Cabaret: The Dancing Djinn

August 4, 2026. Cabaret Lion d’Or, Montréal. Doors at 7. Show at 8. Two hours. The Dancing Djinn is back. Brand new Pride Edition. Part of Wildpride. Landing right in the middle of Montréal Pride Week. This is the world’s premium queer Arab cabaret. There is nothing else like it. Anywhere. Audiences call it “unlike anything else.” This time: Every song is new. Every number is new. The story remains exactly as magical as ever. A desert wanderer. A whispering lamp. The djinn who changes her fate forever. A fresh take on this fan favorite show, and a life-changing experience for everyone meeting it for the first time. Created and performed by Lebanese drag artists Nikotine and Samara. Live vocals, original music, bellydance, drag, and theatrical storytelling, fused into something no one else is doing. At its heart: the Mukhannathun. The third gender poets, singers, and performers of medieval Arabia and Andalusia, once celebrated, long erased, now reclaimed. This is Queerabia. A world built entirely out of queer Arab history, at full, unapologetic scale. Bilingual. English and Arabic. Rock, piano ballad, jazz cabaret, all performed live. No lip syncing, ever. Hand beaded masks. Original couture level costumes. A universe built from nothing but imagination and history. Staged in the intimate 1930s cabaret format of the Lion d’Or. The show moves through the room. So do the performers. You are inside it, not watching it. Sold out crowds. Standing ovations. Every single time, across Canada. Don’t miss it. “Made it feel like I had paid for a performance from Cirque du Soleil, rather than a small audience show.” (Gaia) “Nikotine has got vocal chops. My mind is blown.” (Carla S.) “I was mesmerized.” (Marilyn B.) “Samara was stunning. So healing, both of you.” (Mark S.) All tips and profit from this show go to Lebanese associations supporting families displaced from Beirut. CABARET: The Dancing Djinn. Pride Edition. Tuesday, August 4, 2026. Doors 7 PM, show 8 PM. Cabaret Lion d’Or, 1676 Rue Ontario Est, Montréal.