Jen Nolan - Comedy
Jen Nolan is an up and coming working class comic hailing from east London. She will be bringing you tales from her life growing up on the breadline with that cheeky cockney attitude.
‘Confident and energetic with big laughs’ - Broadway world
‘Funny, polished and hot’ - Katherine Ryan
‘Wicked’ - Tom Davis
Pleasance reserve ‘25, Best in class ‘23, Leicester Square theatre new act semi finalist 22/23, queerovison champion of champions, LGBT new comedian of the year semi finalist
Vic Brooks - Poet
Vic Brooks is a duplicitous queer gender-shifter writer living in London, and parent to an octopod (small identical twins). Their novel, Silicone God, was published by MOIST Books (UK) and House of Vlad (US). Find their essays, short fiction and poetry in The Philosopher's Magazine, Wrong Directions, Midcult, Archer, t’ART, W0rms, SAND, Discount Guillotine, and elsewhere. They are on Instagram @vics_double_trouble.
tall child - Music
tall child is the alias for Zha Gandhi, a South East London based musician of Nigerian/Indian heritage paving the way for black artists in the indie music scene. tall child takes inspiration from the likes of Mitski, Radiohead, Rachel Chinouriri and Arlo Parks, to create a beautifully intimate and authentic basis for their soundscape. They build on this with a brutally honest style of lyricism, that explores their experiences as a queer disabled POC, to develop a sonic space especially for those who feel their differences being used against them.
Jenny Scoones - Poet
Jenny Scoones is reading her MA in Modern Literature and Culture at King’s College London, having completed her MA in Popular Music Practice (Composition) at BIMM London in 2023. Her work focuses on modernism, transgender studies, ecology and feminism. She is a contributor to the upcoming ‘Configurations of Creepiness’ double special issue of Angelaki: The Journal of Theoretical Humanities, and also a poet, with work published with T'Art, in the vault and Poetry is Dead. As a performer she has had work debuted at the Royal Academy of Music.
Amy Lynne Westray - Drag
Amy Lynne Westray (They/she) is a queer theatre maker, clown & poet. They are currently working on their show T(EA)-BOY. In drag they enjoy absurdity and when the political & silliness collide.
Shard O’Nay - Burlesque
International burlesque artist Shard O'Nay is setting stages ablaze and leaving a trail of audiences craving more.
Labeled ‘one to watch,’ she captures the audience with her story telling. Passionate about championing Black and global majority talent both on and off stage, she is mastermind behind Powerhauss Cabaret Collective.
Keep an eye out for Shard O’Nay; she’s coming to a stage near you! Much like her name, she’s intoxicating—her moves will leave you utterly spellbound.