Sunday 14 December 2025, 7.30pm
Stay on or come join us after the Christmas Fair for a special bar night featuring the first time duo of none other than Maggie Nicols and local legend NiCKY. FREE entry all night!
Maggie popped in on last year's xmas do and found herself tap dancing along to Pink Pony Club at the back, so it seems right to get NiCKY on the keys for a few duo turns this year. We're thinking somewhat 'free' versions of Nat King Cole's Christmas tunes but honestly, who knows.
Maggie Nicols joined London's legendary Spontaneous Music Ensemble in 1968 as a free improvisation vocalist. She then became active running voice workshops with an involvement in local experimental theatre. She later joined the group Centipede, led by Keith Tippets and in 1977, with musician/composer Lindsay Cooper, formed the remarkable Feminist Improvising Group. She continues performing and recording challenging and beautiful work, in music and theatre, either in collaborations with a range of artists (Irene Schweitzer, Joelle Leandre, Ken Hyder, Caroline Kraabel) as well as solo.
NiCKY is a songwriter and stalwart of London's queer performance scene. They have built a reputation for writing heartfelt and unique songs reflecting their love and life experiences. Their new ep with spans leftfield avant-pop, otherworldly piano ballads & profound love songs exploring queer vulnerability, identity, cruising, transformation and heartbreak.
They composed the soundtrack for Tomorrow Is Already Dead at Soho Theatre, and more recently several songs for a restaging of Colm Ó Clúbhán’s play Reasons For Staying produced by the AIDS Plays Project. This summer they performed at Glastonbury, Three Wheel Drive and Supernormal.
