The Funnest Room in the House: Long Table Conversation

Join us for a Long Table - an open, participatory conversation inspired by The Funnest Room in the House, a pop‑up installation created by artist Anna Maria Nabirye.

A Long Table (developed by artist Lois Weaver) transforms a simple, shared table into a space for collective thinking. There is no audience and no panel, just a welcoming invitation to take a seat, join the discussion, or simply listen as the conversation unfolds. Stories flow, voices overlap, and the table becomes a place where personal histories and collective experiences meet.

Rooted in the themes of the pop‑up installation about Black British kitchens and the stories they hold, this Long Table explores the kitchen as a place where recipes, memories, and everyday rituals are shared and passed on.

The conversation will be co‑facilitated by Social Practice Producer Lehni Lamide Davies and artist Anna Maria Nabirye, who will gently guide the space while leaving room for spontaneity, humour, tenderness, and the unexpected.

Whether you want to speak, listen, or simply be present, you are warmly invited to take part.

Fiction Forming Fact – films on food (Cancelled)
9 June, 7.00pm
Towner Cinema

Can fiction film & television give us clues to what Black British kitchens of the past looked like?

Kitchen Table Talk
10 June, 6.30pm
Studio 1 (Ground floor)
£30 Standard | £15 Subsidised | £7.50 Low or no income

Awaken memories and dig deep into a conversation about the importance of archiving in African diaspora communities over a home cooked meal.