XPRESIA Festival 2023 - Eat Me x POMOC presents The Migrant Cabaret

7-9 May 2023 in Liverpool. Finest Ukrainian and UK musicians and performing artists of the new age. Celebrating culture, unity and freedom of expression. FREE tickets. Meet 1st part of the headliners and their shows at Invisible Wind Factory. Let’s show some Xpresia.

Eat Me x POMOC presents The Migrant Cabaret @ Quarry Liverpool

A life-changing, not-to-be-missed radical cabaret showcasing migrant talent, influences, voices and DJs through a queer lens.

8 til late! - BSL interpreted

Supported by: Xpresia Festival, Culture Liverpool, National Heritage Lottery Fund and Liverpool City Council

The Migrant Cabaret is a migrant-led, radical response to Eurovision at a time of open anti-immigrant hostility and politics from the UK government. It will be a cross-border, gender-bending and love-filled celebration of incredible queer migrant talent.

FEATURING

Co-hosts: Prinx Silver, Janusz and Valera BeLoved

Migrated Kingdom of Drag

Luka Mokka

Miss Dynasty

Baba Yagga

Dan Chan

Well Hung Parliament

& More!

WHO ARE WE?

Eat Me & Preach (@eatmeclub) is Liverpool's original, biggest and baddest alternative drag dinner cabaret and club night.

POMOC (@polishmigrantsorganise) is a grassroots political home for Eastern European migrant women and gender nonconforming people living in the UK to organise together towards dignity, power and justice.

Migrated Kingdom of Drag (MKOD) seeks to make cabaret and drag performance more accessible to migrants, refugees and asylum seekers, especially people of colour, women, femmes and non-binary, trans and gender nonconforming people. This year’s MKOD workshops are facilitated by Rita Suszek and Olga Macrinici.

Rita Suszek (she/they - @januszthedragking) is a Polish, London-based multi-disciplinary artist and drag king named Janusz, Your Polish Boyfriend; they are a performer, an improv teacher and a workshop facilitator with years of experience. 

Olga Macrinici (she/they - @valera.be.loved) is a migrant, queer and disabled theatre artist from Moldova, performing as a drag king, under the name Valera.BeLoved.

Seating is limited and first come first serve, so arrive early if you require a seat!

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XPRESIA was commissioned by Culture Liverpool for the Eurovision Cultural Festival 2023

Tickets for the festival are FREE as part of EuroFestival's commitment to providing free cultural experiences. Tickets are limited, so if you are lucky enough to get one please treasure it and be sure to let us know if you can no longer attend.

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Terms and Conditions - please read

Please claim a free ticket for each day you would like to attend. Your ticket will grant you access to all events across all 3 festival sites for that day. You can claim a ticket for each day if you want to attend all 3 days (we recommend you do!). No matter which event you book a ticket for, you will be welcome at all three, we are just trying to gauge an idea of attendance for each venue on each day.

Wristband redemption will be located at Invisible Wind Factory garden. Your wristband will grant you access to all festival sites on that day (on a first come first served basis, capacity allowing).

We advise arriving early to avoid disappointment. If a venue reaches capacity you will be able to access the other festival venues.

The wristband is only valid for that day, you must claim a ticket for a show each day to be granted access to the festival each day.

You must undergo venue search procedures upon arrival and Challenge 25 will be in operation.

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Xpresia 2023 is a unique new festival concept that brings together different forms of both electronic and performing arts within one carefully curated programme, celebrating diversity, inclusion, and creative freedom of expression.

Born from the shared desire to bring Ukrainian and UK artists together in solidarity as Liverpool hosts Eurovision on Ukraine’s behalf, Xpresia is collaboratively produced by both British and Ukrainian creative producers and curators to deliver something truly unique.

Taking place in the exciting development area of the Ten Streets, Xpresia will happen across some of Liverpool’s best independent arts and music venues.

Artistic disciplines showcased across Xpresia Festival will be, creative technology and visual arts, electronic music production and DJs, live music, theatre and cabaret.