Dolly Parton: Backwoods Barbie | Connections Nightclub | 11 Feb | ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ BarbieQ, who is potentially the world’s biggest Dolly Parton fan, is back with a new Fringe World show that pays homage to her hero. It is just sensational. Having garnered acclaim for 2021’s A Dolly Parton Spectacular and 2022’s Here I Come Again, Perth’s leading drag […]
This year OUTinPerth is marking its 20th birthday. Launched as a free street press magazine in July 2002, the publication remained in print until 2019 when it transformed to a fully digital model. In this series of posts we look back at individual issues of the magazine and see what was happening in our community […]
The Inspirational Icons Series – Meredith Jackson is a solo art exhibition by WA-based artist Meredith Jackson featuring depictions of cultural icons, many of whom are underrepresented in mainstream art and culture. “These tondos (circular paintings) and the accompanying jigsaws featuring the paintings in the exhibition were inspired by the jigsaw designs of my late […]
FILTHY | Connections Nightclub | til Feb 12 | ★ ★ ★ ★ Well, OMG. What a way to spend a weeknight. I haven’t that much excitement on a school night since my 20s. The cast were on fire. I learned afterwards that this show is in its third year and I’m not surprised as it is […]
P!NK: The Circus | The Royale Theatre | til Feb 6 | ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Playing at the Royale Theatre, P!NK: The Circus is a powerhouse performance on par with it’s namesake! This show is brought to you by BarbieQ; entertainer, producer, choreographer and diva, Perth drag queen extraordinaire and Kinetica – a collective of circus, visual […]
A quintet of Perth’s top drag talent are bringing some much needed merriment to Connections Nightclub as part of this year’s Fringe World Festival. BarbieQ, Veronica Jean Jones, Alexas Armstrong, Fay Rocious and Ruby Jewelz are back with an all-new version of their five-star show Drag Diva Spectacular with Good Times. Barbie and the girls have been stand-out […]
Perth’s LGBTQIA+ communities came together to celebrate fabulous local talent, community spirit and enjoy a spectacular show at The Proud Awards 2021 ceremony over the weekend. Now in it’s sixth year, the awards have grown from a celebration of Perth’s incredible drag scene, to also honour others who work towards strengthening the local LGBTQIA+ community. […]
The sensationally salacious minds behind Fringe World’s Sinsuality series are back with another ungodly fusion of drag, circus, burlesque and cabaret as part of Fringe World’s encore season. Sinsuality 1 through 5 have all garnered rave reviews from the team at OUTinPerth, with their extravagant explorations of cardinal sin, excess, love and queerness. This year the team return for […]
A Dolly Parton Spectacular | Connections Nightclub | SOLD OUT | ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ It takes a lot of talent and enthusiasm to get a room full of people clapping and cheering at a 6pm show, but the love local drag star BarbieQ has for Dolly Parton made this show a rollicking, frolicking, and boot-scooting good […]
Madonna: The Diva, The Icon, The Circus | State Theatre Centre of WA | til 21st Jan | ★ ★ ★ ★ Tempting audiences with the sultry opening lines of Madonna’s Girl Gone Wild, the disembodied voice of Madonna breathes the introductory prayer from her 2012 dance smash to the audience at the State Theatre Centre Underground. “Oh my God,” […]
