poet
actor
writer
theatre maker

 

Maedb Joy is a poet, writer and theatre maker, making work about class, sex work, queerness and womanhood. She is an alumna of Guildhall School of Music and Drama (rated 1st in the UK for arts + drama), and the Royal Court Playwriting Group. She was nominated by Guildhall in 2020 for the Evening Standard Future Theatre Fund in the Devising category and was previously represented by The Queer House prior to their closure. 

 

Her professional credits as a writer, performer and producer include: Impurity (Bishopsgate Institute), Stripped! (VAULT Festival), and Home Sweet Hell (Camden People’s Theatre, A Pinch of Vault). Alongside this she has had her work featured by BBC, Tate St Ives, Tour De Moon, Fat Out Fest, Ourgasm, Sounds of the Other City, Institute of Contemporary Arts, The Vagina Museum, and Polyester Zine. 

 

Maedb is the founder and and artistic director of Sexquisite Events, a performing arts company platforming sex worker artists across theatre, cabaret and nightlife across the UK. She is also the co-founder of Riot Party, a sex positive queer community producing sold out events in London and Manchester. Both organisations are committed to creating paid creative opportunities for sex workers, and impacting meaningful change through art and entertainment.