Veronica Jean Jones is set to read some of her favourite children’s stories at Rabble Books and Games’ Drag Queen Story Hour this month. The January edition of the family friendly event is on at 2pm on Sunday 20th January at the popular Maylands book store on Eighth Avenue. Attendees will be able to join […]
Writer & director James McMillan returns to the Blue Room Theatre with another uniquely queer work that backhands masculinity and the status quo. Court My Crotch pits a drag queen and an athlete against one another in a heated match of tennis, where “each presents a facade, each pushes against prejudice.” Under the watchful eye […]
Some of Perth’s most fabulous LGBTIQ+ talent are coming together to discuss what it means to be a queer artist this Wednesday evening. Mitch Whelan, Sally Richardson and Veronica Jean Jones will be on the panel, touching on a range of issues from the postal survey on marriage equality to being a visible queer artist […]
The Booby Trap | The Edith Spiegeltent | til Feb 14th | ★ ★ ★ ★ ½ The Twisted Vaudeville Circus are back at Fringe World with another showcase of Australia’s best and most unique cabaret talent. Burlesque and drag performers have come together to show Fringe World audiences what Perth has to offer, and nothing makes me […]
Drag Diva Spectacular | Connections Nightclub | til Feb 5th | ★ ★ ★ ★ ½ It was a balmy night in Northbridge when I took my seat for the Drag Diva Spectacular at Connections. My shirt stuck to the back of my chair, wet with antici…pation (you’ll get the reference when you see the show) as […]
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 […]
You may know Veronica Jean Jones as a drag performer and Bingay hostess with the mostest. You may not know that VJJ identifies as transgender. The vivacious lady has now decided to share some of her journey with me, OUTinPerth and the world! Given that you live a significant part of your professional life on […]
If you’ve been to Connections Nightclub or The Court Hotel while drag performers are working the stage, there’s a very high chance you’ll recognise the subject of this interview. Photographer, anthropologist and academic Claire Alexander is a fixture of Perth’s drag scene, documenting our local queens and touring RuPaul’s Drag Race girls alike – with […]
Feeling lost? Confused? Need a little advice? Your sister and local drag superstar Veronica Jean Jones is here to give you a helping (or, perhaps not so helpful) hand. Q: I’m in an open relationship and recently my boyfriend and I had a threesome… How do I break it to my partner that the other […]
