MCQP comes of age

Kings, queens, skippers, seamen and even pirates are welcome to plunder this year's Mother City Queer Project (MCQP), which celebrates its 21st edition with a Royal Navy theme, the costume party will take place on Saturday, 20 December, 2014, at the Cape Town City Hall and Grand Parade.
MCQP comes of age

With almost 10,000 'Space Cowboys' partying away last year, this year the Design Capital of 2014 and one of the top destinations in the world is bound to attract an even bigger crowd. With its sexy nautical theme with a royal twist Cape Town City Hall and the Grand Parade is most definitely an adventure to experience.

The biggest question on everyone's mind is, of course, what to wear, as MCQP parties are renowned for extravagance in fabulous excess where everything goes, and indeed does. If you don't want to be just an ordinary seamen, or maiden, why not explore the wonderful world of musicals to infuse the night with glitz and glam?

Gilbert and Sullivan's HMS Pinafore and The Pirates of Penzance offer countless colourful options, there's also On The Town, with three American sailors on shore leave and up to tons of mischief, or South Pacific, filled with restless sailors and naïve naval nurses and a musical island. And even if you're not a party-goer, you will have more than enough fun identifying the who's who of the seven seas.

Local and international DJs

The main dance floor will be located in the City Hall with seven more dance floors, each with its own theme and music style, branched out upstairs and on the Grand Parade. With the Castle of Good Hope and Table Mountain as the backdrop, party-goers can submerge themselves in the presence of local and international DJs and performers.

Performer Genevieve le Coq will be one of the MCs and will have her radar and periscope tuned in to detect some of Cape Town's most creative costume party-goers. She'll be joined by several acts, like Dean Fuel, Jamie Saint, DJ Chadd, VJ Karl, The Kiffness, Jacques Terre'Blanche, Sam Roy and many more.

The gates open at 5pm and there will be food offerings, stalls and many more royal features. Party-goers will be spoilt with choice when it comes to quenching their thirst and satisfying their hunger, before taking to the Disco, House, Cabaret, Trance, Butterbox, Dash Dome, K.I.S.S Ladies Only and Crew Commercial Captain's dance floors.

Tickets can be purchased from the website. Although there are no VIP tickets this year, there will be 300 limited Royal Enclosure tickets available, which treat holders to an open bar all night. There will also be eight Royal Boxes available for groups of 20 friends to share.

For more, go to www.mcqp.co.za

To win tickets to the MCQP party, tell us who you will going as and send us your name, contact details, with MCQP in the subject line to az.oc.oidutsgnitirw@leinad. Deadline 12 noon on 17 December.

About Daniel Dercksen

Daniel Dercksen has been a contributor for Lifestyle since 2012. As the driving force behind the successful independent training initiative The Writing Studio and a published film and theatre journalist of 40 years, teaching workshops in creative writing, playwriting and screenwriting throughout South Africa and internationally the past 22 years. Visit www.writingstudio.co.za
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