#bianca del rio interview

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Exclusive Interview: Bianca Del Rio dishes on Hulu's Drag Me To Dinner

Ten years after filming season six of RuPaul’s Drag Race, which she ultimately went on to win, the deliciously acerbic, certified drag superstar Bianca Del Rio is back on our screens (not that she ever left) in a new competition series, Drag Me To Dinner, created by gay power couple Neil Patrick Harris and David Burtka. This time around though, Bianca is the one doing the judging—alongside NPH…

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What are your thoughts on the attempts to ban drag in some states?

“Well, I mean, come on, America is a hot fucking mess, a real hot mess. I recently saw Wanda Sykes’ stand up special, which was genius. First of all, Wanda is one of the funniest people I’ve ever witnessed perform and she’s also a very nice lady. I’ve met her many times in New York and Fire Island. We’ve hung out a lot and she’s wonderful. In that latest comedy special, she summed it up best when she was like, “until a drag queen walks into a school and beats eight kids to death with a copy of To Kill A Mockingbird, I think you’re focusing on the wrong shit.” That makes total sense to me. We’re in this country with gun control issues and all of the madness going on, the number one killer is guns, and they’re worried about a drag brunch for fuck’s sake?! You know, if you don’t like it, don’t go.”

“To be fair, I don’t know any drag queen that likes children! I am not that person. I am not interested in performing to children. I’m not interested in that side of it at all. It’s pretty insane that this is where we are in this world, that this is the top topic of discussion because none of it is true. Every day on Twitter, I’m seeing news about some youth pastor who has been molesting children. That’s the problem. Organized religion is a problem. Guns are a problem. No one’s educated, that’s a fucking problem. So it blows my mind that this is a hot topic. The fact that everything is run state by state, is so insane too, so just when you think you’re in the clear, you take 10 steps back with another state. I’m amazed and yet appalled by it, but this is where we are in the world. This is what’s dominating the news right now, which is completely insane to me.”

-- Exclusive Interview: Bianca Del Rio dishes on Hulu’s Drag Me To Dinner for The Queer Review

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Bianca del Rio | Interview | Shaun Vadella | February 2024

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my newest obsession

This is not to say that I have forgotten, or ever will forget about, Janeway/Kate Mulgrew, but lately I've just become obsessed with Bianca del Rio, and show no signs of slowing down. I'm watching the same tiktoks of her over and over again daily, looking up interviews, watching and re-watching Pit Stop episodes...it's quite sad but it's a fantastic distraction from things.

Was chatting with a friend who is also a fan of Bianca and we decided that if, by some quite bizarre turn of events, I (or anyone else) was able to convince her to use a stethoscope, it would be like a light roast, knowing her. It's better if you read this in her voice:

"What the hell am I doing, exactly, listening to this? Play me a song or something. I'm a man in a fucking dress, not a doctor. I didn't go to school for this!"

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Queer Grove Podcast: A Safe Haven For Queer People

Groups that have been discriminated against, ostracized, and persecuted need a safe haven. For example, the Green Book was a guidebook for African American roadtrippers. It was founded by Victor Hugo Green, an African American postal worker from New York City, and was published annually from 1936 to 1966. This was during the era of Jim Crow laws, when open and often legally prescribed discrimination against African Americans, mainly, and other non-whites was widespread.

Its summer 2025 programming includes Queer Grove — a new podcast documenting the life and times of the Grove through the voices of those who helped create the LGBTQ+ safe haven — including Joel Kim Booster, Bianca Del Rio, Jimbo the Drag Clown, and more).

The summer program also includes Making Miss Cherrys, a documentary film that chronicles an All-Stars iteration of the legendary Cherry Grove drag pageant.

The CGAC is dedicated to the preservation of the social, political, and cultural history of Cherry Grove, Fire Island, New York. Its mission is to collect, preserve, and share this history through the archival protection and storage of Cherry Grove’s historic artifacts, including documents, photographs, and film. “Save the past. Make it last.”

This summer, the Cherry Grove Archives Collection will present a range of exciting and thought-provoking programming, including but not limited to a brand-new podcast, a film premiere, art walks, and much more.

A roundup can be found below.

