Kia Matanky-Becker is a award winning 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.

Paulina Lenoir is an award-winning designer turned clown and theatre-maker. She is the founder of cult cabaret Fool's Moon and is currently touring her critically acclaimed solo show Puella Eterna.

★★★★★ "Paulina Lenoir creates a marvel out of the ordinary." - Theatre Weekly

★★★★★ "wonderful, bizarre and hilarious... a masterful clown" - FringeReview

★★★★ “an utter delight.” - Chortle

Instagram: @paulinalenoir

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, Julia Jacklin, Solange and Alicia Keys, to create a beautifully intimate and authentic basis for their soundscape. Through brutally honest lyrics, they explore their experiences as a queer disabled POC in hopes of creating a space for those who empathise with having their differences being used against them.

Instagram: @tallchildband

Ray (He/it) is a poet, performer, facilitator, organiser and eavesdropper based in Birmingham.

BLACK, trans, queer and fortunate he is interested in provoking discomfort in audiences and himself with his work. Themes include: Identity, the body, food and links between consumption and perception.

He has performed in bars, cafes, restaurants, theatres, streets, a bathroom, a barn, a kitchen and once outside a Tesco (express) because a man asked very nicely.

Instagram: @raymondowrote