As much as Panti Bliss jokes about it, she is indeed a national (f–king) treasure in her native Ireland.
Always a popular drag queen in Dublin, but that all changed on 1 February 2014. Panti a gay rights activist gave a Noble Call speech at the Abbey Theatre in response to the events surrounding a controversy about the national TV network RTÉ . It didn’t just stun the theater audience, but her eloquent and powerful speech immediately went viral and propelled Panti into being a queer icon.
Since they she spearheaded the successful campaign for Same Sex Marriage and was the star of a documentary rightly called The Queen of Ireland.
On stage the disarmingly charming Dr Bliss is hysterically funny using her life story ……starting in the tiny town of Ballinrobe, to being diagnosed HIV+ , and including all the joys (and a few lows) to make an act that you will never ever forget.
In the UK & Ireland you can view “IRELAND’S DRAG QUEEN NATIONAL TREASURE via Amazon Prime, and globally https://sohotheatreondemand.com/
The fabulous LADY BUNNY will probably kill us for calling her ‘old-school drag‘ BUT we really do mean it as a complement. She’s been a star since since burst on to scene in the early ’80s in Atlanta. (that’s the 1980’s by the way) . She became one of the Clubkids when she loved to NY , and then in 1985 she created and starred in WIGSTOCK. We will be always indebted to her for this
Bunny’s latest “conception” arrives just in time to ruin the holidays! Catch her in one of new favorite Holiday Shows ‘WHAT CHILD IS THIS?”
It is NOW available streaming globally on https://vossevents.com/ladybunny-in-what-child-is-this/
BendeLaCreme and Jinkx Monsoon seem almost joined ay the hip these days . Both of them are Drag Race Alumni : DeLa was voted Miss Congeniality in Season 6, the year after Jinkx won the competition
Since then dela has enjoyed considerable success with touring her solo shows Ready To Be Committed, Terminally Delightful, Inferno A-Go-Go and Cosmos.
Jinkx who usually performs with her musical partner Major Scales as The Vaudevillians , but has also starred in musicals such as Spring Awakening, Hedwig and The Angry Inch and Hairspray
PS If you search www.queerguru.com you can see our past interviews with Panti Bliss, BenDeLaCreme and Jinkx Monsoon
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