to Find, had its world premiere at the Venice Biennale Danza. As the Guardian puts it: “Like live music videos crossed with avant-garde dance theatre.”
They have collaborated with institutions including the Venice Biennale, Jerwood, and Sound and Music, engaging hundreds of marginalised artists through panels, discussions, workshops, and residencies. Recent residencies include the Barbican, Studio Wayne McGregor, and Britten Pears. They have also created performances for Warp Records and Paris Fashion Week.
In partnership with AnOther Magazine.
03:00 pm
Thu, 11 Dec 2025
Stage
Ticket information
- All tickets that do not require ID (full price, disabled, income support) can be printed at home or stored in email
- For aged-based concession tickets (under 25, student) please bring relevant ID to collect at the front desk before the event.
Access information
Stage
- The Stage has step free access via The Mall entrance and lift. The lift in the Stage is self-controlled with hand control, with two buttons for up and down (max weight 300kg). It is without sides and includes a vertical pole to hold on to. It operates quietly and will not disrupt the performance. Our Public Advisors can also assist.
- We have a small, raised platform to accommodate wheelchair users or others who require a chair. To request, please purchase a ticket, then contact the box office during opening hours on 020 7930 3647 or email access@ica.art
- If you have other access requirements, need more info, or want to contact us, go to the Access Page
Workshop tickets are now sold out, but tickets for the Artist Talk are still available.
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