Timothy Cape

Upcoming

23 October 2026. New track with Mayah Kadish released on nonclassical – outside the lines.  casette and digital release

 

Future projects

2026 – Letters from the Squaring – Anonymous threatening letters from 19th century rural Ireland set to a noise-rock soundscape.  Album and theatre show in the works.

2027 – TAP TAP TAP THE TIME MACHINE – music theatre for tap dancers, industrial machinery through the ages, singer and musicians.

 

Past performances

17 July 2026. Flindling with Alex Paxton at Hope So.  Ivy House, Nunhead, London
5 July 2026. Flindling with Jer Reid.  Glad Cafe, Glasgow
11 April 2026. UK premiere of PIGSPIGSPIGS by Bastard Assignments.  Wigmore Hall, London
11 March 2026. Duo with Mayah Kadish at Eternal Series.  Swiss Church, London
4 March 2026. Bastard Assignments 4 day student workshop at Pulsar Festival.  Royal Danish Academy of Music, Copenhagen
11 January 2026. Improv set with Ermanno Barron, Ludovica Manzo and Dario Miranda.  Metro Core, Rome

2025

16 December 2025. Premiere of Long Distance for Solo Soprano, performed by Mimi Doulton.  Temple of Art and Music, London
18 October 2025. PIGSPIGSPIGS by Bastard Assignments at NyMusik.  Oslo, Norway
15 October 2025. Improv set at Altera.  Fanfulla 5/a, Roma
3 October 2025. Matthew Grouse performs Sorry for the Late Reply.  KU.BE, Copenhagen
17 September 2025. Solo voice performance at Cathy Berberian Centenary / Lore Lixenberg residency.  Cafe oto, London
11 September 2025. Winnie Huang performs Ear Piece 2 at Lucerne Festival.  Lucerne, Switzerland
28 July 2025. Duo with Mayah Kadish.  Kirkos Space, Dublin
19 July 2025. Duo with Mayah Kadish.  RAMP festival, Rathmullan, Donegal, Ireland
10 June 2025. Chambers in Chambers by Martin Hirsti-Kvam.  Klang Festival, Copenhagen
1 June 2025. HOUSE – performance installation by Bastard Assignments at Musik Installationen Festival.  Nuremberg, Germany
30 May 2025. HOUSE – performance installation by Bastard Assignments at Musik Installationen Festival.  Nuremberg, Germany
21 May 2025. Premiere of The Clown for Saxophone and Piano.  St George's Hanover Square, London
17 May 2025. PIGSPIGSPIGS by Bastard Assignments at Spor festival.  Abne Scene, Aarhus, Denmark
3 May 2025. Cafe Oto set with Alex Ward broadcast on New Music Show.  BBC radio 3
26 April 2025. Soother with soundinitiative at Music Current Festival.  Project Arts Centre, Dublin
25 April 2025. Music Theatre workshop at Music Current.  Contemporary Music Centre, Dublin
2 April 2025. Performer and Musical Director for Container by Alan Fielden (until 12th April).  New Diorama Theatre, London
15 March 2025. Premiere of PIGS PIGS PIGS by Bastard Assignments, co-commissioned by Borealis Festival NO, Spor festival DK, Wigmore Hall UK.  Borealis Festival, Norway
12 February 2025. Concert to mark my residency at Centre Culturel Irlandais (multiple works).  Paris
5 February 2025. Alan Fielden’s Container at National Poetry Library (unplugged extracts).  Southbank Centre, London
29 January 2025. Improv set with Alex Ward.  Cafe oto, London
21 January 2025. Mayah Kadish performs Edika Liiko at Oxford Contemporary Music Series.  St John's College Auditorium, Oxford
15 January 2025. Letters from the Squaring – pre-studio live preview.  unit 44, Stoneybatter, Dublin
12 January 2025. Mayah Kadish performs Edika Liiko.  Hugh Lane Gallery, Dublin
11 January 2025. Premiere of Soother, commissioned by Soundinitiative with funds from Diaphonique.  Conservatoire D'Ivry, Paris
7 January 2025. Mayah Kadish performs Edika Liiko at Convivio Vegetariano, Collevecchio.  Provincia Rieti, Italy

2024

18 December 2024. improv set with Alvin Curran at Altera.  Fanfulla 5/a, Roma
6 December 2024. Container by Alan Fielden @ Eternal Series.  St. Giles, Cripplesgate, London
30 October 2024. New work for Sound Initiative at Logellou.  Brittany, France

