London Dance Academy, Toad Motion and Fabulous Beyond Productions proudly present…
RuPaul’s Drag Race UK Season 1 stars Divina de Campo and Cheryl Hole
RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 9 star Charlie Hide’s Isolation bingo
Donna Marie Lady Gaga Tribute (UK’s No.1 tribute / BBC 1’s All Together Now)
Bougie Drag Brunch
Kings of Clubs
The Cocoa Butter Club
World class DJs from London & Manchester
Mint Events
Tattoo Pole Boy: World Para pole Champion, UK Pole champion
....Plus two days of workshops and classes from the Pride of London Dance Academy!
Tickets available at https://tinyurl.com/gloriadigitalpride
It’s one of the hardest times ever to be working in the performing and creative arts, but that also means it’s one of the most important times ever for us to come together, have a great party and support the performers hardest hit by the closures of studios, bars, clubs and theatres.
With this in mind, London Dance Academy are coming together with Toad Motion and Fabulous Beyond Productions to support their expansive LGBTQ+ community by hosting an online Pride festival, in honour of our diverse community of artists and celebrating unity, diversity & inclusion during this time of isolation. The private ticketed event will take place over daytime and evening on Saturday 27th and Sunday 28th June. One ticket gets you access to an entire weekend of activities and performances. The classes and performances will be hosted at London Dance Academy in Clerkenwell & ON bar, Canal Street Manchester and Produced by Toad Motion - whose credits include Red Bull, BBC and Samsung (following social distancing & hygiene guidelines of course!)
On Saturday and Sunday daytime, London Dance Academy will get your pulses raising with some of their signature interactive classes and workshops in the likes of Twerk teasers, Splits and Music Video Dance. If you prefer a more holistic start to your day perhaps you’d like to try their unique approach to Yoga. With a long standing reputation as one of the hottest fitness joints in Shoreditch, since lockdown their students recently rated their online classes 4.98 out of 5. Fun fitness queen Dolley Trolley will also be hosting her aerobics class!
Later in the afternoon, the Bougie Drag Brunch Queens - Tayce, Honey The Foxx, Cara Melle, Bimini, Baby, Sminty Drop & Brandy X, plus special guests (TBA) - will provide the kind of cabaret that had them named the no1 Drag Brunch in the UK, as well as hosting and linking together the evening’s performances.
Established Drag King club promoters the ‘Kings of Clubs’ will also form part of our cabaret with performances from the fabulous King Frankie Sinatra and magic from Richard Melanin 111.
‘The Cocoa Butter Club’ cabaret collective completes our lineup featuring the amazing Sadie Sinner The Songbird & Vanity Milan. The Cocoa Butter Club is a collective that aims to showcase and celebrate Performers of Colour within cabaret with regular events at the likes of Soho House and The Vault Festival, even being featured in a BBC documentary recently.
London Dance Academy teacher and World Para pole Champion (and UK able-bodied pole gold medallist) Andrew Gregory aka Tattoo Pole Boy, will perform a jaw-dropping pole dance piece that will make you rethink the limits of the human body. You might recognise Andrew from his recent features in Attitude and Time Out London.
Much-loved RuPaul’s Drag Race stars Divina de Campo and Cheryl Hole will each provide their trademark one-woman performances filled with the kind of antics, entertainment and impressions that helped them both garner loyal fandoms. Donna Marie Lady Gaga Tribute, the World’s no.1 impersonator & look alike (TV judge and 1 of the 100 on BBC 1’s All Together Now) will be performing with her spitting image looks and attitude!
As the sun sets on Saturday we will also have DJs streaming live to take your house party up a level! We are delighted to have the famous Paul Heron & Alexis Knox on hand, as well as the ladies from Mint - one of the most sought-after events in London for le***an and bisexual women as well as the wider LGBTQ+ community.
The music will run late into the night, provided by globetrotting La Demence & Little Gay Brother resident DJ Paul Heron, Heaven’s Popcorn & Ministry of Sound’s he.she.they regular Alexis Knox, House Nation podcast host & Fire’s Beyond resident Lee Harris, as well as the multitalented drag performers, Channel 4’s Drag SOS star DJ Tete Bang, Circa resident Sam Londt, Reka and many more including Manchester favourites Smiley Virus & ON Bar / The Brewers resident Josh Smith.
To round off the weekend on Sunday evening, we are also proud to announce that Charlie Hides (from RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 9) will be hosting his hilarious isolation bingo. There will also be chances to phone and text in to interact and win high-ticket prizes, with Fitbit already confirmed as one of our prize partners.
Tickets are now available to purchase from https://tinyurl.com/gloriadigitalpride. They cost just £9.75 for 1 day or £12.75 for a whole weekend pass, with a surplus charge of £5 required to participate in the lockdown bingo.
Ticket proceeds from the event will go towards supporting our fabulous performers in this difficult time for artists worldwide. Also a donation from every ticket will go towards supporting the following charities :
‘Theredcard.org’ - Working towards tackling racism in society. ‘Gires.org.uk - An organisation who’s purpose is to improve the lives of trans and gender non conforming people of all ages. ‘Voyageyouth.com’ - Transformative leadership programmes for young people from BAME communities, & ‘Go-forwardyouth.org’ - Helping young people out of care to be able to live in a world where they do not feel isolated.
About London Dance Academy
London Dance Academy’s CEO Melissa has been supporting Equality and the Arts since 2005 as her formal career, but her passion for movement stems back generations from her family's lifelong commitments to the Arts. London Dance Academy is the city’s most established alternative dance facility. They were the first to introduce pole fitness and fusion techniques to mainstream gyms like Virgin Active, LA Fitness and David Lloyd, opening the UK’s mind to the sport and the hugely supportive community that comes with it. With an ever increasing following to this day, London Dance Academy is the only self contained pole dance and aerial facility in the city, and has seen more than 25,000 students walk through its doors. Crucial to our culture at London Dance Academy is the principle of inclusivity. We welcome students from all walks of life with their own unique reasons to dance. No matter your age, size, background, gender or style, London Dance Academy is a warm safe space where you can discover yourself, because everyone is unique.
About Fabulous Beyond Productions
With over 25 years experience in the hospitality & events industry, Fabulous Beyond Productions know how to throw a party! With close links to the LGBTQ community, FBP now produce over eight large scale brunch & supper club events such as Bougie Drag Brunch, Boy Toy Brunch, Buff Bingo, Life’s A Drag Life Drawing & Dinner With Drag Queens in multiple cities across the UK, including Manchester, Cardiff, Brighton & London. Bougie drag brunch, launched in 2017, has grown from the humble beginnings of a small brunch party in South London to now being the UK’s largest and no.1 voted drag brunch. Pioneering this concept in London, it’s been incredible to watch how drag has grown over the past few years & our inclusive brunch parties now see customers enjoying our experiences together regardless of age, gender or sexuality.
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