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Adam All is hosting Friday 21 June. Adam All is the creation of Jen Powell. Jen first performed in drag 12 years ago and since Adam’s initial inception has gone on to perform across the UK and now runs a monthly Cabaret Drag King Night in Soho. An advocate of drag and avid suppporter of the emerging Drag King scene, Jen strongly believes in encouraging new Kings and promoting existing talent.

Brian Lobel is hosting Thursday 13 June. A performer, teacher and curator who is interested in creating work about bodies and how they are watched, policed, poked, prodded and loved by others. His practice is most efficiently described as Former-American-Camp-Counselor-Turned-Performance-Artist, and his work has shown work internationally in a range of contexts, Harvard Medical School, to Sydney Opera House, to the National Theatre (London) and Lagos Theatre Festival, blending provocative humor with insightful reflection. Major projects include BALL & Other Funny Stories About Cancer, Purge, Hold My Hand and We’re Halfway There, Ruach, and Cruising for Art which have been presented in over 25 countries internationally. Brian has received commissions and grants from the Wellcome Trust, Complicite Jerwood, and Arts Council England, among others. Brian is a Knowledge Exchange Fellow at Royal Central School of Speech and Drama. See more of his work at www.blobelwarming.com

Cherrelle is hosting Monday 17th June.

Chloe Petts is hosting Wednesday 12 June. Her “inexhaustibly funny mind” (Diva Magazine) and “compelling presence” (Steve Bennett, Chortle) has established her as one of the most exciting new acts on the circuit. Chloe is an alumna of the prestigious Pleasance Comedy Reserve, has been shortlisted for the BBC Comedy Award, was a finalist of Leicester Square New Comedian of the Year Awards 2017 and came runner-up in the Funny Women Awards 2017. She was recently heard on BBC Five Live’s Fighting Talk and has appeared on Channel 4’s Random Acts and BBC 3 Quickies. She is a co-founder of The Lol Word, a queer comedy collective that hosts sell-out monthly London nights, boasting the finest female and non-binary queer acts on the circuit. Their most recent Edinburgh run was a sell-out. Diva Magazine has described it as “a space that is demographically queer, inclusive, and safe, and on top of all of that – the comedic talent is smart, insightful, hilarious, and completely relatable.”

Follow Chloe on Twitter: @chloepetts

Christianna Mason is a performance designer and artist based in London. Originally from Northern Ireland, she grew up in Belgium and completed her education in England. She trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in Set and Costume design, following a BA Hons in Drama and Theatre Studies, and a Foundation in Fine Art. Since graduating Christianna has worked in theatre; opera; drama schools; and installation art. She often draws on her fine art background and seeks out unusual textures for inspiration. Recent set and costume design credits include: A Hundred Words For Snow – Trafalgar Studios; Romeo and Juliet – Dynamo Theatre, Zurich; Blood Wedding – Omnibus Theatre; Boatswain’s Mate – Arcola Theatre; and Always Right There – George Bernard Shaw Theatre.

Dan de la Motte is hosting Tuesday 18th June. A performer and comedian, he is part of the Arcola Queer Collective, and Soho Theatre Comedy and Cabaret Labs. He is a performer and tour-guide for Queer tours of London, and a resident artist at Tramshed Woolwich, as well as the voice of Off-Book, the Young Vic Podcast. Dan is performing in Live to Tell at the Yard Theatre on 5 July. @Dandelamotte

Flo Perry is hosting Thursday 20 June. A writer and illustrator who has managed to make a career out of her passion for drawing breasts and penchant for quizzing people on their sex lives at parties. Her book, “How To Have Feminist Sex” is out in October with Penguin Particular books. Perry is a former BuzzFeed editor and expert on making illustrations go viral. Before that she did a degree in chemistry; we can all agree that was a mistake. She was born and raised in the wilds of North London and still lives there with two lovely housemates and a terrible cat.

Georgia Wagstaff is a Development Producer and Comedy Writer working in Comedy Entertainment Development for Television, and has worked on numerous projects and pilots in that capacity. A 2018 Broadcast Hotshot, she currently works for the indie label Hitchhiker Television.

Jodie Mitchell is hosting Friday 14 June. Jodie is an exposure-loving stand-up comedian, and is currently working on being a ‘blindingly obvious comedic talent’ (The Skinny) via as many platforms as possible.  You can catch them being funny and radical with their queer stand-up comedy collective The Lol Word, her brilliant podcast Secret Dinosaur Cult (with Sofie Hagen), or their sketch-duo Heavy on the Breasts. They are the resident compere of hit alternative comedy cabaret Late Night, a recent alumna of 28-year running Edinburgh Fringe veteran improvisational comedy troupe The Improverts, and occasionally avoids the stage-light as the Director of Programming for Bedlam Theatre.

Kemah Bob is hosting Saturday 15 June. Rising star Kemah Bob is an exciting stand-up comedian, writer, improviser, drag king, presenter and producer from Houston, Texas – and is proud of drinking the same tap water as Beyoncé. Currently based in London, after studying at the Upright Citizens Brigade in Los Angeles, Kemah moved to the UK to obtain an MA in TV, with the mission to Make Television Great Again! Her material centres around Black cultural identity, mental health, sexuality and gender, using comedy as a tool for enlightenment and empowerment.

In addition to performing stand-up and hosting events in London and around the UK, Kemah also runs The FOC IT UP Comedy Club, a monthly showcase of Femmes of Colour in comedy. Alongside stand-up Kemah also hosts UNSTABLE on Transmission Roundhouse, a radio show chronicling her navigation of mental health and adulthood. She is a regular guest on The Guilty Feminist podcast and has performed to sold-out audiences at their Live shows at The London Palladium.

On the small screen Kemah has appeared on BBC Three and most recently wrote and appeared in sketches for Deborah Frances-White’s pilot for Channel 4; Next Week’s News. She can also be heard on Grown-Up Land & Global Pillage. Kemah currently has a number of writing projects in development across TV and radio and will be returning to Edinburgh this August.

Millie Cousins is a Stage Manager living and working in mainly London. She trained at The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama in BA: Theatre Practice- Stage Management. As a freelancer she has worked on shows including Musical Theatre Showcase at the Fortune Theatre, Peter Pan at The Princes Theatre, Apocalypse Laow at Katzspace, Little by Little at the Etcetera Theatre and In The Heights at the Stockwell Playhouse.

Sikisa is hosting Saturday 22 June.

Tim McNiven is hosting on Wednesday 19 June. Tim is a writer and comedian. His recent projects include; ‘Cat Lady’ a rapid response to Theatre 503’s ‘Wolfie’, the comedy webseries ‘Out of It’  and ‘Jim Clapp: Magnum Opus’ on at the Lion and Unicorn Theatre for the upcoming Camden Fringe.