The Madonna Circus: Reinvention | West Australian Spiegeltent til 17th Feb | ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Drag Madonna and drag Cher battling it out in a “lip-synch for your life” situation onstage with Mr Pole World 2014 (Blue Phoenix), Mr Boylesque Australia 2017 (Karl Kayoss) and a host of other acrobatic hotties from all genders… it doesn’t […]
Drag Diva Spectacular | Connections Nightclub | ★ ★ ★ ★ Drag is no doubt seeing a renaissance in the era of RuPaul’s Drag Race, with fans beyond the traditional audience of the queer community flocking to see bejewelled, coiffed queens lip-sync the house down on stage. Though an avid drag enthusiast will recognise that drag […]
Sinsuality: 4play | The Edith | til Jan 25th | ★ ★ ★ ★ ½ Sinsuality: 4play tickles the senses and steams up the Edith Spiegeltent at Yagan Square. This variety circus cabaret turns up the heat with performers who explore the seven deadly sins through aerial acrobatics, trapeze, pole dancing, lip syncing and burlesque. Hosted by […]
Fringe World takes over the city from Friday 18th January as singers, trapeze artists, comedians, burlesque performers, contortionists, drag stars and combinations of all of the above showcase their talents. We’ve sorted, searched and sifted through over 800 shows to highlight some of the gigs we’re most excited about! Whether they’re local performers we know […]
Perth’s most eclectic festival has revealed their full program today as Fringe World prepares to transform our city into a spectacular celebration of all things weird & wonderful. WA can boast the third largest Fringe festival in the world, and this year is looking bigger and better than ever with 138 venues and four whole […]
BarbieQ is celebrating two decades of divahood, marking the local icon’s 20th year in drag. The Connections Nightclub entertainment manager and woman about town has been a fixture of drag and LGBTI+ events around Perth for years, long before drag came to the forefront of pop culture through reality TV. The queen has made a […]
Six contestants enter, one contestant leaves. Connections Nightclub’s drag competition is back with a bunch of local talent ready to fight it out for the crown. BarbieQ has hand picked five queens and one king to compete against one another over the next five weeks to find out who will be the sixth Pop Princess. […]
It’s no secret that Connections Nightclub’s Entertainment Manager BarbieQ likes to raise the bar every time a new show comes to Perth’s favourite queer nightspot, but she’s particularly excited about Roll Call 2 which takes to the stage for the first time this Saturday. “It has a massive cast, we decided to upgrade from the […]
Vogue: The Madonna Circus | The Pleasure Garden | Until 24th February | ★ ★ ★ ★ Drag star BarbieQ and local circus company Kinetica have forged a great partnership combining their talents. Their show Sinsuality was a stand out at previous editions of Fringe World and now they’re presenting and brand new show – Vogue: The Madonna […]
Sinsuality 3: Noir | De Parel | til Feb 18th | ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Ringmistress BarbieQ has reunited with local circus favourites Kinetica for a third iteration of their critically acclaimed Fringe World series; Sinsuality. The format remains the same, in which the performers embody each of the seven cardinal sins with their circus skills […]
