Ben van Der Velde
Ben Van der Velde is a stand-up comedian, actor, improviser and presenter. Over the past few years, has spread joy and nonsense to all four corners of the British Isles, as well as Greece, Estonia,...
Aislinn Evans
Aislinn Evans is an artist, writer, and educator. Their practice exists at the peripheries between art and writing, encompassing publication, performance, and video. Their top priority is making...
Gerry K
Anecdotal, observational and refreshingly honest in style, Gerry's comedy is enriched by a somewhat unique perspective: Real name Gerry Kyei (pronounced “Chay”), Gerry was born in the East End,...
All The Threads You Leave Behind by Anna Rathbone
Anna Rathbone is a maker-of-things based in Bristol, working across a range of disciplines including theatre, textiles, installation and live art. Exploring themes of grief, loss, and what's...
Harriet Braine
Harriet Braine is a musical comedian, who dedicates a remarkably large portion of her oeuvre to Art History. After winning Best Newcomer at the 2016 Musical Comedy Awards, she started gigging around...
DUCK
We are DUCK - a wonky synth/punk/queer noisepop trio from Sheffield/Leeds. We released our 2nd LP “There Are No Normal Conversations Any More”, Feb 2020 on Hell Hath No Fury Records just in...
Helen Coffey
Helen Coffey is the travel editor of The Independent. She regularly appears as an expert contributor on travel-related stories for the BBC News channel, BBC Breakfast, BBC Radio 4, and LBC, among...
Words for a Dying World
Hannah Malcolm writes and campaigns around the subject of climate justice and the Church. She is training for ministry in the Church of England and writing a PhD on a theology of climate and...
Imogen Stirling
Imogen Stirling is a Glasgow-based artist. She is a performance poet, theatre-maker, musician, writer and facilitator. She was the inaugural Writer-in-Residence for Paisley BookFestival 2021, is...
Andrew Jones
Andrew Jones – aka Tall Skinny Kiwi – has 30 years' experience with third sector social enterprises in 70 countries. He's had a prolific and creative online presence since the birth of the...
Izzie Walsh
Manchester based singer songwriter Izzie Walsh has a unique sound that blends country, bluegrass, folk and Americana. Having built an impressive organic fanbase over the last couple of years. Not...
Cable Street Collective
This spring, 7-piece festival favourites Cable Street Collective are embarking on a mini-tour, with shows in Cornwall, Wales, Bristol and their native London, among others. Taking a break from...
Claire Bradbury
Claire Bradbury is an environmentalist, sustainability expert and wellbeing advocate. With a background in law and international development, she has devoted her career to tackling critical...
Jay Hulme
Jay Hulme is an award winning transgender poet, performer, speaker and educator from Leicester. Alongside his writing he teaches poetry, works to raise awareness of LGBT rights and inclusion, and...
Andy White
Andy White is an energetic, confident and silly Brummie who combines numerous voices and a mad afro to devastating comedic effect. Andy combines observational and topical humour with his mixed-race...