London drag King Bi-Curious George presents Queer Planet, a raucous drag celebration of queerness and the animal kingdom.
“Move over David Attenborough, there’s a new nature king in town.”
Bi-Curious George is a rising star of the London drag scene and the 2022 winner of the prestigious Not Another Drag Competition at the Royal Vauxhall Tavern. Their work centres around queer ecology, queerness in the natural world.
Queer Planet is a raucous romp through the animal kingdom which aims to shatter the heteronormative binaries through which we view the natural world. It is both a parody of and a homage to Britain’s beloved nature documentaries. Combining stand-up comedy, parody songs, drag and all manner of ridiculous behaviour, George takes the audience through some of the many animals who display queer behaviour, from dolphin orgies to hermaphroditic snails, from transgender fish to gay giraffes.
The piece is a love letter to nature and all its exuberance, as well as to the queer community. It encourages the audience to question everything they think they know about the natural world and reframe how we think about our own identities.
Each night will also feature two guest performers from the London drag scene, including; Richard Energy (death drop); Charlie Wood (NADC, Miss-Ellaneous); and Die Lemma (Top of the Slops, NADC, Queerdos Cabaret). And more TBA!
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