![]() ![]() But, for some reason, our queerness seems to be swept under the carpet a little at Christmas, like we should be focusing more on family and that maybe it’s not appropriate to lean into our queerness. “We’re central to the entertainment industry. “LGBTQ+ people have always been part of Christmas entertainment,” says Johnson. It will include burlesque, comedy and drag, and feature an original score of music by David Cumming, who co-created it with Johnson, inspired by the 1990s club scene.ĭog Show stars Mahatma Khandi, Ginger Johnson, Rudy Jeevanjee and Azara. In Manchester, The Black Pride Manchester Vogue Ball is a night of drag, cabaret and music hosted by Rikki Beadle-Blair.Īt the Pleasance Islington in north London, this year’s Christmas performance, Dog Show, stars drag queen Ginger Johnson, who describes it as “anarchic cabaret” that “exists in a world where queer people are represented by dogs and everybody else walks around on hind legs, like they own the place”. In Birmingham, comedian Joe Lycett is hosting a “ big queer Christmas house party”, a 90-minute set in his home city, broadcast on Channel 4. In London, drag king collective Pecs will perform a one-night-only Christmas show, called The Pecsmas Office Party, at Shoreditch town hall in London. The Grotteaux isn’t the only show setting out to bring festive cheer to the LGBTQ+ community – and everyone else – this year. There are going to be so many different perspectives of what Christmas is to all of us.” “It’s really nice to have a show that has Asian representation, but that also focuses on the holidays. “When you don’t have your family because they live abroad, it’s very much a time where you feel alone, especially as a queer Asian person,” she says. It will incorporate the experiences of those who did not grow up celebrating Christmas, including SnatchDragon, who is from a Buddhist background and moved to the UK from Bangkok some years ago. The Grotteaux will be hosted by drag queen Lilly SnatchDragon, and feature performers including Leah Kirby (who performs as drag artist Cyro), drag king Len Blanco, burlesque performer Cleopantha, and others. “We want to create a space where people can lose themselves in their queerness and Christmas at the same time, and for those things to feel fun and celebratory together,” he says. Anthony is promising a “really big glitzy, glamorous, probably quite silly camp Christmas show”, with a cast of all-LGBTQ+ performers, combining drag, cabaret, circus, burlesque, comedy and other art forms. ![]() It is the need to provide these LGBTQ+ people with a sense of community during the festive season that Anthony is hoping to harness as he stars in the festive show The Grotteaux at Woolwich Works, south London. ‘A space where people can lose themselves in their queerness and Christmas at the same time’ … Mark Anthony. ![]()
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