I’ll be showing this on Sunday 16th May at The Place’s 40th birthday weekend, in the bar. Here’s what the beautiful Sally Marie wrote last time I was there and also a photo of me performing it at Scottee’s Eat Your Heart Out back in November.
Let’s begin with the riot of colour that completed Tuesday night’s Touch Wood. A song list, pink satin, gold lamé, yellow wigs, black net, sequined belts, bubble wrap, green silk ribbon, organza, oranges and lemons printed on fabric, tangerine polyester, taffeta and Thom Shaw. This was Drag Democracy, an interactive performance and response to the night’s work, which translated as various audience members collecting garments from the rails and making some frankly fabulous outfits on Thom. Long and languorous in the vertical, there was just enough of the lightly ironic in his body to carry off various outfits. A special mention goes to Martin Hargreaves, who styled something that looked like Lacroix couture! I loved it and those Comme des Garçons (?) socks. It reminded me of a New York Christmas day in Keith Haring’s old apartment, fairy lights twinkling and queens parading up and down in glitter during an impromptu fashion show.
Photo: Eddie Thomas
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