© 2020 Chrysaor Productions

 

VICE - THE BUSINESS OF DRAG

September 4, 2015

 

Ahead of the Soho Premiere of Dressed as a Girl this Sunday, hipsters VICE met up with two of the stars to discuss the business of drag. 

 

BOOK YOUR TICKETS > 6th September at 3pm - Picturehouse Central

 

"I'm going on holiday and I'm happy to say there's no drag in the bag," says East London DJ and drag queen John Sizzle, who is finally giving himself a week off. We're sitting in The Glory, a gay pub in east London co-run by John and fellow performer Jonny Woo. It's lunchtime, and the bar is empty. I was here last Friday night, though, and the room was wall to wall with gays. At a time when London's drag pubs are rapidly closing, The Glory is a success story. But then, that's to be expected – John and Jonny are hard working queens; they might do drag for fun, but they've also built decade-long careers out of it.

 

These careers are documented in a new film about their lives called Dressed As a Girl. The "frockumentary" – directed by Colin Rothbart – follows six London drag queens: Jonny and John, along with Holestar, Pia, Amber and the controversial (he once spat a milkshake on Nick Grimshaw) Scottee. With a reality TV aesthetic and episodic structure, it ploughs through personal stories of John's HIV diagnosis, Holestar's clinical depression and Jonny's alcoholism, through to their individual "coming out" moments and Amber's gender transition. It does leave you with the feeling that all drag queens' lives are plagued with negative drama, but despite that, it's still a brilliantly camp and amusing documentary, which captures a critical moment in London's drag history on camera.

 

READ THE FULL STORY HERE

Tags:

holestar

john sizzle

interview

vice

Pciturehouse

Please reload

Featured Posts

DRESSED AS A GIRL NOW AVAILABLE WORLDWIDE

February 26, 2016

Meet the Cast, Colin Rothbart & Chris Amos

July 15, 2015

Official Motion Picture Soundtrack Will Be Released on 29th April

March 30, 2016

1/7
Please reload

Recent Posts

Official Motion Picture Soundtrack Will Be Released on 29th April

March 30, 2016

DRESSED AS A GIRL NOW AVAILABLE WORLDWIDE

February 26, 2016

Watch Deleted Scene - Just Released!

February 9, 2016

Special Event Screening + Free DVD

February 2, 2016

Dazed, Huffington Post & BFI Include Dressed as a Girl In Best LGBT Movies of 2015 Lists

January 4, 2016

DRESSED AS A GIRL SHOP NOW OPEN JUST IN TIME FOR XMAS

November 24, 2015

4 Star Review in Total Film

November 6, 2015

Glowing Review in Sight and Sound

November 5, 2015

ANNOUCEMENT: PRE-ORDER OPEN

October 30, 2015

WONDERFUL GUARDIAN REVIEW OF DRESSED AS A GIRL

October 2, 2015

Please reload

Search By Tags

Awards

BFI

BFI Flare

Bankside Space

Colin Rothbart

DVD

East End Film Festival

Johnathan Bestley

Pciturehouse

Peccadillo Pictures

Picturehouse

Pout

Q&A

Scottee

Screening

Youtube

amber swallows

amber waze

bfi

bfi

brian robinson

chris amos

colin rothbart

courtney act

cult

deleted scene

dressed as a girl

festival

fil.m

flare

guardian

holestar

imdb

interview

jack cullen

jodie harsh

john sizzle

jonny woo

lauren harries

ma butcher

merchandise

party

peter tatchell

photo

pia arber

pout

premiere

press release

reviews

rio cinema

scarlet john hanson

scottee

screening

soundtrack

stills

top film lists

vice

website

world

Please reload

Follow Us
  • Facebook Classic
  • Twitter Classic
  • Google Classic
  • HOME

  • ABOUT

  • THE STARS

  • SOUNDTRACK

  • REVIEWS & ARTICLES

  • MEDIA

  • SALES AGENT

  • CONTACT

  • More

    • b-facebook