4th November, 7:00pm at Dundee Rep Theatre
PechaKucha Night Dundee is back at Dundee Rep Theatre on Wednesday 4 November 2026 with another brilliant lineup of speakers, preparing to take to the stage!
Hosted by Creative Dundee in the city since 2011, PKN now runs in over 1,300 cities around the world. It’s a simple quick-fire format – speakers show 20 images, each for 20 seconds. You can watch all previous talks online, or use our randomiser if it’s too hard to choose!
Always different, entertaining and inspiring; there’s something for everyone at this event which first started in Tokyo in 2003 and has now grown into a global phenomenon. Our regular Pass the Mic section also gives anyone the chance to shout out the events and opportunities they have coming up!
Thanks so much to Robin Lawrence for this year’s colourful and joy-filled artwork!
PechaKucha Night Dundee Vol. 33
Wed 4 November 2026, 7–10pm at Dundee Rep Theatre
(doors open 7pm, event starts 7.20pm)
Tickets:
£10 – Recommended ticket price that enables Creative Dundee to make PKN happen
£7 – Reduced (for those where the standard price is a barrier towards enjoyment, and for Amps supporters)
£14 – Pay it Forward (covers your ticket plus contributes towards someone from a community group receiving a free ticket from Creative Dundee)
Supporters of Creative Dundee’s Amps network are encouraged to purchase the £7 reduced ticket.
Kath Mainland is an internationally respected arts leader with more than 20 years’ experience across the UK and Australia. She joined Dundee Rep as Executive Director in 2025, after 10 years in Australia in senior roles including Chief Executive of Adelaide Festival and Executive Director and co-CEO of RISING Melbourne.
Originally from Orkney, Kath began her career in Scotland and has been Chief Executive of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and Admin Director of the Edinburgh International Book Festival. She was awarded a CBE for services to culture in Scotland in 2014. She loves dogs, beaches and art.
Instagram: @kathmmainland / Linkedin: Kath M Mainland
Peter Sawkins is a baker from Edinburgh. In 2020, he became the youngest and first Scottish winner of The Great British Bake Off whilst studying accounting and finance at the University of Edinburgh. Since the show aired, Peter completed his degree and worked for three years in University Sport. Now he works full-time in a media career centred around his passion for food, including publishing cookbooks, creating social media videos, performing live shows, and hosting food pop-ups. Outside of work, Peter spends all his spare time and money playing badminton.
Instagram: @peter_bakes / Facebook: Peter Bakes / YouTube: @PeterBakes / TikTok: @Peter_Bakes
Jamail Umar is MSYP for Dundee City East, a Dundee Youth Councillor and Convenor of the Scottish Youth Parliament’s Jobs, Economy and Fair Work Committee. He brings young people’s voices directly to the people who make decisions about their lives. He works on social mobility, financial education and intersectional mental health support, and in 2025 he spoke to Scottish Cabinet Ministers about mental health support for young people. Alongside his studies at Strathclyde, he founded The 93% Club Strathclyde to widen opportunity for state-educated students at the University of Strathclyde.
Instagram: @jamail_umar_msyp_for_dundee / Linkedin: Jamail Umar
Oisín Keohane is a Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Dundee. Before coming to Dundee, he held research fellowships at the Universities of Toronto, Edinburgh and Johannesburg. In 2026, when the university proposed ending its philosophy degrees, he led a public campaign that gathered over 6,000 signatures, won backing from academics at 450 universities around the world, and drew national and international press coverage. The university has since kept three joint degrees open, so philosophy can still be studied at Dundee alongside art, English or psychology. He is still campaigning to restore the degrees that were suspended, including Philosophy as a subject in its own right. His writing ranges from ‘cosmo-nationalism’, the way nations claim to speak for all of humanity, to the philosophy of nudity and the politics of which languages get spoken and protected.
