Nneka Cummins’ new album, Finding Gills, launches with a listening session alongside composer, artist and DJ Ain Bailey, aboard Theatreship, London’s premiere floating arts centre.

Nneka's "Finding Gills" is an album with reinvention at its heart. finding gills [when they try to drown you], their Ivors Classical Award-winning piece premiered by Sinfonia Smith Square in 2025, draws on fragments of earlier compositions. Hope gradually reveals itself out of a landscape of dissonant discomfort, with glistening strings and spiralling melodies.

Ain Bailey is a composer, artist and DJ. She facilitates workshops exploring identity, memory and sound. Past exhibitions include ‘The Range’ at Eastside Projects, Birmingham; ‘RE:Respite’ at Transmission Gallery, Glasgow, a solo show at Cubitt Gallery, London: ‘And We’ll Always Be A Disco In The Glow Of Love’ (2019). Newer works for 2026 are ‘The Jamaica Project’ at Camden Arts Centre, London and ‘Maybe It’s Because I’m A Londoner’ with Elaine Mitchener for Art On The Underground at Waterloo Station, London.

Hear Nneka's album, get a chance to ask questions of Nneka and Ain, and hear a brand-new 30 minute performance from both artists. Copies of the album on cassette and as digital download will be available, and are ready at the reduced cost of £8 as part of our ticket bundle.

Image of Nneka Cummins © Dimitri Djuric

Supported using public funding by the National Lottery through Arts Council England.