Dua Lipa was among the stars attending the Warner Music & Hennessy BRIT Awards afterparty at Cut and Craft in Manchester on Saturday, February 28. The event, held in a Grade II* listed former banking hall on Mosley Street, featured a 24 Hour Poodles Party theme with a five-metre-tall poodle installation and poodle-motif carpet.
Guests including Lennon Gallagher, Gene Gallagher, Vogue Williams, AJ Odudu, and Beth Ditto enjoyed immersive lighting and laser displays. The bar included a basement club from Manchester collective Suns of Acid, featuring Bez's sons Arlo and Jack. Groove Armada, G2, and Dua Lipa's brother Gjin Lipa performed DJ sets.
Canapés included Lancashire hotpot croquette, Bury black pudding mac n cheese, and parmesan and truffle polenta with caviar. The party started hours before the ceremony, with guests travelling from London on the British Pullman Train, a 1940s upholstered train favoured by the Queen Mother.
Darioush Shahidi, operations director at Cut & Craft, said: 'Hosting one of The Brits official after parties at The Cut & Craft is a dream come true for us all. It's such an incredible accolade for Manchester to be the host city.' The venue reopens to the public on Monday, March 2.
