Grace Quigley
Grace Quigley is a queer, neurodivergent poet, performer, theatre maker and co-parent of queer noise. From Croydon, now based in gay old East London.
Grace’s work explores dyke queerness, community, London living, mental health and knowing absolutely nothing about anything. She uses character to understand the unhinged hinges of society.
Her recent Offie nominated show ‘BLUEWATER’ received 5 stars in both Edinburgh and London, one for each deal she has made with the Devil.
Maureen Onwunali
Former Roundhouse Poetry Slam champion, and self-proclaimed ‘notes app poet’, Maureen Onwunali (she/they) uses spoken word as a means of exploring identity, society and her place in the world.
GAIL
GAIL is the indie-pop solo project and alias of South East London based singer-songwriter Zaynab Abigail. GAIL’s music is often lyrically driven by a fascination for all the trappings of love, romance and heartache. A writer of words before instrumentation, GAIL is concerned in her music with the growth and self-realisation romantic and platonic relationships can inspire in all directions"
Kia Matanky-Becker
Kia Matanky-Becker is a Queer Poet, Performance artist, sculptor and co-parent of Queer Noise. Kia's Lyrical poetry is an unapologetic exploration of queer relationships, friendship and community. They are particularly interested in queer coming of age narratives and their beautifully messy complexities. An over-sharer and attention seeker, get ready for tales of lesbian drama, late nights and the people they fell in love with on the bus this morning. kia just wants you to laugh at them, that's it really.
Kia has performed at poetry nights across the country, their performance films are archived internationally, and they were awarded the Poetry Society collaboration prize 2021.
Mascette
Mascette is Baphonym, and Little Macaroon, and that girl who wrote all the Ephemerals songs, and some other artists that you might have heard but didn't realise was the same person. They are an escapee from the music industry cult, now working mostly as a musician for choreography and is at Queer Noise to do a live improvisation on their Roland JX-3P synthesiser from 1983.
MB Fortune
MB Fortune (they/them) is a drag king (performing under the name Beau Jangles) and singer, who has performed across London and the UK, and in 2021 won Tutu’s Soul Search competition.