A photo of a Vogue Ball. In the foreground a performer is in motion, throwing their hands up. In the background onlookers cheer.
This Bright Land
Performance

Seeing Red Mini-Ball

with Vogue Rites

Sat 13 Aug
18.00-22.30
£5.00-£22.50

Tickets

Free NHS workers
  Unwaged
Concessions £5.00
  Disabled
  Senior 60+
  Community
Standard £16.50
Backer £22.50
Edmond J. Safra
Fountain Court

Vogue Rites invites you to the ‘Seeing Red’ Mini-Ball, a celebration of the Ballroom community’s combined legacy of artistic excellence and political activism.

All is RED in love and war - whether a crime of passion, or the spark of a revolution - and this week’s ball celebrates special guest judge Ashley Icon’s favourite colour, red. Ashley Icon is an inimitable Ballroom icon, and a distinguished innovator on the Ballroom scene, helping to amplify the theatricality of a feminine style of voguing in the 1990s. 

Join us as members of the Voguing community walk the runway, in a catwalk spectacular, competing in categories across fashion, beauty, realness and performance for prizes. Celebrating global vogue culture, we ask that if you are not part of the Ballroom community, you learn about the scene’s history and cultural significance.

About Ball Culture

Originating from Drag Balls that date back over 150 years ago in Harlem, New York and founded by Black and Latinx members of the LGBTQI+ community, Ballroom is an intentional space that celebrates and prioritises LGBTQI+ People of Colour.

Pioneered by Crystal Labeija, ball culture has spread across the globe - thanks to one of its many competitive categories - Voguing, an improvisational art form/dance with rhythmic movement inspired by models' poses in fashion magazines. Voguing has since become a powerful representation of the socio-political struggles of LGBTQI+ people of colour.

"Balls" are competitions/events where individuals and houses come together to compete in categories across fashion, beauty, realness and performance for prizes.

"Houses" are family units that are formed as support networks, with parents of each House guiding & caring for their children and as teams to compete together at Balls.

Ballroom Terms

While you're at the event, there might be some terms you're unfamiliar with. Below, we've unpacked some of these terms.

OTA: open to all
FQ (fem queen): trans woman
BQ (butch queen): gay man
FF (female figure): trans woman, drags, cis woman
MF (male figure): transman, butch queen, butch, cis man
NB: nonbinary
GP: grand prize
TBA: to be announced
Effect: outfit/look
10's: if you get your 10's, you will continue to the battles.
Chop: being cut from the category.
Shade: to throw attitude and indirect insults

MC, DJ and Judges

MC: Typhoon Prodigy
DJ: TBA

Judges:
Ashley Icon
Legendary Pioneering Mother Lasseindra Ninja
Kenya Garcon
Diva Mugler
Tiffany 007

Booking your ticket

This Bright Land is all about platforming communities and artists and creating an open, inclusive, and welcoming space for everyone to celebrate together. We've created a range of ticket prices to keep these events as open as possible, to as many people as possible.  

We’ve made tickets affordable with prices starting at £5 to ensure This Bright Land is open to all. We have: 

  • Free tickets available for NHS workers and Job Seekers 
  • £5 tickets available to those who are disabled and those receiving a pension and audiences who might otherwise be unable to attend.  
  • Standard tickets at £16.50
  • Backer tickets at £22.50

If you are not part of the Ballroom community, we please ask that you learn about the history of Ballroom and buy a standard or backer ticket. If you can afford to pay for a backer ticket at £22.50, we would really encourage you to do so. These tickets are directly contributing to keeping prices low for those who otherwise wouldn't be able to come.