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Review: La Clique

Review: La Clique

The Mancunion attended La Clique’s exclusive launch party to celebrate its Northern premiere – and we were absolutely blown away
Review: The Way Old Friends Do

Review: The Way Old Friends Do

The Way Old Friends Do, which follows the establishment of the first drag ABBA tribute band, is a celebration of friendship, queerness and, yes, ABBA
The Lowry welcomes old friends for a night of devotion, desire and Dancing Queens

The Lowry welcomes old friends for a night of devotion, desire and Dancing Queens

The Way Old Friends Do, a play about the first ABBA tribute band in drag, visits The Lowry as part of its UK tour
Review: Death Drop – Back in the Habit

Review: Death Drop – Back in the Habit

Death Drop: Back in the Habit is an hilarious, daring and surprisingly sociopolitical play starring drag icons Jujubee, Cheryl Hole, Victoria Scone, Kitty Scott-Claus, and LoUis CYfer
Death Drop: In conversation with LoUis CYfer

Death Drop: In conversation with LoUis CYfer

We could not let Death Drop: Back in the Habit end its run without interviewing its lead star, LoUis CYfer!
Manchester Opera House prepares for a massacre

Manchester Opera House prepares for a massacre

Death Drop is back with a brand-new story and a killer cast, including Jujubee, Cheryl Hole, Victoria Scone, Kitty Scott-Claus, and LoUis CYfer
Review: Ginny Lemon and Sister Sister – You Keep Me Hangin’ On

Review: Ginny Lemon and Sister Sister – You Keep Me Hangin’ On

Drag Race UK’s Ginny Lemon and Sister Sister had us hanging on for dear life at Contact
Thierry Mugler’s SS23 returns as a beacon of inclusivity

Thierry Mugler’s SS23 returns as a beacon of inclusivity

The Mancunion looks at Mugler’s SS23 ready-to-wear runway show as it makes headlines for technological theatrics, inclusivity and ending with a dance party.
Death Drop announces its killer new cast

Death Drop announces its killer new cast

Original Death Drop stars Jujubee and Kitty Scott-Claus join the all-star cast of its standalone sequel, Death Drop: Back in the Habit
HOME steals Christmas

HOME steals Christmas

Who’s Holiday, a sequel to and parody of The Grinch, has its European Premiere at HOME – starring Miz Cracker
Review: The Lady Boys of Bangkok – Summer of Fun

Review: The Lady Boys of Bangkok – Summer of Fun

Theatre Editor Jay Darcy reviews The Lady Boys of Bangkok – Summer of Love Tour at the Sabai Pavilion at the Trafford Centre
The Lady Boys of Trafford

The Lady Boys of Trafford

The Lady Boys of Bangkok (complete with the newly made-over Sabai Pavilion) comes to the Trafford Centre as part of its brand-new Summer of Fun UK tour
Queen of the Universe: In conversation with Grag Queen

Queen of the Universe: In conversation with Grag Queen

Theatre Editor Jay Darcy sits down with Queen of the Universe winner Grag Queen, who recently performed at Drag Fest in Manchester and London as part of her What’s Up Lindas Tour
Review: Drag Fest

Review: Drag Fest

Theatre Editor Jay Darcy reviews Drag Fest, headlined by Pabllo Vittar, at Bowlers Exhibition Centre
Review: As You Like It

Review: As You Like It

Harriet Cummings reviews As You Like It at the Lowry
Drag Queens: The underdogs of the beauty industry

Drag Queens: The underdogs of the beauty industry

Beauty Editor Alex Bikard dives into the influence of drag on the beauty industry with three fabulous Queens.
Review: Priscilla Queen of the Desert

Review: Priscilla Queen of the Desert

Alana Cook and Jess Johnstone review Priscilla Queen of the Desert, starring Joe McFadden, at the Palace Theatre
Review: All I Want for Christmas is Attention

Review: All I Want for Christmas is Attention

Ana Maria Ortiz reviews Jinkx Monsoon and BenDeLaCreme’s All I Want for Christmas is Attention at the Palace Theatre
Interview with the cast of Priscilla Queen of the Desert

Interview with the cast of Priscilla Queen of the Desert

Theatre Editor Jay Darcy interviews the cast of Priscilla Queen of the Desert, including Strictly’s Joe McFadden
In conversation: BenDeLaCreme and Jinkx Monsoon

In conversation: BenDeLaCreme and Jinkx Monsoon

Evie Appleson and Theatre Editor Jay Darcy interview BenDeLaCreme and Jinkx Monsoon, ahead of their show, All I Want for Christmas is Attention