After a sold-out premiere of their new performance at Etcetera Theatre in December 2025, Posthuman Theatre & The London Butoh Dance Company are back to present AKUTOKU, their very first butoh-themed cabaret, coming up in January 2026 at The Divine!
This new format, featuring performances from members of the London Butoh Dance Company and a lineup of guest performers to be announced very soon, explores the intersection of butoh aesthetics with other practices that inspire us as creatives, including lipsync, flamenco, phonetic poetry, clowning & more!
We are delighted to be showcasing the talent of the broader London butoh community in front of an incredibly supportive queer audience, so come along and be part of the fabulously uncanny things we've been up to!
Doors @ 7pm / Show @ 7:30pm / Free club night until 2:30am
ABOUT THE TITLE
Akutoku is a Japanese word for vice, filth & immorality - ideas which have often been associated with butoh as a marginal practice, but also concepts we choose to reclaim as a tribute to the emergence of butoh on 1950s underground stages alongside drag, burlesque, genderplay and other expressions of queerness.
ABOUT US
Immigrant-led and internationally rooted, London Butoh Dance Company and Posthuman Theatre bring diverse voices into an aesthetic that transcends language and borders, shaping performance worlds that are raw, unclassifiable, and intensely human—even in their dissolution.
They also hold weekly Butoh classes in London, open to all levels and backgrounds. Further details are available at www.posthumantheatre.com and on Instagram at @butoh_company and @posthuman_theatre.
ACCESS INFO
The Divine basement is not currently accessible for wheelchair users or people with
other mobility issues due to the stairs. The ground floor area cannot be used for
performance as it is prohibited by our existing license. These issues are being
reviewed as part of our development plans and we will inform people of developments
as we have them.
Currently, this venue has...
- Ground floor street level accessibility (no step access) and a wide door which is wide
enough for wheelchairs.
- There are no toilets on the ground floor.
- There are 17 wide steps down to the basement with handrails on either side.
- There are two sets of gender-neutral toilets downstairs:
- 5 x cubicles (not large enough for wheelchairs)
- 1 x cubicle & urinals (not large enough for wheelchairs)
- There is an accessible toilet Nando’s, 148 Kingsland High St, London N16 7XN
- There are 2 steps up onto the stage in the basement.