Website: Save Dundee Philosophy
Monica Lucia Madas (aka Monooka) is a Transylvanian (Romanian) born, Dundee-based multidisciplinary artist and art psychotherapist. Her artistic work blends several practices together including illustration, music, puppetry, and dance theatre performances Monica’s creative projects are inspired by the psychological implications of how concepts of home, land, diversity, family history, and personal beliefs can influence and affect the perception of identity and the sense of belonging. She is currently a PhD student at DJCAD.
Instagram: @songs_and_illustrations
Eva Milne is a recent graduate of the University of Dundee, where she gained a first-class honour in English and Philosophy and founded The Jute Journal; the first student newspaper at the institution in 30 years. Her research focuses on the intersection between truth, technology, and appearances, and continues to interrogate these topics through practices in journalism, photography, and writing.
With a career rooted in Dundee, Kyle Fraser has built strong connections across its communities, businesses and organisations. Their varied career has connected people, communities and organisations across culture, leisure, education and social care.
Passionate about collaboration, creativity and meaningful impact, Kyle enjoys building partnerships, helping businesses thrive and creating authentic connections with audiences. Outside of work, they are a passionate runner, channelling their creativity and ambition into building their own running brand (RUNSSS COLLECTIVE).
Linkedin: Kyle Fraser / Website: Dundee Change Centre – Street Soccer / Instagram: @GrowthlyConnect
Anissa Thabet Mammar is a sociologist with over ten years’ experience working with migrant and refugee communities at national and international organisations, both in Scotland and North Africa. Her work has focused on frontline support, policy development, and research, with a strong emphasis on advocating for migrants’ human rights. Originally from Tunisia and having grown up in Spain, Anissa migrated to Scotland in 2015, where she later completed an MSc in Equality and Human Rights at the University of Glasgow. She is now based in Newport-on-Tay, Fife, where she co-founded the Wee Anti-Racist Library in early 2026. The WARL is a community-run lending library that centres books by Global Majority authors and explores themes of anti-racism, community, solidarity, and mutual aid. Anissa currently works for the Worker Support Centre, where she supports migrant agricultural workers to build power and raise awareness of these issues within the wider Tayside community.
Instagram: @weeantiracistlibrary
Andrea Dritschel is a multi-award-winning jeweller and design researcher based in Dundee, Scotland. Her work sits at the intersection of traditional craft, speculative design, and biodesign. Deeply inspired by the environment and the more-than-human world, she weaves these themes throughout her practice. In her recent work, Andrea explores the constraints of metal scarcity and considers how biomaterials might offer new possibilities. She finds value in the ephemeral qualities of these materials, embracing their impermanence. Through her practice, she seeks to show how design and the act of making can foster deeper, more meaningful connections with nature and the more-than-human systems that surround us..
Linkedin: Andrea Dritschel / Instagram: @andrea_dritschel
Marizuchukwu Ojeniyi is a multidisciplinary artist, jewellery maker and emerging creative community organiser based in Scotland. Through her handmade jewellery, she explores the relationship between adornment, natural materials, alternative aesthetics and cultural expression, creating distinctive pieces that celebrate individuality, texture and the beauty of unconventional materials.
Following the success of her Black Excellence art exhibition, Marizu is now developing an initiative to connect, showcase and amplify Black artists and creatives across Scotland. Driven by a belief that creativity thrives through connection, she hopes to build a space where artists can collaborate, share opportunities, develop their practices and find a sense of belonging.
Instagram: @marz.makesit
More speakers to be announced soon!
Creative Dundee centres creative communities as powerful catalysts for collective good. Since 2008 our work has been about better connecting the city and amplifying how creativity impacts our lives.
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PechaKucha Night Dundee Vol. 33 will be BSL interpreted by Leigh Anderson and Linda Duncan. The event will be filmed, photographed and shared on Creative Dundee’s social media platforms. If you do not wish to appear in any of the images that are made public, please let us know at news@creativedundee.com.
PechaKucha was devised and shared by Klein Dytham architecture. The PKN Dundee event is organised and hosted by Creative Dundee.
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