Little Kitchen Brings Its Genre-Blending Sound to Acton
London debut for Oxford University ensemble
Little Kitchen performing
April 8, 2026
A rising new-music collective with a string of sold-out Oxford performances is heading to London for the first time this spring. Little Kitchen, an ensemble founded by University of Oxford musicians and known for its inventive, genre-crossing approach, will make its London debut at St Mary’s Church, Acton on Friday 17 April.
The group has built a loyal following in Oxford for concerts that feel intimate, warm and quietly radical. Their trademark is the way they reimagine familiar music through fresh arrangements that blur the boundaries between classical, jazz, choral and contemporary styles.
For their Acton performance, Little Kitchen will present a programme featuring new interpretations of Joni Mitchell, Charli XCX, Nina Simone and others — all arranged by founders Luke Sitaraman and Daniel Munks.
Little Kitchen began life in the most unassuming of places: a small student kitchen where musicians gathered to share ideas, experiment and play through “musical oddities”. What started as informal collaboration has since grown into a vibrant collective with a reputation for thoughtful, boundary-pushing live performance.
Their London debut promises an atmospheric evening inside the resonant acoustic of St Mary’s Church, offering audiences a chance to experience a young ensemble at a moment of creative momentum.
Tickets cost £11 or £9 for concessions.
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