About - GRACE QUIGLEY

Grace Quigley is a queer multidisciplinary artist, poet, writer, performer, drag and movement artist. Their work explores the depths of queerness, gender, identity, community, neurodivergence, mental health, & recovery.

With a background in acting, Grace graduated with a BA Hons from the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama. Their solo show ‘Bluewater’(2022) ran in Edinburgh and London to critical acclaim, receiving five stars and nominations for two Offies and a Standing Ovation award.

Grace has performed her work at prestigious stages and galleries. Including; the Roundhouse (London), The Hippodrome (Birmingham), The Sherman Theatre (Cardiff), Dulwich Picture Gallery (Ldn), National Theatre Riverbank Stage (Ldn), Gilded Balloon (Edinburgh), Royal Vauxhall Tavern (Ldn), Jewel Box Theatre (New York) and Silverlake Lounge (Los Angeles). Grace is a member of the Roundhouse Poetry Collective and the co-founder of Queer Noise CIC, a performance collective that hosts events, talks and workshops across the UK.

Alongside their artistic practice Grace is dedicated to amplifying marginalised voices to push the boundaries of artistic expression. As an organiser they have worked on events for Stonewall Housing, The Outside Project, The Rio Cinema, The Queer Nigerians Archive, QPOC Project, and Bermondsey Project Space. Their work expands to facilitation and participation, often leading workshops with young people, vulnerable adults, and those in recovery from alcoholism and addiction.

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