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Was Margaret Thatcher a Drag Queen?

Ben Walters | Posted 14.04.2013 | UK Lifestyle
Read More: Lgbt, Section 28, Glenda Jackson, Margaret Thatcher, 1980s, Sexism, The Iron Lady, Fashion, Drag, Facebook, Drag Queens, Gender, UK Lifestyle News
Ben Walters

Obviously, I don't mean Margaret Thatcher was a man in women's clothing. That's not really what drag is about: it's about drawing attention to the public performance of gender. Like many drag acts, her performance slid between the glamorous, the parodic and the grotesque, but there's no question that it was sensationally successful.

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Camp (as Christmas)

Scottee | Posted 19.01.2013 | Home
Read More: Christmas, Arts, Carry On, Roundhouse, Drag, Scottee, Camp, UK Christmas, UK Gay, UK Theatre, Performance Art, Gay Voices, UK Culture, Home News
Scottee

With 'Camp', my new show at London's Roundhouse, I'm trying to carve out a space where things can be fun and I can experiment without being controversial in a vulgar or grotesque sense... and it's about coming to terms with my own effeminacy and a public proclamation of the things that have shaped me.

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Review: Dixie's Tupperware Party

Charlotte Skeoch | Posted 08.07.2012 | Home
Read More: Cabaret, Ukarts, Soho Theatre, Drag, London, Tupperware, Ukculture, Dixie's Tupperware Party, Home News
Charlotte Skeoch

Twenty-four hours ago I was a naïve child: I knew nothing of the domestic storage world, nothing of the joys of effective food preservation... in short, compressible Tupperware was yet to touch not only my hands, but my very soul. Such was the selling prowess and stage authority of Dixie and her Tupperware Party.

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