2014

14 October 2014. Finding Kala for String Orchestra at Sound Emergents, Oxford.  Old Fire Station, Oxford
9 October 2014. Premiere of Finding Kala for String Orchestra, commissioned by Britten Pears.  Sound Emergents, London
31 May 2024. Online talk / discussion about my work hosted by the Contemporary Music Centre.  Online
10 May 2024. Work-in-progress showing of new work for soundinitiative.  Conservatoire de Aubervilliers, Paris
17 April 2024. improv set at Altera.  Fanfulla, Roma
29 April 2024. work-in-progress of new solo piece for Soprano Mimi Doulton.  Turner Sims Theatre, University of Southampton

2023

18 April 2023. Feature on Bastard Assignments on Deutschlandfunk Kultur.  Radio / online
27 April 2023. Guide to the Alphabet premiere broadcast (SWR2 commission).  Radio / online
13 February 2023. Devising experimental music-theatre workshop week with students from TrinityLaban conservatoire.  TrinityLaban, London
1 April 2023. Solo set at Northern Lights project, Derry.  Picturehouse, Derry

2022

11 September 2022. Angela Hui Wai Nok performing Sorry for the Late Reply at Gaudeamus Music Week.  Utrecht, Netherlands
12 May 2022. Mayah Kadish performs Edika Liiko and we both perform Kadosh by Sarah Nemtsov.  Puglia, Italy
19 August 2022. New Work for Ensemble Garage and Bastard Assignments.  Alte Feuerwache, Cologne
4 November 2022. Hermes Experiment performing Favourite Bits.  Southbank Centre, London
24 September 2022. Premiere of Still Drowsy for Soprano and 3 percussionists at Biennale Musica di Venezia.  Teatro Piccolo Arsenale, Venice Buy tickets »
9 April 2022. Live electronics for Kadosh by Sarah Nemtsov, with Mayah Kadish at nonclassical.  Iklectik London
19 May 2022. Bastard Assignments at Sheffield Chamber Music Festival.  Sheffield Theatres

2021

25 November 2021. Performing with Bastard Assignments at Nonclassical clubnight.  Iklektik London
29 November 2021. Sorry for the Late Reply and new work for violin & voice – with Mayah Kadish and Bastard Assignments.  City University, London
2 December 2021. Bastard Assignments at Kettle’s Yard.  Kettle's Yard, Cambridge
22 November 2021. New Work for Mayah Kadish premiered at hcmf//.  bates mill, huddersfield
10 November 2021. Sorry For The Late Reply w/ Bastard Assignments at Music Current, Dublin.  
14 September 2021. Premiere of Smashing The Natural Law with Kirkos Ensemble (small invited audience).  44 Prussia Street, Dublin
29 October 2021. Angela Hui Wai Nok performing Sorry For The Late Reply.  Iklektik London
28 July 2021. Premiere of Sorry For The Late Reply for percussion, movement and video.  Cattle Depot, Hong Kong

2020

1 April 2020. Bastard Assignments Lockdown Jams – series of online pieces.  
5 February 2020. Performing Will by Edward Henderson with Bastard Assignments, Oslo.  Norwegian Academy of Music, Oslo

2019

15 June 2019. Sugar Cage with Bastard Assignments at Aldeburgh Festival.  Britten Studio, Snape Maltings, Suffolk
12 June 2019. Sugar Cage with Bastard Assignments @ Periferein.  Oslo, Norway
10 May 2019. Already There with Bastard Assignments at Spor Festival.  Aarhus, Denmark
1 March 2019. Work in progress @ Snape Maltings open session.  Kiln Studio, Snape Maltings

2018

12 April 2018. Service with Bastard Assignments at VirtuallyReality.  Manchester
12 March 2019. Make Your Admin Noisy As Hell (Workshop series).  venues around London
19 March 2019. New work for Paul Zaba’s Accordion Songbook.  Splendor, Amsterdam

