Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!
Drag queen or comedy ... Harringay's changing High St
Our High St if nothing else is very dynamic! The business offerings constantly evolve, particularly within the restaurant/bar sector. And they need to of course. Recently Blend brought in a pop up restaurant menu for the evenings. Some time back Brouhaha had done the same. Both have proved popular.
For Beans & Barley their shop has gone after just a year (as Harringay Local turns 2) and now they are looking for your ideas for entertainment based within their extended cafe area, with comedy a possibility. Board game evenings are another.
Now the restaurant Tramp is extending its offering from the occasional band night to cabaret, with a 'Young Drag Queen' act. It's not clear yet whether it will come with your mains or dessert but, it all kicks off at 9pm on the evening in question.
Whatever next? 
Interestingly, as Hugh's post shows, such shows were around in this area way back in the 60s.
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Permalink Reply by Lauren on
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Interesting about the subversion approach, although I've yet to see a drag act dressed in Laura Ashley, a business suit or a pair of jeans and a tshirt !
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Permalink Reply by Protheroe O'Shea on
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that would be a transvestite.
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Permalink Reply by Cafe Tramp on
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Sorry to hear that Lauren...here's a write up from Huffington Post about Drag and the reasons behind it, nothing to do with Femininity it seems...your call and decision to make of course...
Drag is a celebration. Drag is an attitude. Today’s drag queen is often a gay man who has embraced that part of himself that, as a child, was considered shameful and undeserving. Rather than allowing himself to be bullied, he has revealed that hidden aspect of himself, dressed her up, made her fabulous and invincible. He has found strength in her and wears her like a shield. Drag is some of the best parts of who he is, magnified and impervious.
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The problem here (other than the appropriation and commodifying aspect as mentioned above) is the insinuation (excuse?) that all gay men have a feminine side that they "need" to unleash (regardless at whose expense), and even that all drag artists are gay men, which as we know is not true, and also the hideous absurdity by which that supposed femininity is portrayed. It's always a brash, feisty, slutty, nasty "femininity" - mocking, sneering and deriding of women (as bad if not worse than say, Roy Chubby Brown). I did read the article that you copied the above from, it only reinforced my original viewpoint.
Yes there are those that enjoy it, but I'll leave it thanks, much as I would avoid any event that displayed any overt misandry, racism, homophobia etc. I wonder why it is still socially acceptable to publicly ridicule and be offensive towards / about women when all the aforementioned are rightly off-limits?
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Permalink Reply by Jon C on
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Seems to me the "problem here" is that just as you accuse everyone of somehow "mocking, sneering and deriding", you also assume you have the right to speak on behalf of ALL women and on behalf of gay people as well.
As a gay man - one with a SENSE OF HUMOUR (or is that a "feminine side that I need to unleash"?), I might add - I rather enjoy drag shows and, believe it or not , so do women, straight and gay. More often than not over 50% of the audience for any drag show - and they are ALWAYS packed-out - is made up of women, all laughing. The humour may be end-of-the-pier but never as cruel as you seem to imagine. Nobody is "victimised"; nobody on any drag stage would survive for long if they even vaguely behaved like Bernard Manning or his ilk.
What, Lauren, do YOU do for entertainment? If it's feminist stand-up poetry, I think I'll decline.
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Haha typical mansplainer, and you clearly lump all feminists in with some vision you have from the 1970's. You'd be quite surprised if you met me, fancy a drink so you can be all mansplainy in person and we can discuss this like adults, or are you afraid you might gain some insight?
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Wow! Roll over Bernard... Although on a positive note you won't find any drag queens breastfeeding in public...
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Tris - I love you. I guessed this "Lauren" was just in here to cause trouble. "Mansplaining" indeed. Does anyone with a brain actually use such a phrase? It's tantamount to calling heterosexuals "breeders". Oh, sorry, "she" already has.
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Permalink Reply by Emma on
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I think its really sad. That someone feels the need to be this vile against another women (not very feminist!) I wonder what the REAL agenda is for trolls that what to make people feel such offence.
Thank you TRIS for sharing this.
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Thank you Michael.
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I always thought drag was an artistic expression. Now days you get drag queens/kings the latter being women dressing up as men doing shows, hell, you even get non binary drag! I dont see this as derogatory to woman. Why not bring what was a closeted gay thing initially into the mainstream for all to enjoy. God, in these times don't we need a bit of light relief?!
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Exactly what we're trying to do Emma. x
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