CGAC’s Creative Director, Parker Sargent: “The Cherry Grove Archives Collection is thrilled to present a full summer of events and exhibitions that bring the history of the Grove to life through photos, audio, and video. Art Walk Exhibitions, our bi-annual Archive Show Weekend, celebrating 50 years of the Invasion of the Pines, and a relaunch of our wildly popular Safe/Haven photography book- there’s so much of our history being presented this season. Cherry Grove is a community that runs on volunteerism, and we spend our summer’s hosting fundraisers for everything from the Community House to the dunes on the beach. So the Archives is always trying to find new ways to engage visitors- to inspire involvement and hopefully generosity, to help us reach our fundraising goals to continue our important work of preserving and presenting the Grove’s history. No matter when you’re in Cherry Grove this summer, there will be something exciting on display to educate and entertain.”

QUEER GROVE — A NEW PODCAST

Queer Grove is a brand-new podcast presented by the Cherry Grove Archives Collection exploring a small beach community that has been a safe haven for queer people for almost 100 years, is hosted by acclaimed documentary filmmaker, Parker Sargent. Through her work over the last decade, Sargent has created projects that celebrate the character and history of queer communities on Fire Island and beyond.

In the tradition of oral history, Queer Grove documents the life and times of the Grove, through the voices of those who have helped create this safe haven and those who are keeping it thriving today. Even in a world where LGBTQ+ people have more civil rights than ever before, Cherry Grove remains a vital queer space.

Queer Grove explores the past and present with interviews from Cherry Grove residents, as well as special guests including Joel Kim Booster, Esther Newton, Bianca Del Rio, Daniel Nardicio, Jimbo the Drag Clown, Thom “Panzi” Hansen, Bob “Rose” Levine, and Edie Windsor. New episodes are released on Fridays. Visit queergrove.com to listen.

MAKING MISS CHERRYS — A FILM PREMIERE

Making Miss Cherrys is a documentary film by Parker Sargent that chronicles Timothy Byars, also known as Sabel Scities, as he competes in the Miss Cherrys All-stars pageant in 2022. Produced in coordination with the Cherry Grove Archives Collection, the film celebrates the thirty-year history of the competition, which began in 1992, to honor local drag artists who were creating a thriving queer culture in Cherry Grove, Fire Island.

For three decades, community members have packed the outdoor bar and restaurant, Cherrys on the Bay, to watch local queens perform and compete for the Miss Cherrys crown. Over the years, it has become one of the summer’s most anticipated events, celebrating the camp and glamour of the Grove.

After thirty years of the competition, the Miss Cherrys Allstars Pageant was launched in 2019 to bring back past performers who have snatched the crown, and Timothy Byers (and Miss Cherrys 2013), would be crowned the Allstars winner, after a long road of trials, tribulations, and triumphs. Sabel’s determination outlasted the Covid-19 crisis; she continued to create and craft her performance package with her team over great distances after moving to Hawaii, and she would be going up against some of the most talented drag performers working in the industry right now.

Follow Sabel’s journey and learn about the fabulous history of the Miss Cherrys pageant, with appearances from previous winners such as Charity Charles, Ginger Snap, Brenda Dharling and Boudoir LeFleur.

A live screening premiere of Making Miss Cherrys will take place at the Cherry Grove Community House and Theater on Saturday, July 26th at 8pm ET. If you can’t attend the in-theater screening, you can watch the simultaneous live-streaming of the film. In-theater screening tickets are on sale now on the Cherry Grove Archives Collection website for $40, and live-streaming sales will begin June 19th. All proceeds from the screening of “Making Miss Cherrys” benefit the Cherry Grove Archives Collection Inc., a 501c3 organization.

About Sabel Scities

Sabel Scities (Timothy Byars) is a drag performer and community advocate who has spent the past two decades finding ways to connect, create, and give back through her art. Her journey began at The Escape, an all-ages nightclub in Portland, Oregon, that became a second home for many. It was there that Sabel, along with a chosen family of artists and outsiders, explored creativity, identity, and what it meant to build something together.

In Austin, Texas, she helped shape the local drag community by starting a class that welcomed new performers into the fold — more than 40 of whom went on to take the stage themselves. While living in Hawaii, she worked in harm reduction and public health, offering syringe exchange services, HIV/STI testing, and honest, stigma-free education around sexual health and substance use.

Now based in New York, Sabel holds the title of Miss Hell’s Kitchen, through which she’s helped raise funds for The Center — supporting mental health services, gender-affirming care, and spaces that uplift BIPOC and LGBTQ+ voices. She’s grateful to be featured in “Making Miss Cherrys,” a documentary by Parker Sargent, and to share in a story that celebrates community, resilience, and the queer legacy of Fire Island.

