Pink Suits

Pink Suits are a queer multidisciplinary arts duo and punk band based in Margate, UK, formed by artists Ray Prendergast and Lennie. With backgrounds in classical and contemporary dance, their practice begins from movement and performance and expands into live music, film, physical theatre, and visual art.

Formed in 2017, Pink Suits developed their project in response to a rising conservative political climate, using loud, direct, and politically charged punk music as a mode of resistance. Their work explores sexuality, fantasy, mental health, and activism, while questioning binary understandings of gender and identity. Voice and the body are treated as instruments of protest, solidarity, and release.

Alongside their performative work, Pink Suits are committed to building spaces for LGBTQIA+ community and collective expression. They run community events and club nights, including the nationally touring Queer Cxntry, which has been active for over five years. Highlights include participation in Chaka Khan’s Meltdown Festival at the Southbank Centre and performances at festivals and venues across the UK.

Across music, performance, and community organising, Pink Suits position art as a social and political tool, creating work that is raw, communal, and grounded in lived experience.