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The Palace of The Dogs is a Black-led creative collective and cultural platform based in Peckham, amplifying Black British creative voices across performance, writing, music, and culture — and co-curating the Peckham Festival. [YOUR WORDS — anything specific from your direct experience.]

The early sessions of Alphabet Soup happened at The Palace of The Dogs in Peckham. The residency was originally meant to serve as a space for Tríus to develop his Tears of a Fuckboy Monologue into a full narrative musical, deliver creative workshops for the community and complete his poetry manuscript and EP. All of these projects stalled due to autistic burnout. This life interruption forced a rethink of the opportunity—The Palace of the Dogs quickly became a space where work could begin without having to justify itself first– one of the first spaces to facilitate House of Tríus ways of working –leaning into creating opportunities linked to special interests and community support, with minimal barriers to entry. It was here that our working model was confirmed as valid and important, with the Proprietor of the House himself experiencing autistic burnout and depression throughout the entire residency, yet still able to walk away with seeds for the future. In just three low-intensity sessions, Alphabet Soup was born.

It’s not clear yet if and when the Palace of the Dogs might have another residency program, but it’s worth following them on Instagram to stay up-to-date. 

Shoreditch Town Hall is a women-led independent charitable trust in a historic 1865 building — one that has never received revenue funding from any local authority or funding body. Eight spaces from 40 to 800 capacity, 60+ productions a year. Their basement is one of London’s most important spaces for experimental, queer, and early-career work.

Shoreditch Town Hall programmed Kiki with Corí as part of Summer in the Ditch with free rehearsal space, marketing support, development opportunities and free venue hire for the event itself. Now in its third year, Summer in the Ditch champions experimental new work across live performance, including drag, cabaret, cult, queer and genre-defying work.

As well as Summer in the Ditch, Shoreditch Town Hall also offers the The Made in Shoreditch: Artist Workspace, which provides over 1,000 free desk and meeting slots per year — bookable Monday to Friday, 10am–6pm, no cost, no membership required. STAMP Connects is their annual networking event linking independent artists with major London arts organisations. See shoreditchtownhall.com for current opportunities.