SAFE/HAVEN- A BOOK REISSUE

The SAFE/HAVEN exhibition, curated and presented by Cherry Grove Archives Collection, has received rave reviews from Time Out, Vogue, Newsday, CBS News, The Advocate, and The New York Times. “SAFE/HAVEN” has been displayed at The Stonewall National Museum, at The New York Historical Society, and presented as a Walking Tour in Cherry Grove, Fire Island.

The CGAC has created a limited edition book of the SAFE/HAVEN exhibition photos in a high-quality 77-page book that also includes amazing ephemera and interactive audio clips from longtime Grove residents, all of which showcase the joy and complexity of gay life in the 1950s Cherry Grove.

Purchase SAFE/HAVEN on the Cherry Grove Archives Collection website beginning July 26.

The Cherry Grove Archives Collection will showcase its community’s history through the works of three Fire Island photographers — with outdoor Art Walking Tours from May through September 2025: a curated collection of photos from Warren Boyd Wexler (May 9–June 1), koitz (June 6–July 6) and Susan Kravitz (August 1–25). Their work will be accompanied by audio clips from Cherry Grove residents and icons, sharing stories about various events and traditions celebrated in the queer community.

The Cherry Grove Memorial Fund has generously sponsored the summer exhibition schedule, enabling the CGAC to present amazing large-scale installations throughout town, so residents and day-trippers alike can experience the beauty, freedom, and legacy of this historic queer sanctuary.

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Drag Race's Trinity K. Bonet comes out as trans

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Drag Race's Trinity K. Bonet comes out as trans

RuPaul’s Drag Race star Trinity K. Bonet has come out as trans.

The star, who rose to fame on the sixth season of the reality show and later appeared on All Stars, took to social media over the weekend to initially hint at the news.

Posting a selfie in the back of a car on X/Twitter, Trinity posted heart, trans flag and tongue emojis, and later clarified her coming out.

In a statement to Out Magazine, Trinity wrote: “Yeah, I did come out [as trans]. Lol but I’m not trying to do interviews and make a big deal about it. I’ve always been Trinity. I’m just keeping wig on. Lol.”

Trinity first placed sixth on RuPaul’s Drag Race season six in 2014, alongside Adore Delano, Courtney Act and Bianca Del Rio.

In 2021, Bonet returned to Drag Race to compete on All Stars season 6.

During All Stars, Trinity became only the second queen in Drag Race herstory to open up about being HIV-positive.

“The thing about me when it comes to sex, is in my particular community, it’s very taboo when it comes to being open and honest about their status,” she said at the time.

“Being a person who is openly HIV-positive, for a long time, I was a lot of secrets for a lot of people. But I’m nobody’s secret. I’m successful, I got my shit together, I’m good in bed. I’m taking care of myself.”

Bonet joins a number of Drag Race stars who have come out as trans in recent years, including Amanda Tori Meating, Jade Jolie, Madame LaQueer, Detox, and Adore Delano.

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I need maddy morphosis interviewing bianca del rio

I don’t know who would win

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Letters and Revolutions (Diario de uma busca), Flávia Castro, 2011

Today, I would like to talk about a movie that I discovered by chance some time ago named Letters and Revolutions. The synopsis is about a man named Celso Castro, a journalist and former Trotskyite activist and his tumultuous life. In October, 4th, 1984, he was found dead due to gunshot in the home of a man suspected of being part of a group of ex-Nazis, in Porto Alegre. Suicide, assassination, accident? This is the starting point for his daughter Flávia who will try to reconstruct the story of her father's life and death, twenty five years later.

This documentary released in 2010 by the filmmaker Flávia Castro focuses on both a family memory and a national memory for the political history of Brazil. In 2002, her half-sister Maria Castro wanted to know more about her father's life, so she decided to film the family reunion with her grandmother Zilda Gay and his brother Joca in Brazil in order to know more about the life of Celso. Filmed interviews are an important device to access precious memories and to gather information. The fact that the filmmaker includes herself in the frame made me think about the genre of “cinema vérité” whose aim is to bring life and truth to the surface. Interviews immerse us in an intimacy where his loved ones confide and explain the pain of this atypical lifestyle, of living in a family whose political commitment is in the foreground. She leaves in the editing a passage where her brother gives his opinion on her approach and the way he does not know how to place himself in the documentary, that creates a proximity and transparency with spectators.

Celso Castro.

