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"DRAGS ALOUD" IN AT THE MOVIES

Described by Joan Rivers as “wonderful, entertaining, terrific, and a great great act”.

If you loved “Priscilla” and “Men in Tutus”, then “Drags Aloud” will have you laughing aloud in their latest theatrical offering… “AT THE MOVIES” Internationally acclaimed, multi-award winning with sell-out seasons in New York, Edinburgh, and London's West End, Australia’s fabulously camp and deliciously funny “Drags Aloud” are back with their gloriously twisted theatre satire on celebrity and cinema - “At The Movies”.
Glamorous Melbourne-based performing troupe, they are award winners from the Australian Rainbow Awards, Edinburgh Fringe Festival, and the Melbourne Comedy Festival. Dazzling audiences with their unique parodies, Drags Aloud have received a host of five-star reviews and the Directors prize at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival. They were also invited performers for Joan Rivers' 2009 Australian Tour. These 20th Century “divas with a difference” will make you laugh and cry and as they sing, mime and mimic their way through some of Hollywood's most-beloved movies and stars. Funny, irreverent, and with more costume changes than a Kylie concert, “At The Movies” has bucketloads of glorious pop and corn in a parody of epic proportions.
Now they have Hollywood's sacred cows and celebrities in their sights once more. It's an offer you can't refuse

“Drags Aloud” is Australia's only professional drag ensemble to tour internationally with sell-out shows at Edinburgh's Fringe Festival, New York's Off-Broadway and London's West End. This multi-award winning troupe presents drag as comedic self satire and with a healthy dose of old fashioned glamour. With some of Australia's most dynamic and diverse comedic performers, “Drags Aloud” continues to delight, amuse and amaze audiences and receive review accolades wherever they perform. The cast of “Drags Aloud” comprises of:

Amanda Monroe

Amanda is an audience favourite with a comic performance style that betrays her wide-eyed innocent appearance. Amanda is the co-founder and driving force behind Drags Aloud and their continued International comedic success. The face of the McCafe television advertisements, Amanda has featured in several film roles, including 'Strange Bedfellows' with Paul Hogan, and in the "Kath and Kim" television series. Jessica James - Director "Drags Aloud" Jessica is renowned for her hilarious 'dead-pan' performance style and is the powerhouse founder, costumer and creator of the Drags Aloud comedy based approach to drag performance. Jessica has been featured in film and television, is the face of XLR8 drinks, and starred in the award-winning Top Ten video clip, 'Do It With Madonna'.

Kris del Vayze

Kris comes from a background in performance and dance with credits in Broadway and West-end productions including 'A Chorus Line', 'Anything Goes', 'Me & My Girl' and 'Grand Hotel'. The face of Victoria's (Aust) GLBT Tourism and featured performer in the Drags Aloud television series, Kris has an imposing command of the stage with her Nordic looks and very versatile character interpretations.

Linda Lamont

Linda's high energy performances and comic timing make her a popular performer. Linda joined Drags Aloud as 'Danny' in Grease Lightnin' Drag Show and has wowed audiences wherever she's performed. Linda is the face of the "Australian Wine in Korea" television advertisement and a featured performer on the Kath and Kim television series.

What the media have said:

"Glitzy cossies as glamorous as they are numerous" **** (4 Stars) – Adelaide Advertiser
"Subversive, bawdy and tacky.. this is great fun" **** (4 Stars) – Melbourne Age
"Had me in stitches for every second" ***** (5-Stars) - Three Weeks (UK)
"A phenomenal show" ***** (5 Stars) – One4Review (UK)
"The highlight of the Edinburgh Fringe" **** (4 Stars) – Hairline (UK)
"right at the top of the scale" Adelaide Theatre Review
"screamingly funny comedy" - GLAM Adelaide
“This is a fizzy and colourful treat” Adelaide Advertiser

Review for DAATM courtesy of Dublin International Gay Theatre Festival.

http://www.gaytheatre.ie/reviews/article/drags_aloud_review/

What a night - hilarious - out Priscillas Priscilla! Drags Aloud, are the real transgendered, transvestite, gender alluring drag queens/kings - the genuine Aussie article.

Amanda Munroe, Jessica James, Krisdel Vase and Linda Lamont’s tantalising cross-genderism, powerful delivery, and wonderful comic timing......the pace is electric, the send-ups of movie musicals are hilarious and spot on and the energy, exhausting.

The footage and quick changes are breathtaking in their execution and there is nowhere for an audience to hide - you have to go with the flow on this hilarious trip to the movies. Each character could sell-out a night on their own but as Drags Aloud the combination is as electric as the competition - each act equates and outshines it’s predecessor in skill, humour and enjoyment.

We are dragged through the movies - literally from the depths of the Titanic to Somewhere Over the Rainbow. The in your face Aussie style of this world class troupe rocks you with sheer entertainment value. This is hilarious and top quality entertainment. The fastest and funniest hour ever - quite supercalafragalisticexpialidocious!