Preview: illumiNaughty 5th Birthday Masked ball

All good things must, eventually, come to an end. And whilst Manchester’s most psychedelic club night is still going strong, its 5th bday on 11th Feb will mark the end of an era at the legendary Ritz Ballroom.

This old theatre will soon be closing its doors to prepare for its HMV takeover. So for this special event, the creative team behind illumiNaughty are planning to bid a very special adieu to the Ballroom, which has been a spiritual home for their Digital Theatre these past years.

Honouring The Ritz’s theatrical surroundings, a suitably marvellous ‘Masked Ball’ has been conceived – with systerious, masked and mischievous merry makers unleashing their own brand of theatrical chaos amongst the crowd.

Baroque beauties, gyrating jesters, old world magic shows and dancing dolls will parade across the stage, while 10ft goddesses and grinning puppet-masters will shimmy and slink across the dance floor throughout the night. Live cabaret, epic interactive performances, a Transformation Station and many other sensory indulgences will be open to the crowd who, as always, are as diverse and open minded as the night itself.

This time round headliners will include trance mammoth Krunch (Israel), splicing his very own exceptional mixture of trance and hard dance alongside side Ephedrix (Belgium), a fellow heavy weight in the electronic domain. Both DJs have wowed crowds across the globe with their seamless beat weaving and will inevitably push energy levels sky high with the choicest selection of pumping bass lines, heavenly melodies and funked-up fluctuations.

illumiNaughty’s key strength is the unique and creative atmosphere it always manages to create. Hyperactive, hardcore and hilarious, it’s renowned for its off-the-wall ambience and unpredictable turn of events. And this, its 5th birthday party, will be no different. Get your tickets through Skiddle below!

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