Flávia's mother

Familial pictures and videos are the main archives used to get to know the family but there are also many official documents like administrative papers or diverse police documents. Many witnesses and friends of Celso are in the movie to contribute to providing their testimony. The letters written by Celso years ago are also read by them and the intimate emotions of each protagonist and their feelings due to the discovery of those letters many years later are very moving and painful. The movie won the Best Documentary Award at the Latin American Film Festival in Biarritz and at the International Film Festival in Rio. This film was also awarded Best Film at the Punta del Este International Film Festival and the Gramado Film Festival. The International Film Press Federation (FIPRESCI) awarded him the Best Film Award at Cannes in 2010.

Flávia Castro.

Flávia Castro (on the left) and her siblings.

Between the police investigation and the personal diary, Letters and Revolutions is a journey through time, where a family's destiny merges with the dreams and hopes of an entire generation of activists.

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Profiles of Pride: June 21st! 🏳️‍🌈Peppermint🏳️‍🌈

Peppermint, or Miss Peppermint, is an American actress, singer, songwriter, television personality, drag queen, and activist from New York City. She is best known from the nightlife scene and, in 2017, as the runner-up on the ninth season of RuPaul’s Drag Race. In 2018 Peppermint made her debut in The Go-Go’s-inspired musical Head Over Heels as Pythio, becoming Broadway’s first out trans woman to originate a lead role. She does not use her birth name, and asks that publications not deadname her.

Peppermint started performing as a child in youth theatre, playing roles at Opera Delaware, Delaware Children’s Theatre, and The Brandywiners Community Theatre. She continued performing at Wilmington High School where she was also on the cheerleading team.

Peppermint moved to New York City to study musical theatre at AMDA. While in college she got a job at the nightclub Tunnel’s Kurfew parties, ultimately becoming a fixture in New York City nightlife. She started recording music in 2005 for Jonny McGovern’s mixtape Jonny McGovern Presents: This is NYC, Bitch! The East Village Mixtape. She contributed the song “Servin’ It Up”, which was produced by Adam Joseph. The song was later released as Peppermint’s debut single in 2006.

Peppermint was featured in the web series Queens of Drag: NYC by gay.com in 2010. The series featured fellow New York drag queens Bianca Del Rio, Dallas DuBois, Hedda Lettuce, Lady Bunny, Mimi Imfurst, and Sherry Vine. She also appeared as a drag-version of Tyra Banks on America’s Next Top Model Cycle 14, Episode 5: “Smile and Pose” introducing a drag-theme runway challenge at Lucky Chengs in New York City.

Peppermint talked about being trans publicly for the first time on an episode of The Daily Show called “The Trans Panic Epidemic” in April 2016.

On February 2, 2017, Peppermint was announced as one of the fourteen contestants on the ninth season of RuPaul’s Drag Race. Though other transgender women have competed on RuPaul’s Drag Race, she was the first to have come out prior to the show airing, having come out in 2012.

She won the Roast Challenge in episode 8. She placed in the bottom two in two challenges, lip-synching to Madonna’s “Music” and the Village People’s “Macho Man”, winning both. Her performances earned her the favorable nickname “Lip Sync Assassin”. Ultimately, she finished in second place after winner Sasha Velour, after they both lip-synced to Whitney Houston’s “It’s Not Right but It’s Okay”.

Peppermint’s debut studio album Hardcore Glamour was self-released in 2009 and preceded by the singles “Servin’ It Up” and “Thought Ya Knew”. In 2011, Sherry Vine and Peppermint released a parody of the Lady Gaga and Beyoncé song “Telephone” titled “Make Me Moan”. Following the viral success of the music video, Peppermint later released other parody songs, including a parody of Azealia Banks’ song “212”, titled “21/12”. Her song “If I Steal Your Boyfriend” was used in the 2011 film Eating Out 5: The Open Weekend.

On April 3, 2017, Peppermint released a six-track EP of remixes of various songs she had released up to that point, including the single “Dolla in My Titty”. Her second studio album Black Pepper was released in June of the same year. A three-song EP with producer Cazwell called Blend was released in 2018. In 2019, Peppermint appeared on fellow Drag Race alum Trinity The Tuck’s single “I Call Shade”, which charted at number 13 on the Billboard Comedy Digital Tracks chart.

