Curated by The Cocoa Butter Club
The ultimate creative clap-back! The Cocoa Butter Club was born as a protest and challenge to the performing arts landscape. Frustrated with the lack of diversity, constant cultural appropriation, and other limitations of the current cabaret scene, we set out to fill a cultural void. We strive to “decolonise & moisturise” the stages of London, UK & aboard, redistributing the narrative of bodies of colour, providing agency and autonomy in celebrating our capabilities.
Experience our celebrations of burlesque, circus, spoken word, live music, voguing, comedy and more; The Cocoa Butter Club is a cabaret/theatre/show production like no other!
Providing a voice for “The Other” we exist to promote and celebrate performers of colour, creating a platform allowing the multitude of mediums artists create. From queer voices often shunned from the mainstream LGBTQ zeitgeist, to POC creatives wanting to perform something outside of the expected or limited box.
Your Host…
Sadie Sinner The Songbird Hostess with the mostess.
Artistic Director of The Cocoa Butter Club: A bad girl with a good voice and a lot of loving to give… Sadie Sinner is a creative force!
Performing a seamless repertoire bursting with the RnB, Blues, Jazz, Motown, Funk and Neo-soul that raised her, Sadie brings entire rooms to their feet – her vocals and vibe, compelling them to dance the night away!
Pronouns – She/Her
Tomboysexy- Performer
TOMBOYSEXY is an up and coming female rapper/songwriter/ producer from the east London. Tomboy was born and raised in Bow E3, the borough of Tower Hamlets. Tomboy grew up in a time when garage and jungle music was at its peak. Living in Bow e3 the home of grimes very own pioneer Wiley. Tomboy was well apart of the youth club grime Culture, a sound influenced by both garage and jungle. Between the ages of 12 and 16 grime was very popular among her peers.
Pronouns – She/Her
Social – Instagram
Jason Kwan – Performer
Jason is a glam-pop singer/songwriter based in East London. His dark intentions are manifested in his broody pop ballads and his theatrical performance style. Hailing from Hong Kong, Jason champions queer-Asian narratives with his deep operatic tones.
Pronouns – He/His
Socials – Instagram | Twitter
Jessabelle Thunder – Performer
Jessabelle Thunder has been a burlesque performer since 2009. Although based in Los Angeles, she has travelled the US and internationally. She’s performed alongside Dita von Teese and at Burlesque Hall of Fame.
Pronouns – She/Her
Socials – Instagram
Amazí – performer
Amazí is an international hula-hoop and fire artist, Originating from East London Amazí draws from her experience of the London culture as well as her West African roots to inspire her vibrant costumes and performance style. She is Head of Performance for the Guinness World Record holding hoop troupe Marawa’s Majorettes.
Pronouns – She/Her
Socials – Instagram
Mark-Ashley Dupé ( DJ)
DJ’ing and promoting for over 10 years in London, the ‘Prince of Peckham’ certainly reigns supreme when it comes to Afrobeats, Dancehall & Reggaeton. Not that he stops there, with a deep love for R’n’B and House, it’s safe to say his musical taste is quite eclectic.
Pronouns – He/Him
Socials – Instagram
Malika Green (DJ)
South London raised, Malika Green is one of The Cocoa Butter Clubs most loved DJ’s. She has a wealth of knowledge and one aim, to keep you dancing all night long. She will be spinning all of the top tracks giving you the very best of Hip Hop, R&B, Jersey Club and old-skool classics.
You can find her at venues like Brixton Jamm, Roundhouse and Soho House to name a few. Be prepared to buss a skank and shake a leg as she keeps you moving at Pride.
Pronouns – She/Her
Socials – Instagram
Mix-Stress (DJ)
Mix-Stress is founder, curator and DJ of the vibrant and exciting Manchester based collective, RebeccaNeverBecky. Mix-Stress’s DJing takes it’s main influences from 90s RnB and Hip Hop, Rare Groove, Funk and House, as well as a variety of cross genres. She plays at many venues in and out of the city and her sets are always fused with a soulful vibe that transcends many dance floors and settings
Pronouns – She/Her
Socials – Instagram
