9 Perth Drag-Artists that will have you screaming with Pride!
Drag is a huge part of our FRINGE WORLD and plays a vital role in enlightening the hearts and minds of audiences all-across WA. Each year a stunning combo of incredible acts grace our stages and our city with their gender-bending performance art and this year is no different!
So read on and get ready to shine some well-deserved pride on this scorching summer line-up.
Alexas Armstrong / Karl Kayoss
Alexas is your friendly neighbourhood drag queen, Connections Nightclub & The Court Hotel showgirl. Karl is your boy from Ballajura boylesque performer and Mr Boylesque Australia 2017.
During Fringe, Alexas and/or Karl is performing in Drag Diva Spectacular: Nostalgia, Sinsuality: Heaven & Hell, Kings Of Boylesque: The Boys are Back in Town! and CLUB FREAK OUT!
BarbieQ
BarbieQ has been in the industry for over 20 years and has been dancing since she was 13. She has performed in front of over 100,000 people.
During Fringe, BarbieQ is performing in Dolly Parton: Backwoods Barbie, Sinsuality: Heaven & Hell and Drag Diva Spectacular: Nostalgia.
Danisa Snake
Danisa Snake is an Indo-Indian drag artist who loves to stun audiences by incorporating ballroom, glamour, and horror into her scintillating performances.
This multi-talented performer is currently playing the one and only Frank-N-Furter in The Rocky Horror Picture Show Immersive Spectacular.
You can find her at Fringe in Ginava’s Messy Friends, Frankie Fatale’s Menagerie and CLUB FREAK OUT!
Dean Misdale
Dean is one of the few Australian drag artists who sings live, going viral when they jumped on stage with Adele at her Perth concert. They are also a DJ, musical theatre performer and actor.
At Fringe, you can find Dean performing and hosting in Dean Misdale – Life’s A Drag, Cards Against Perthonalities with Dean Misdale, Quiz Me Daddy! With Dean Misdale, Drag Queen Bingo with Dean Misdale, DIVAS – The Drag Brunch, Best of Fringe – Variety Extravaganza and Date Me… I’m Desperate!
Fay Rocious
Fay is one of Perth’s leading ladies, taking out Perth’s favourite drag artist at the Proud Awards two years in a row.
You can see Fay Rocious at FRINGE WORLD in Drag Diva Spectacular: Nostalgia and returning as a full-time madam of the night as the host of Club D’Amour.
Flynn V
Flynn V is a drag artist that has dived into the world of burlesque. His unique style of drag performance with his captivating androgynous aesthetic leaves audiences questioning more than just their sexuality.
At Fringe, you can find him performing in CLUB FREAK OUT! and Ginava’s Messy Friends.
Ginava
Ginava, known for their Avant Garde costumes and production company Gendermess, won the FRINGE WORLD 2022 Martin Sims Award, presented to the best new Western Australian work that is destined to succeed on the world’s stage.
You can see Ginava at Fringe in Ginava’s Messy Friends, Split Lip and Best of Fringe – Variety Extravaganza.
Moxie Heart
Proud female drag-artist, Moxie Heart captivates and charms with her colourful, campy style. She is a three-time Crown of the Court finalist and the Pop Royalty Runner up of 2021.
Catch Moxie Heart in You Got Moxie, Kid: A Quirky Cabaret of Celebrity & Self-Discovery.
Skye Scraper
Skye Scraper is just your average mid to late twenties, Anglo-Saxon, corporate accountant and producer of 2022 Fringe show Drag Time Music Hall and star of Ginava’s Messy Friends.
This Fringe, you can see Skye Scraper in Skye Scraper: The Life and Times of a Drag Queen Accountant at the Perth Cultural Centre.
Image by Adrian Thomson.