Thursday 3 December 2026, 7.30pm
GRAIN is a concert series and archiving project for experimental and improvised music, largely happening within South Bermondsey, and programmed / produced by Caius Williams & Theodora Laird.
Lives and works and in Tokyo. Focuses on the handling of sound and the freedom by D.I.Y. , presenting exhibitions, performances, and releasing recordings using self-made instruments and devices both domestically and internationally. Her recent interest is in the gap between the interaction of tools and instruments and embodiments, and the latency between improvisation and communication, and asking questions about the possibility of poetry and narrative impacts from them.
Recent releases include the collaborative album [S.S.S.S.S.] (Ftarri, 2026 ) with Taiwanese sheng player Lichin Li, and the album [a floor, walls, and a ceiling] (Superpang, 2023) with Toshimaru Nakamura. Currently exhibiting the installation themed laser protests world wide at NTT InterCommunication Center, Tokyo.
https://suzueri.org
https://www.instagram.com/suzueri_work
Crosspiece is the duo project of Theodora Laird & Caius Williams. Through both composed and improvised material, they examine the tensions and fragility of dualism. Their first album came out in 2024 on the Cherche Encore label.
Caius Williams is a musician from London who plays the double bass, guitar, and bass guitar. He works in collaboration with others, alongside various solo projects, and often works with improvisation and explorations of resonance and perception.
He is in the collaborative groups ‘Crosspiece’ (with Theodora Laird), ‘Argia’ (with Tara Cunningham & Theo Guttenplan). He also works as guitarist/bassist for feeo, alongside lots of other varied work as a supporting musician, both in studio and touring internationally. Some recent collaborators include Steve Noble, Tom Challenger, Charles Bullen, Jack Dove, Zheng Hao, Maggie Nicols, Mark Wastell, Rory Salter, Regan Bowering, Sachiko M, Mark Sanders, and others
Caius has also been organising ‘GRAIN’ since 2022: a concert series and label, focussed on programming new and adventurous music
https://caiuswilliams.bandcamp.com
Theodora Laird is a vocalist and multidisciplinary artist. Releases under her solo project ‘feeo’ have received critical acclaim. Theodora's practice has involved in tandem with an interest in situating narratives within freely improvised music, specifically through frequent involvement in the GRAIN residency.
