THURSDAY 2ND JUNE - THE HAREM OF NO-ONE: THE BANNED PRIDE!
TIMES: 9PM 'TIL 2AM
ADVANCE: £10 ON THE DOOR: £15
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“Pride gatherings are banned in Turkey since 2015. We do not accept it and we stand together in solidarity against any attempt to oppress and silence LGBTQIA+ people.”
The Harem Of No One, the middle-eastern trouble makers gather together once again for one of the first events of the Pride Months, getting ready for their biggest event ever!
We are back to the Bethnal Green Working Men's Club, after our first show-up as a collective, two months ago, as guests of our adorable spanish friends Lady Olé.
We will be transforming the space into a BIG PRIDE CABARET, with shows happening throughout the night and the music keeping the love and the vibe matching the heat of the night.
Our shows host will be Cazeleon, the cabaret chameleon with her upbeat attitude and the style to match.
Darlink Dick, Martha Barbra, Queen Döner, Tahini Molasses, Shekerparé and Sissy Sis will be preparing their best numbers.
Toby Kindwill be behind the decks as usual and provide the soundtrack of the night. You will encounter many surprise appearances along the night and pop-up performances. We will be dancing until we are kicked out. We need you to be there! Come over and let's have fun!
Harem of No One is a queer collective of performers of Turkish, Kurdish, Cypriot and Middle-Eastern heritages but absolutely anyone is welcome and encouraged to join our events and have fun with us.
The Pride parade have been one of the most important legs of LGBTQIA+ activism in Turkey since the first one was organized in 2003. The parade's size and the people it had reached has reached the peak in 2013, after the LGBTQIA+ has become one of the most visible and fearless groups to oppose the oppressive government. In 2015, the government unlawfully banned the Pride public gatherings and any attempts to meet, to do public announcements or to walk together with rainbow flags has been met with rubber bullets and tear gas of the police force. Pride committees in the country still come together and organize conferences, panels, workshops and parties during the Pride Month and rely on donations to do so. We believe the work and they are doing is important and would like to stand in solidarity and dedicate our biggest event this year to them with the goal of financially supporting their endeavours.
All of the profit we make of this event will be donated to the activists working to organize the Pride activities in Istanbul.
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PLEASE NOTE:
*NO HEN OR STAGS PARTIES
*ALL ADVANCE TICKETS are valid until 11.30pm on the night - if you arrive after this time and we cannot guarantee entry.
*LAST ADMISSION MIDNIGHT
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BETHNAL GREEN WORKING MENS CLUB, E2 6NB