GENESIS: Emerging Artists Showcase

Naarm has a thriving Drag King and Thing, so we're putting together a HUGE night of our incredible emerging trans and gender diverse drag performers. Thanks to Transgender Victoria, our local drag talent has been given an opportunity to hone their craft through consultations and workshops, and a big stage to really stretch their artistic wings and show us what they can do. This showcase is for the big and the bold, for drag that bends and breaks the rules, and for drag that dares to break out of the limitations of palatability and convenience.

The night will be hosted by two pillars of the King and Thing community, Dragon Yutahell and Johnny Cocksville, who will look after the proceedings and undoubtedly cause their father (producer and founder of Genesis, Randy Roy) no shortage of headaches throughout the night.

Come and join us for trans, gender non-conforming, king, and thing excellence!

Accessibility information:

• Audience members are asked to wear a mask for community protection and to allow disabled and immunocompromised people to attend
• Brunswick Mechanics Institute is fully wheelchair accessible
• No strobes or flashing lights will be used during the show
• For a venue and social guide please check @genesis.drag instagram one week out from the show date

Genesis takes place on the unceded lands of the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin Nation. We pay our respects to their elders past and present, and to the long history of storytelling that has taken place in the land where we gather to perform.