Drag
‘Subtle and sinister’: Republicans’ anti-drag crusade seen as assault on LGBTQ+ rights
Hundreds of anti-LGBTQ+ laws were introduced in 2023, including bans on drag shows, but many have been struck down
Adam Gabbatt
19, Sep, 2023 @10:00 AM
Taylor Mac returns with a new extravaganza: ‘We’re trying to hypnotise everybody to be more queer’
There’s a deficit of songs just for queer people, Taylor Mac says. So the US artist has written 54 new ones, to be performed across a four-hour spectacle
Steve Dow
17, Aug, 2023 @3:00 PM
P.S. Burn This Letter Please by Craig Olsen review – tales from New York’s drag scene
An eccentric retelling of the lives, loves and traumas of 1950s and 60s queens
Ryan Gilbey
17, Aug, 2023 @10:00 AM
Jodie Mitchell: Becoming John Travulva review – skilful weaving of drag, standup and storytelling
Identity politics are deftly and hilariously tackled, with the help of a diamante-studded sporran, in a compelling show
Rachael Healy
17, Aug, 2023 @8:00 AM
La Cage aux Folles review – dazzling revival is hilarious and heartfelt
This adaptation of the classic musical is a joy, from the faded nightclub set to Carl Mullaney’s showstopping I Am What I Am
Miriam Gillinson
10, Aug, 2023 @12:35 PM
‘I cannot tolerate the lightest skank’: how club performers care for their costumes
Club costumes have to survive a ‘long and brutal run’ on the dancefloor. Here, two performers share what goes into maintaining their looks
Lucianne Tonti
07, Aug, 2023 @3:00 PM
The Unabridged Mrs Vera’s Daybook review – lovable profile of drag-artist campaigners
Straightforward telling of artists David Faulk and Michael Johnstone’s story of love and activism is warm and heartfelt
Leslie Felperin
31, Jul, 2023 @8:00 AM
Teacher fired by Texas Christian school for attending drag show
Kristi Maris, who worked at school for 19 years, lost job after going to show in her own time and posting it on social media
Richard Luscombe
27, Jul, 2023 @6:58 PM
Modest review – rollicking tale of star Victorian artist
Elizabeth Thompson takes on the whiskered lads of the Royal Academy in a show that bubbles over with charisma
Arifa Akbar
05, Jul, 2023 @2:41 PM
Cabaret legend Justin Vivian Bond: ‘When I sing, you can hear the drinks and cigarettes I’ve had’
From kicking out the teeth of a dead cow onstage to popularising the prefix Mx, the performer has blazed a trail. Now 60, Bond talks about channeling rage into comedy – and nonconformity into revolution
Kate Wyver
03, Jul, 2023 @12:56 PM
How a 24-hour drag show predicted the past seven years in America
Just before Trump’s election, Taylor Mac staged a spectacular queer history of the US that was mysteriously prophetic about the culture wars that would follow
Lois Beckett
30, Jun, 2023 @10:26 AM
This Tory pantomime is becoming a real drag | Brief letters
Brief letters: Drag queens | It’s a bun fight | Party food | Inflation
23, Jun, 2023 @4:04 PM
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