Gender Blender Burlesque 2 | Connections Nightclub | Until 22 Jan | ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Gender Blender Burlesque 2 brings sleek, sultry, surreal burlesque to Connections main room stage and much much more, including so many nipple pasties and tassels I lost count; not to mention the bottom cheek twerking tassels. Perth’s drag and burlesque communities […]
Emerging local designer Orli-Moon Nice is taking a leap with their debut collection, that draws on the costumery of queer drag culture. Drawing on their own on-stage experience as drag performer Lunar Sea, Nice dives into the conceptual realm of ‘Attachment theory’, striking bold and theatrical silhouettes that come from a very personal place. Leigh Andrew Hill […]
MÂCHÉ XL | The Gold Digger | til Jan 28 | ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ After the success of MÂCHÉ and MÂCHÉ: Home, the team from Gendermess Productions return with an all-new drag showcase extraordinaire with MÂCHÉ XL. Local queens Ginava, Donna Kebab, Perri Oxide, Flo Reel and Skye Scraper combined their talents with guest performers Scarlet Adams, Lunar Sea, […]
The Messers are back and this time they’re supersized! Gendermess Productions return with a sequel to one of our Fringe World five-star favourites with MÂCHÉ XL. Ginava, Perri Oxide, Donna Kebab, Flo Reel and Sky Scraper are bringing their unique blend of the avant-garde, the bizarre and the beautiful to the spiegeltent for a drag showcase […]
The second annual Proud Awards brought WA’s LGBTI community groups and entertainers together for a fabulous night of celebrations at Connections Nightclub. Hosted by the incredibly famous Famous Sharron, the evening was dedicated to acknowledging queer performers and those who work to make Perth’s LGBTI community what it is. All of the glamour on the […]
Mâché: HOME | Circus Theatre | Until Feb 7 | ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Perth’s premier queer performance troupe, Gendermess, brought two of my favourite shows to last year’s Fringe World Festival in the form of Mâché and C.D. – two incredible showcases of Perth’s local drag talent. This year, the team consolidated the best of both one-night-performances into four nights […]
As a medium for self expression drag has always been an unparalleled art form for running the freak flag up the pole to see if anyone salutes. If they don’t then bugger them because it’s a calling that takes balls! Even more so if you happen to be lacking those appendages traditionally associated with what […]
Following an amazing response at last year’s Fringe World, the creative collective at GENDERMESS have concocted a sequel to the award nominated Mâché – a fabulous showcase of local drag talent. This year performers Ginava, Flo Reel, Donna Kebab, Vaboux, Perri Oxide and Cougar Morrison are taking a trip back in time and exploring the […]
Dragathon – Connections new drag competition had it’s first outing on Thursday night. The competition featured seven queens who each performed a number to get the audience’s attention. Lani Da Rose was first up, throwing down a rendition of ‘Let’s Get Loud’ and channeling her best Jennifer Lopez. The room was full of revelers from […]
Another Wednesday night, another Drag Factory. This week featured Hannah Conda as our gracious host, three brave newcomers freshly plucked from the crowd for Drag Box, Flo Reel, Ana Falaksis, Misty Phlatable, Delvira Midnight and Midnight Star.