On February 11, 2020, it was announced that Peppermint was working on a new album, and the lead single “What You’re Looking For” was released on February 14, 2020. In an interview with Entertainment Tonight on August 28, 2020, Peppermint stated that the album would in fact be a trilogy of EPs, and that a full studio album was previously planned for a May 2020 release, but was delayed due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The first of these EPs, A Girl Like Me: Letters to My Lovers, will be released on October 16, 2020, with the lead single “Best Sex” being released on October 2. Of the project, she said “it really does focus on my life – who I am as a trans woman – and everything that’s happening right now [with] Black Lives Matter, Black Trans Lives Matter and a lot of the issues that we are dealing with socially.” She also confirmed that the project would feature collaborations with Laith Ashley, Jerome Bell, Daniel Shevlin of Well-Strung, Matt Katz-Bohen of Blondie, Corey Tut and Adam Joseph.

The EP garnered Peppermint a nomination for Outstanding Music Artist at the 2021 GLAAD Media Awards.

Peppermint made her Broadway debut in The Go-Go’s-inspired musical Head Over Heels using the songs of The Go-Go’s. The plot of the show is somewhat based on The Countess of Pembroke’s Arcadia written by Sir Philip Sidney in the 16th century. The show began previews in June 2018 and officially opened July 2018, at the Hudson Theatre; playing the role of Pythio, Peppermint became the first trans woman to originate a principal role on Broadway.

Peppermint has had appearances on Pose and Saturday Night Live, and in October 2019 played the role of Pastor Olivia, “the [transgender] leader of an LGBTQ-friendly congregation”, in a two-episode arc of God Friended Me.

From 2019-2020, she co-hosted It’s a Mess podcast with Cazwell.

Peppermint is a co-founder of Black Queer Town Hall along with Bob The Drag Queen. The inaugural event featured speakers such as Laverne Cox and Angela Davis and raised over $270,000 for The Okra Project.

On June 2, 2021, Peppermint was announced as a cast member of OUTtv’s Call Me Mother, where her and fellow “Drag Mothers” Crystal and Barbada adopt and mentor up-and-coming drag talent over an 8-week journey as they compete to win the title of “First Child Of Drag” and a $50,000 prize package. In the show, Peppermint will be representing the House of Dulcet.

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Exclusive Interview: Drag Race winner Monét X Change on touring her one-woman show Life Be Lifin' "drag was my lifeline"

As RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars season four winner Monét X Change takes her poignant and hilarious one-woman show Life Be Lifin’ on a North American tour this month, she speaks exclusively with The Queer Review’s editor James Kleinmann about creating the show with the guidance of fellow Drag Race alum BenDeLaCreme, what drag means to her in her life, her latest music, and her favourite LGBTQ+…

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Hurricane Bianca 3 is on the way!

So, Hurricane Bianca: You were saying on Lorraine that there’s a third one on the way?

Oh, yeah! I believe it’s either written or being written at the moment, and we just have to find the time when I can squeeze it into my schedule. I don’t know when I can make it happen.

Can you tease what happens in the film?

Well… [Laughs] Let me think of what’s the right thing to say. I end up in Africa. That’s the best I can tell you. Some new cast members join, and also a lot of old cast members come back. So we continue on a journey and expand on it. So, yeah. I can’t give it away, but it’s ridiculous, which makes it fun. I mean, I end up in Africa, so imagine that!

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Courtney, Bianca and The Veronicas appeared on Facebook Live show Junkee Gras - March 1, 2019

Watch the show here

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Keep moving

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The candid comedian dropped by Fast Company's HQ to discuss her new movie, her book, ignoring the haters, and how drag extends far beyond "RuPaul's Drag Race."

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Catch these Queer Highlights at the Melbourne Fringe Festival

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Catch these Queer Highlights at the Melbourne Fringe Festival

With so much amazing talent performing in Melbourne for Fringe, we’ve made a list of some of the queer highlights.

We are one week down for the 42nd annual Melbourne Fringe Festival.

In that time, a bevy of queer arts and entertainment burst throughout the city and beyond.

With two more weeks left, we’ve put together a list of some queer highlights you can indulge in.

Over the weekend The Huxley’s shon a queer spotlight on sports, with their interactive art event that will take place again next weekend.

Combining the queer and sporting worlds, we want to capture how it feels to be wearing heels or giant sequin capes for those who may be at odds with athleticism,” Will Huxley told us.

“We want to bring things together that shouldn’t necessarily be on the sporting field.”

Read our full interview with Will Huxley here.

Find out how you be a part of The Winner Takes it All, just like Queer Sporting Alliance did on the weekend here.

COMEDY

Award-winning comedian and aspiring cult leader Maddy Weeks brings a heartwarming and hilarious comedy hour in Never Gonna Die.

