East & Southeast Asian Heritage Month - Cambridge
ESEA Family Food & Play, the perfect gathering for families. Be surrounded with good food, great people, green space and a beautiful playground!
You can bring your own picnic or pre-order a range of delicious dishes to be delivered from local vendors.
besea.n birthday bash - ESEA talent night
Join us in celebrating one year of besea.n with a night of some of the best ESEA talent, a casual drink and fun.
We’ll be joined by BAFTA winner and spoken word poet Enxi Chang, as well as ESEA comedians Ken Cheng, Evelyn Mok and Phil Wang. Tickets are limited so book now!
besea.n on stage
Get ready for besea.n’s first live event on the 18th September at China Exchange, London.
At 'besea.n onstage', we will see various panels and talks featuring members of our ESEA community, highlighting topics such as the evolution of British Chinese Food and the Filipino Experience in Britain.
BESEA Poetry Night
Join us as we celebrate our amazing British based East and South East Asian poets! Tickets are free and we will be raising donations for the Hackney Chinese Community Services on the night so they can keep doing all their amazing work!
Little Yellow Rice Co presents Congee Club
Congee club is a place to meet, come together as a community and celebrate a simple dish rich is comfort.
Earth 2 Air podcast launch
New Earth Theatre will launch its first-ever podcast #Earth2Air. Dedicated to amplifying and championing stories of East and South East Asians in the UK.
Land, Sea and Stars - A virtual multimedia exhibition
An online, multimedia exhibition exploring the impact of the refugee migration from Vietnam on the new generations of British Vietnamese and the Vietnamese community in the UK, told through video, photography and writing.
British Chinese Cinema on the Cultural Margins: Reflections on the Field
As discussions of British Chinese identities expand into conversations about wider British East/Southeast Asian identities, we reflect on the degree to which the space for such representations have opened up (or not), particularly within film distribution and exhibition networks in the UK, and on what cultural interventions continue to be needed in the future.
Being Brasian Panel; Celebrating ESEA Beauty
BESEA panellists (including makeup artists and beauty bloggers) will get together for the first time, to provide beauty advice, and discuss ESEA beauty. This episode will go live on the 12th September @18:00 (BST). Join us for the conversation!
Malaysian By May supper clubs
If you like Malaysian food, check out our Malaysian Supper Club In London. Held frequently in a private venue in Marylebone London. Our supper club takes you on a discovery of all the flavours of Malaysia.
Malaysian By May supper clubs
If you like Malaysian food, check out our Malaysian Supper Club In London. Held frequently in a private venue in Marylebone London. Our supper club takes you on a discovery of all the flavours of Malaysia.
Feminist virtual tour of National Gallery in Mandarin
We break down language barriers and cultural differences to provide a comfortable space for the Chinese-speaking community to learn about women in art.
How to break the “bamboo ceiling” while staying true to yourself
Would you love to reach the next level in your career or business yet feel held back because your talents and abilities are not fully recognised?
Do you tell yourself that it’s down to your ESEA background - you’re too quiet and you lack confidence? (Even though you’re NOT quiet and you DON’T lack confidence in other areas of your life!)
Do you believe that in order to move on up in your career or business, you’ll have to become someone that you’re not…which fills you with dread?
If you answered “yes” to any of these questions, then sign up to this masterclass with British Chinese life coach Winnie Sher.
Amaterasu - Out of the Cave
“Amaterasu - Out of the Cave" is a contemporary folktale inspired by the Shinto myth of the Japanese Sun Goddess and the God of Sea and Disease. In a vibrant collision of new writing, Taiko Drumming, and martial arts, Papergang Theatre bring you an epic new tale exploring identity, family, history, and the caves--internal and external--that we hide in to survive them.
ESEA Voices from across the NHS
ESEA Voices from the across the NHS is an online event where we will hear from NHS staff, volunteers and supporters of East and South East Asian heritage, celebrating their vast and diverse contribution to our National Health Service.
Redefining Asian
The opening panel will interrogate, examine, explore the word 'Asian' with a view to redefining the boundaries of the term to make it more inclusive in our collective cultural reference.
Envisioning Queer East and Southeast Asian Heritage
This event introduces queer ESEA films, literature, art, media and popular culture.
ESEAS Bristol Hangout
A hangout for East & South East Asian people in Bristol to get to know each other over snacks, stories and scrapbooking.
The MSG Pod at the London Podcast Festival 2021
The MSG Pod is going to London Podcast Festival 2021! This live event will be run in conjunction with besea.n – the British East and South East Asian Network – as part of ESEA Heritage Month.
Khmer Dreams
Exploring my Cambodian heritage through food, illustration and graphic narratives. In my piece, The Gold Rush, a concertina stream of consciousness transports me from my cozy vegetable patch to the vast temples of Angkor.