The video above is some typical Drags Aloud moments: Show bits from Edinburgh and Adelaide stages and audience interviews . Enjoy.
These videos below are promotions and performances.
When Jessica James conceived The Sound of Music Drag Show, Showbags was faced with a personnel problem. The cast required six members and so Showbags was joined by Jillette Jones, Jackie Stevens and Kris Del Vayze. The scene stealer for the show though was Roxy Bullwinkle. A longtime friend who took up the role of “The Countess”.Although Maria had seven children to deal with, we made do with four, and pointed this out at various times in the show.
We were very proud when we reached week 33 of our run, and established SOMDS as the longest running production drag show in Melbourne (just beating record for the Guardian at Pokeys)
I was very proud of the work we’d done with SOMDS and with the idea of “nothing ventured, nothing gained”, I contacted the Melbourne International Comedy Festival to ask if they’d allow a drag show in their festival. They didn’t say yes or no, but promised to come and check the show.
It turned out better than we could have imagined. They loved the show and offered us a two week season in one of the theatrical tents by the Yarra.
As this was happening, our new show, Grease: The Drag Show was about to debut, and fortune smiled and the famous Karen Koren of the Gilded Balloon came along to Opening Night. She had missed SOMDS by a week, but she invited us sight unseen, and with the encouragement of our Mentor Angel, Edwina Lunn from Melbourne Comedy Festival. Karen loved our Grease show as well, and asked us to bring that over as well. Our plans were set for the next few years it seemed!
