“When I was 16, my dad would lure me home by saying ‘dumplings for dinner tonight’. Now I’m in my 30s, when my dad visits me in the UK, the first meal he makes is still dumplings.”

As we say goodbye to Chauffeurs Cottage, join Metal Peterborough and artist collective Hidden Keileon as we stir ingredients, wrap up memories we create at reunions, and dream about possibilities that arise in chaos.

Part workshop part dinner, learn how to make your own dumplings, complete with tasty fillings, over conversations about reimaging spaces and their possibilities.

This session is part of ‘What’s Possible When Things Go Wrong’, a series of celebrations, sharings, and dinners to mark our final moments in the building and to explore what is possible when the sh*t hits the fan.

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About Hidden Keileon
Hidden Keileon is an artist collective collaborating with migrant and queer people to imagine futures with justice and freedom for all, by dreaming up and leading multidisciplinary, life-affirming cultural projects.

What’s Possible When Things Go Wrong
Metal and the other organisations based at Chauffeurs Cottage will be leaving in December. It wasn’t our decision and it’s one we’re still trying to get our heads around, but we’re working hard to find a new space in the city that will be just as wonderful, whilst celebrating all the magical moments we’ve spent here.

Being thrown into this situation has made us reflect on ‘necessity as a mother of invention’ – being faced with a challenging situation and being inspired to create a new imaginative solution. It’s made us dream about inspiring futures and what a queer, accessible, anti-racist space would look like from scratch.