They’ll take you on a wild ride through their life, from their best jokes to their secret to eternal life.

Maddie will reveal all in this high-energy show that will leave you feeling unstoppable.

Until 20th October – find out more here.

  Australia’s nastiest nans Edith Vale and Maureen McGillicuddy can’t wait to pull their balls out for you!

There’s nothing quite like a visit from Nana and they are like none you’ve ever met before.

Expect big laughs and fabulous prizes, but make sure you’re on your best behaviour for Granny Bingo.

11th & 18th October – find out more here.

  What if you died, but it was a mistake?

Multiple award winning comedian Andy Balloch, and Justin Porter bring you a queer, absurd, narrative sketch show.

Linda (for one more week) explores what you would do with a bit more time up your sleeve.

Until 20th October – find out more here.

  The art of storytelling meets the thrill of the variety show as Seen & Heard returns to Melbourne Fringe.

Melbourne’s (and the world’s) Fringe variety darlings share intimate stories of their lives alongside the acts they were renowned for.

These artists show a glimpse of themselves beneath the glitter and grease paint.

Fom 9th to 13th October – find out more here.

  A witty, fast-paced satire of magic shows from a queer femme perspective, Assigned Magician At Birth is Tricksy Collins in all her glory.

The trans and neurodiverse femme fatale confronts the idea of deception, illusion and identity.

A hilarious, eye-opening look into the world of magic and doing whatever makes your community, brain and gender happy.

Until 20th October – find out more here.

  CABARET

Think Meow Meow meets Bianca Del Rio on a budget because Tash York’s Happy Hour is performing in Geelong.

In partnership with Regional Arts Victoria, Happy Hour combines drag and cabaret unlike any other.

With York backed by her boozy backing singers The Red Red Wines bring on the powerful 3 part harmonies, hilarious stories, and of course – Goon of Fortune!

October 25th & 26th – find out more here.

  Singapore’s beloved live-singing drag queen, Honey Gluttony invites audiences to join her for her electrifying one-woman show.

A journey of self-discovery and empowerment blended with musical magic, Honey shares her origin.

 Catch her celebrating the resilience and vibrancy of a queer artist’s journey in Gluttony by Night.

October 16th – 20th – find out more here.

  Jetting in from the UK to Stonnington’s So Soiree Grattan Gardens, Dolly Diamond brings the laughs with a bevy of musical friends in tow.

Over two nights Dolly Diamond’s Rather Large Variety Hour welcomes guests including 2joocee, Karen from Finance, Tina Del Twist, DJ Du Jour and more.

Because Dolly’s never afraid to shine the spotlight on others, just as long as it comes beaming back onto her.

October 19th & 20th – find out more here.

  Bisexual Icons Millicent, Jemma and Rosie Russell bring a big, bold evening of cathartic comedy chaos in Bisexual Intellectuals.

Using original music and the transformative power of tap dance, they celebration of queer joy, dismantling bi-phobia with levity and heart.

You’ll laugh, you’ll cry, you might even go home and buy a pair of tap shoes.

Until 13th October – find out more here.

THEATRE

Ash Flanders attempts the impossible – to find a place on Aussie TV for a mouthy middle-aged homosexual with too many opinions.

A Brief Episode is a surreal and surprising 65-minute true story about wild dogs, vapid Australians, generous mothers, selfish children and more.

Where instead of finding structure, Ash loses it entirely.

Until 20th October – find out more here.

  The library is open. So, sit down, be quiet, and listen up!

A response to the rise in reactionary politics around the exposure of children to queerness, Kinder sees Goody read between the lines.

A chaotic interrogation of childhood, memory, and a long overdue examination of what it means to ‘grow up’.

Until 20th October – find out more here.

  Chasing Dick: A Love Story tackles the intergenerational gap in views on sexuality, gender identity, and expression,

When Dick, a larger-than-life transwoman, moves into town and explores the search for connection and understanding within families.

Until 12th October – find out more here.

  Fountain Lakes In Lockdown: A Drag Parody Play explores Melbourne’s foxiest morons got up to during the pandemic.

Relive the uniquely Melburnian pandemic experience parodied by Art Simone, Thomas Jaspers, Leasa Mann and Scott Brennan.

Read our interview with Jaspers and Simone about their national tour here.

Is Kath up to her pussy bow in sourdough?

Until 20th October – find out more here.

  This is just a taste of some of the amazing acts that celebrate and elevate our communities happening as a part of the Melbourne Fringe Festival.

Check out the full program here.

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