Testimonials

"I have known and worked with K Biff Nicolson over the past 15 years and have had the privilege to witness not only their development but also their immense contribution to the disability-led arts field. 
We have worked together over the years in many different ways with K Biff as performer, support-worker, personal assistant, maker and key creative artist. They bring rigour and integrity to all of these roles. Kirsty is also a collaborator and facilitator of creativity and depth, always making space for the voice of the other and the outsider. 

They approach their work with a keen enquiry and always push thinking, understanding and action forward at both personal and collective levels. I consider them to be one of today's leaders and innovators in equalities, social justice and disability-led arts."

Janice Parker (artist and choreographer)

“Biff is a thoughtful and playful collaborator with a bold artistic vision and a keen sensitivity to the needs of other folk in the room. They gently support people to joyfully leap out of their comfort zones and they are very happy to be silly, serious, vulnerable and vivacious alongside participants, artists and audiences. Their work bridges the silly and profound, curiously examines the world around us and gives space for shifting perspectives and ideas.”

— Melanie Jordan ( theatre artist and director)

“This porous, permeable, beautifully fluid and slippery (in the best of ways) process was made possible by Biff’s careful and considered dreaming: their integrity, intentionality and deep commitment to the politics and ethics of their practice, radical care work and community solidarity.

Biff’s long-term expertise - working alongside disabled, neurodivergent, queer, clown and cabaret artists in a variety of contexts - meant they designed a space and research process that gently invited and welcomed all ways of being as creator and contributor in collaborative process. These sorts of creation spaces are scarce to non-existent. To be in a room with an artist who recognises the need to openly embrace the slippery and elusive nature of genuinely holding accessible space is beyond up lifting and empowering.”

— Luke Pell (artist, poet, dramaturg)

“working with Biff in such playful, curious and neuro-affirmative ways has been truly life-changing not only to my creative output in the world, but to being able to make work in ways that feel healthy, joyful, sustainable and confidence-building to me as an artist.”

- Nelly Kelly (artist, playwright, theatre maker)

”Working with Biff as co-producer and Show Daddy on our Eat the Rich co-productions with Aberdeen Performing Arts is fun, creative, grounding and expansive. Eat the Rich wouldn’t be what it Is without them and we’ve learnt loads from working with them. Always generous and collaborative, they bring a unique mix of skills, talent and experience that has been at the core of each production - enabling the artists to take creative risks, while prioritising accessibility and care for everyone involved.”

- Sanctuary Queer Arts

“Biff has played a key role as co-producer with Sanctuary Queer Arts, providing valuable support in delivering the Eat the Rich cabarets in partnership with Aberdeen Performing Arts. Their expertise in access and inclusion and a real commitment to care has helped foster safer, more welcoming spaces, making the cabarets more joyful for artists and audiences alike.”

Susan Whyte, Head of Creative Engagement, Aberdeen Performing Arts