From the team who brought us 'Polari Mission Live!', artist Jez Dolan with writer Chris Hoyle present a new theatre piece as part of Queer Contact in 2016, loaded with sequins, feathers, lipstick and lights.
'Life’s a Drag' is part of a year-long project exploring the history of Drag in Manchester through performance, exhibition, oral history and getting your drag on, going right back to the infamous Hulme Drag Ball of 1880, right through to the current redefining of drag with the likes of Cha Cha Boudoir.
Drag Ball Hulme circa 1880, taken from the Illustrated Police News, courtesy of Manchester Libraries Information and Archives
But in the run up to the performance, there's an oral history training day for anyone wanting to get involved. Volunteers are needed to collect oral histories which will form part of the project and will involve interviewing drag performers, audiences and fans. Thee interviews will be held permanently at Archives + in Manchester where they will be available for historians.
If you're interested in taking part, the training session will last for a day, is free and includes lunch.
Find out more on the Life's a Drag website.
Life's a Drag oral histories training day, MMU New Business School, Saturday January 9, 9.30am
Life's a Drag performance, Contact, Thursday 4 - Saturday 6 February
See 25 photos from Dragchester.