2018

5 August 2018. Like Nothing at Darmstadt Festival percussion/theatre workshop.  Darmstadt, Germany
22 June 2018. Wildflower at Colin Frank percussion recital.  Huddersfield University
12 February 2018. Wildflower at Deptford Cinema.  Deptford Cinema
15 June 2018. New work – Bastard Assignments / Thick & Tight.  Block 336, Brixton
8 September 2018. Bastard Assignments at Snape Maltings Festival of New.  Snape Maltings, Suffolk
5 October 2018. Bastard Assignments at Herne Hill music fest.  Half Moon Pub, Herne Hill
24 May 2018. Bastard Assignments on BBC Radio 3 Late Junction.  Maida Vale Studios, London
17 April 2018. Bastard Assignments & Neo Hulcker.  Asylum, London
13 May 2018. Bastard Assignments & Mocrep.  Constellation, Chicago
5 March 2018. Bastard Assignments & Marcela Lucatelli.  Total Refreshment Centre, London

2017

19 November 2017. Wildflower (old version) performed by An Assembly.  venue tbc, Manchester
28 November 2017. New piece – Collaboration with Mocrep @ Bastard Assignments.  venue tbc, London
21 October 2017. Bastard Assignments at RA Lates.  Royal Academy of the Arts, London
14 October 2017. BBC radio 3 live broadcast with Bastard Assignments.  Wellcome Collection, Euston, London
12 October 2017. Wildflower (new version) at London Topophobia.  Total Refreshment Centre, Dalston, London
20 November 2017. Wildflower with Bastard Assignments at Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival.  Bates Mill, Huddersfield
7 February 2017. New work for Pianist Clare Simmonds as part of Borough New Music.  St. George's Church, Borough High Street, London

2016

9 December 2016. New work commissioned by Spitalfields Winter Festival.  Shreditch Church
25 October 2016. Parade – Bastard Assignments with Ludwig Abraham.  Lothringer 13 Halle, Munich
24 September 2016. No New Ideas live on BBC Radio 3.  Southbank Centre, London
22 September 2016. No New Ideas at London Topophobia.  Total Refreshment Centre, Hackney, London
17 September 2016. No New Ideas at Colourscape Festival.  Clapham Common, London
8 July 2016. Here’s the thing with Jemima Yong.  International Youth Arts Festival, Kingston
22 July 2016. Bastard Assignments with Neele Huelcker and Andy Ingamells.  Stud!o10, Berlin
20 July 2016. Bastard Assignments with Neele Huelcker and Andy Ingamells.  Donau115, Berlin

2015

12 June 2015. Music for ‘Humanity on the Edge’ at Inventions Festival.  Stanley Halls, South Norwood, London
16 July 2015. ‘My My My’ at Zero Wave.  Fiddler's Elbow, Kentish Town, London
1 July 2015. ‘Favourite Bits’ with The Hermes Experiment at BODY.  Wiltons Music Hall, London
19 July 2015. ‘Remembered Listening’ at Bastard Assignments : Sound Walk With Me.  Peckham High Street and Peckham Rye
4 July 2015. Premiere of ‘LAUGH TILL IT HURTS FOR ONLY £2’ at Weisslich.  Hundred Years Gallery, Hoxton, London
13 July 2015. ‘Bachelor Pad’ with AUT at Aarhus Jazz Festival.  Radar, Aarhus, Denmark
8 August 2015. ‘LAUGH TILL IT HURTS FOR ONLY £2’ at Tete a Tete festival.  Kings Place, London
26 November 2015. ‘At the very least’ at HCMOFF: Concert of Rejects.  Coffee Kabin, Huddersfield
13 November 2015. Premiere of ‘The very best days of your life’ at ICC Takeover.  Irish Architecture Archive, Dublin, Ireland
12 October 2015. Premiere of ‘NEED’ at 840 : New Music For Cellos, performed by Tre Voci.  St James' Church, Islington, London
6 December 2015. ‘NEED’ at Bastard Assignments: Fresh & Clean 2.  Asylum, Peckham, London
13 February 2016. ‘The very best days of your life’ at Bastard Assignments: Fresh & Clean 3.  Block 336, Brixton, London
4 March 2016. Premiere of ‘No New Ideas’ at Nonclassical.  The Victoria, Hoxton
27 April 2016. Premiere of ‘All to the same result’ with Tonnta Vocal Ensemble.  Smock Alley Theatre, Dublin
10 February 2017. Bastard Assignments : New Teeth 4.  Hackney Showroom, London

2016

4 November 2016. Bastard Assignments : New Teeth 3.  Block 336, Brixton, London
23 June 2016. Bastard Assignments : New Teeth 1.  Asylum Chapel, Peckham
12 June 2016. Bastard Assignments : Sound Walk With Me at Digging Blackheath.  Blackheath halls and Blackheath village