Neon Factory Presents: Soneda Be

Soneda Be is the stage name of the capetonian cabaret, MC and visual artists.  

Soneda Be had her humble beginnings back at Bubbles Bar circa 2012. She brought late Sunday nights alive hosting her own show with sass and class. 

Her recipe was simple:

Take an hourglass curved dish, throw in some grace, sprinkle with fish and squeeze the zest of sharp wit and slick retort. Mix in a bowl. Set to 180 and keep it real.

Her knowledge of popular culture was the secret in keeping an audience pecking from the palm of her hand as if they were hungry birds and she was holding an abundance of seeds.

Soneda Be has headlined MCQP, Beef Cakes, Crew and even snatched the tiara as first princess in the 2014 Miss Cape Town Pride. During her ‘fishy realness’ period she collaborated with many local artists creating visual statements - this was the introduction to her own aesthetic transformation.

Mid 2014 Soneda transformed her style to Skag Drag aka. Bearded drag. Her persona embraced her visual movement of cross-gender equality; similarly she embraced stage productions of burlesque hosting and performing with a number of tribes expanding her diversity and reach. Of late Soneda can be found in studios creating visual stories through makeup and photography.

But what drives this artist the most is the message in the name, Soneda Be -  So need to be yourself!

Kind Regards:

Catch Soneda Be Exposing some of her addiction to glamour at Neon Factory's Event: Exposure.  

On at ERA Nightclub, 71 Loop Street, Cape Town. 

6 October 2016. 

A First Thursday initiative.