Titty Kaka’s Workshop Weekender

Queer Amusements presents...

Join us at Aunty Social for this 2 day workshop hosted by the iconic Titty Kaka.

• Have you ever made anyone feel uncomfortable on purpose, and kinda liked it?
• Do you fancy going into witness protection but don’t have the criminal clout?
• Have you ever peeled a banana with your hands?

If so, you’ve possibly considered learning the art of drag!

Look no further, Titty Kaka is here to help. As a world renowned performer, celebrating a decade of drag, she’s returning to the scene of the crime… Blackpool! Starting her career at the iconic Funny Girls, to the bright lights of the Champs-Elysées in Paris, she is now the resident drag queen onboard the award winning Virgin Voyages fleet of ladyships.

For one weekend in September, Titty is rolling up her sleeves to show you how the sausage is made. She’ll be offering skills, tips and tricks to help you create and build your very own unique and original drag persona.

You can be weird, wonderful, beautiful, bold, chaotic and camp. This course is for anyone who sees themselves - be it queen, king or thing - using drag as a platform for expression.

Titty Kaka’s Workshop Weekender may or may not include:

• Make-up Design & Application Tips
• Stage Presence & Character Development
• Archery
• Conceptualising a Costume
• Hair 101 - Barnets, Bobs and Beards
• Necromancy
• Building a Professional Practice
• Reconciling Kleptomania in a Modern Day Society
• Glitter and much, much more!

With places on the course limited, secure a spot in advance. Strap in for Titty Kaka’s Workshop Weekender where we’ll hopefully prove that drag really *is* for everyone.

Don’t delay, sign up today!

This workshop will take place across 2 days at Aunty Social.

Start: 11am

Finish: 4pm

A vegan lunch will be provided both days.

Please complete the form at check out outlining any dietary requirements and allergys.

General Admission: £10.

• Age Restriction: 18+
• Lunch will be provided both days.
• All materials and equipment will be provided, but if you have drag that you use, bring it with you! Also bringing personal items and ideas to include in your creation is encouraged.
• Admission includes tea, coffee, soft drinks.

Following this course, on the 28th September, participants will have the opportunity to take part onstage in ‘Stunning - A Drag Pageant’ hosted by Titty Kaka and Harry Clayton-Wright, providing first hand experience under the spotlight and putting knowledge from this course into practice.

Access: If you have additional access needs (e.g. large print resources, BSL interpreter) Please let us know 7 days prior to the event by

• Emailing us using the ‘contact organiser link; or
• Email Queer Amusements directly at [email protected]

Please note that this session is upstairs. Aunty Social are in the process of installing a lift in their building, due to unforeseen delays this is now due to be completed Summer 2024. The event space is up a single flight of 14 steps then you go around the corner and there are two small steps. Once you’re upstairs there’s a loo. You shouldn’t need to come downstairs for anything until the end of the activity.

If you require additional access, or alternative arrangements to allow access to this event we will do everything we can to ensure you can attend, please reach out and we can work with you to make this possible by either;

• Emailing us using the ‘contact organiser link; or

• Email Queer Amusements directly at [email protected]

VENUE

Getting here

• Tram to North Pier
• Bus: No 3 3a, 5 or 6 bus to Church St (Stanley Buildings) OR 3, 3A, 5, 5A,5B, 5C, 7, 7A, 14 to Talbot Rd
• Driving: The closest pay and display car parks are on East Topping St and Talbot Road multi storey. There is also parking at the nearby Sainsbury’s supermarket, please make sure that you check the terms before you use the car park. Free parking is available on most streets around the venue from 6pm, please make sure to check signage before leaving your car.

Queer Amusements is a new queer multi-artform festival commissioned by Marlborough Productions as part of their New Queer on The Block programme, Aunty Social and supported using public funding by Arts Council England.

Find out more about Queer Amusements here.

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Aunty Social, 28 Topping Street, Blackpool, United Kingdom