Two local artists invite you to get ready to party!

Violet Blonde: With Special Effects!
Violet Blonde features in a one woman show featuring Special Effects! You can expect live piano, drag excellence and Special Effects! A mystical journey of mind-bending proportions featuring incredible Special Effects!

Violet Blonde, member of the Family Gorgeous, has been a cabaret host and performer in Manchester for the past decade. You may have seen her at: Creatures of Catharsis, Mischief Cabaret, Cha Cha Boudoir, Mothers Ruin, Alberts Schloss, and more!

Bennettiscoming: Late Bloomer
Bennettiscoming brings his latest music to his biggest stage yet: Pride! A show built upon his emotive music, glued together with his sultry tone and soul-baring lyrics. Pride intrinsically coincides with Bennett’s new EP releases, documenting his own trials in love, or lack thereof; intending to inspire others with his song writing.

Bennettiscoming is a 24 year old singer/songwriter. With roots in R&B, his music can be described as emotive with a sultry, sensual tone and honest, soul-baring lyrics. Sonically boundless, his experimentation in garage and house add deeper shades of experience to this up-and-coming queer Mancunian’s repertoire.

Stick around after these shows to finish your festival in style with a Dance Party in the Den! These performances from Violet Blonde and Bennettiscoming are part of The FestiDale’s Family Pride Day, find out more here

These productions have been developed with a Pride Stages Bursary from the Greater Manchester LGBTQ+ Arts & Culture Network, an LGBT Foundation project, supported using public funding by the National Lottery by Arts Council England.

The Pride Stages Bursary is supported by Factory International, Waterside Arts and Pride in Trafford, Octagon Theatre and Bolton Pride, The Met and Bury Pride, Global Grooves and Tameside Pride, The Lowry and Salford Pride, Peshkar and Oldham Pride, The Old Courts, and Manchester Pride.

The FestiDale is part of Local Exchange, the Royal Exchange Theatre’s ambitious long-term programme co-curated with ambassadors and champions in communities across Greater Manchester. This is what has been said about past festivals…

“Amazing experience showcasing the community. Loved it.”

“We need these stories told in the communities that need to talk about them”

“It brought people in who may never seen theatre. Told stories never heard.”