Anna Watanabe Anna is a London-based dancer and movement artist from Tokyo. Trained in hip hop, freestyle, contemporary and commercial styles, she has performed in Japan and South Korea, experiences that shaped her versatility and professionalism. Her practice investigates the artistry of movement, weaving improvisation and atmosphere into a physical language that resonates beyond words. As a queer, demisexual artist, she continues to explore how dance can evoke memory and emotion, creating performances that invite audiences to sense rather than simply watch.
Jiayi Chen
Jiayi is an award-winning UK-based Chinese artist, performance director, and producer. She is the founder of The Great Her collective, dedicated to amplifying East Asian women’s voices through performance and visual art.
Pear Nuallak
Pear was dug out from the side of a Croydon hill in the late 20th century. They were raised by two Thai multi-hyphenates, an artist-housekeeper-wok chef and artist-housekeeper-server respectively. They are an artist, writer and critic currently based in all the bogs of London where they work on damp and hateful things. Their first book, Pearls from their Mouth, was published in 2022 with Hajar Press. Their work has also appeared in Wasafiri, Peaks of Colour Nature Journal, and Little White Liewith forthcoming pieces in Queer East magazine and the Class of 2025 School of Cvntological Inquiry anthology.
Jacqui Bardelang
Jacqui is a voice, stage and screen actor. Her background is rooted in languages, audio and gender performativity, especially in relation to intersectionality and storytelling-driven shows. Outside of acting and voiceover, Jacqui performs as Sigi Moonlight, (he/they) an internationally known drag king, boylesque performer, workshop facilitator and host. He is known in the London cabaret scene and beyond for his satirical style and thought-provoking storytelling. As Sigi, Jacqui has starred on BBC3's Being British East Asian, the nationwide Netflix tour of I Like To Watch and has appeared at Prides, Edinburgh Fringe and Glastonbury. As well as a Pecs drag collective regular, Sigi is also a member of Pan-Asian cabaret collective The Bitten Peach.
AJ Yi
AJ is an Olivier-nominated writer, sometimes performer and sapphic songwriter. Inspired by cocktail piano crooners and the songs sung by Frank Sinatra and Fred Astaire, they aim to both put their own dykey twist on the classics whilst seducing the queers with nostalgia. A trans, half-Chinese soft boi from a former British colony; AJ's work for stage and screen often focusses on exploring the everyday impact of colonialism and capitalism, the politics of protest, and the political relationship between China and the West. AJ strives to write songs which are a balm to that harshness. A believer that laughing in community is a unifying, important and radical act, AJ welcomes you to gather round their piano and laugh together as they share their profound, philosophical, not-so-profound, weird little reflections on life.