Töpia - Music
Töpia is a UK-based fusion artist blending bossa nova, R&B, and indie-soul into immersive live performances. Backed by her full band, The Homies, she has been performing for over ten years, creating one-of-a-kind shows where audience and band collaborate, sing, and move together. Completely independent and unreleased, Töpia has built her career organically through community jams and live events, including London, Paris, and Los Angeles. Her writing and performance credits include ANAIIS and MRTL, and she has shared the stage with Chaka Khan. Töpia and The Homies deliver full-bodied, intimate, and unforgettable experiences, bringing energy, connection, and joy to every stage they play.
Die Lemma - Drag
Die Lemma is a trans femme artist of German and Ethiopian heritage, blending the worlds of music and drag.
Her vocal performances pay homage to black music and old cabaret. Situated in the trans body, they disrupt prescriptive ideas of gender. In its place, she weaves reimagined possibilities using costume, craft and paint. Die Lemma regularly works all around London and beyond in queer venues and nightclubs but her work has also taken her to venues such as the National Theatre, Southbank Center, Barbican, the Roundhouse, Glastonbury Festival and the Box. She recently won the drag competition Top of the slops Allstars and recently sold out her first Drag theatre show, Peach, Shit & Die, with collaborator Masc Peach
George - Music & Poetry
George is a multi-instrumentalist, sound engineer and hobbyist poet. This is their first solo endeavour as part of a t’art event - expect ambient atmospheric cello soundscapes and musings on love and loss.
JP Seabright - Poetry
JP Seabright (she/they) is a queer disabled writer living in London. They have seven solo pamphlets published and four collaborations, encompassing poetry, prose and experimental work. JP explores themes of gender, sexuality, trauma, technology and the climate crisis in her work, and has been nominated for Pushcart Prize, Best of the Net, Forward Prize, and shortlisted (twice) for a Saboteur Award for Best Collaborative Work. They are co-editor and organiser of the Arts Council England funded project eff-able.
Jodie Howl - Music
Jodie Howl is a queer, feminist singer, storyteller, performer and producer from London.
Jodie’s songs are tender and tenacious, whisking the audience away on a journey from reflection to revolution.
Jodie is a powerhouse vocalist, marrying rich soundscapes with raw lyrical poetry.
Her groove invites and her stories ignite – the audience is united, engaged, inspired and empowered.
Dick Finder: Private Transvestigator - Comedy
Dick Finder is a private investigator who investigates privates. He is also a buffoon and a public menace.
Returning to T'artopia two years after his debut there, Dick will be giving you a glimpse of his new hour long work-in-progress show coming to the Pen Theatre Bermondsey, 18th July.