Poets
Deviji Jaani-Jaan is a shape-shifting, multi-armed, QTIPOC, effable Goddess, frequently found fully prepared for any sensual delight: clutching lube, a hitachi magic wand, radar key, cbd gummies, a flask of empress grey tea, a hot water bottle, and a yummy vegan protein-filled snack. They also write, make film, art, and mischief. @devijijaan
Raman Mundair FRSL is an Indian-born, director, writer, artist, activist, filmmaker, and playwright. They are a graduate of the National Film and Television School and were shortlisted as a writer and director for BFI Sharp Shorts. Raman was longlisted for the Rolex Mentor and Protégé Arts Initiative Award, and the Margaret Tait Award, and is a winner of the Robert Louis Stevenson Award, and recipient of an ALL3Media Scholarship, and a Leverhulme Fellowship.
Éadaoín Lynch is an Irish poet, editor & researcher based in Edinburgh. With Alycia Pirmohamed, they co-edited Re·creation: A Queer Poetry Anthology in 2022 – the same year, their debut poetry pamphlet Fierce Scrow launched with Nine Pens Press. Their poetry has appeared in Gutter and The North Magazine among others, and their poem ‘Brogue’ was Commended for the Magma Poetry Competition by Raymond Antrobus in 2024. Dylan McNulty-Holmes is the author of Survivalism for Hedonists (Querencia Press 2023) and Half a Million Mothers(shortlisted for the 2022 New Media Writing Prize). More at dylanmcnultyholmes.com.
Performers
Himish Macbeth is a Fife-based drag king, in it to spread queer disabled joy and anarchy. Complete with his dragged up mobility aids, has entertained audiences from Aberdeen to Auckland. A finalist in the 2024 Man Up contest, Himish is a raconteur and provocateur, and a fierce believer in disabled pride and disabled joy.
BUTCH CA$HIDY is your favourite handsome himbo hunk here to deliver you your daily recommended serving of organic, ethically sourced beef. Butch's performances are packed full with muscles, energy, and… more muscles. Prepare to sigh, swoon, and be swept off your feet by Edinburgh’s most dashing drag king! Thirsty for more Butch? You can catch him hosting Saffron Cherry (@saffron.cherry), an all-QPOC cabaret every other month at Paradise Palms.
Bolly Ditz Dolly Award-winning Neo-Bollyesque Queen, Bolly Ditz Dolly celebrates the golden tunes of yester-year with a tassel-twirling twist. A prolific performer known for her unique blend of Bollywood dance, burlesque, cabaret, spoken word and poetry, dotting around a number of legendary venues and spaces.