Join some of London's finest drag and cabaret stars in raising much needed funds to provide on the ground aid in Lebanon. You're bound to be gagged, gooped and many other things that gay people say. It's entertainment - and it's for an incredibly good cause, what more could you possibly want?! Featuring the incomparable: AIDAN SADLER CARROT CRAYOLA DEEVA D SHIV YSHEE BLACK & hosted by award-winning drag dickhead RHYS' PIECES You don't want to miss it. The Details:
Sunday 27th October 2024
Doors 7.30pm
Show 8pm
Colours Hoxton, 2-4 Hoxton Square, N1 6NU
Tickets:
Down the Front: 20; a reserved seat near(ish) the front
Standard: 15; unreserved seating
Concessions: 10; for anyone who find the full cost of a ticket a barrier to
attending
If you require wheelchair access and space arranged, or any other access
requirements, please email Dan Egg [email protected]
The street to the entrance lobby of the venue is step-free. There are 5 steps
down to the Main Bar space. We have an incline stair lift with a capacity of
300kg to the right of these steps, making the entrance to the Main Bar space
step free. After this, the Live Room and Accessible Toilets are step-free.
All profits raised at this event will be go directly toward purchasing food
and emergency goods for displaced Lebanese in the Chouf. Our friend Danny,
who is Lebanese and lives in London, recently set up a GoFundMe page to
fundraise for aid efforts on the ground - coordinated by his family in
Lebanon.
Here is what the money will be used for, in Danny's own words:
"Since late September, the Israeli assault on Lebanon has displaced nearly 1
million Lebanese from the South, with many taking shelter in Beirut and in
towns and villages across the country. Officially, there have been 100,000
registered displaced people and they have been assigned to schools turned
refugee shelters around the country.
In my parents' village alone in the Chouf region, there are 200 people sheltering in a small school, and nearly 400 in the neighbouring village. On the first day they arrived, my mother and some volunteers brought them breakfast and learned that no one had come to check on them or provided them with any aid.
That first day, she asked me to fundraise here in London to buy them food for the next couple days and in just 24 hours, I had received an incredible 3.5k from my friends and networks. We were able to feed over 500 people across two shelters from Thursday to Monday, providing mana2eesh (lebanese flat bread) for breakfast and a hot meal in the evening. We also purchased baby clothes for the families that fled their homes with nothing.
Since then, I have raised a further 4,000 that will continue to provide food and provide basic goods. My mother (retired NGO worker & psychosocial therapist) has been coordinating everything on the ground and distributing the aid accordingly. I've sent all the money over via Western Union and will do so again once the target has been reached.
There aren't any NGOs or major charities operating in the region where my
parents live, and the local municipalities do not have the resources or
infrastructure to facilitate aid to the shelters. Mutual aid has proven the
most effective way to get support to the people who need it fast."
GoFundMe link here:
https://www.gofundme.com/f/food-and-emergency-goods-for-displaced-lebanese-in-the-chouf
