A closing night event of music, performance, and debauchery featuring some of Sydney’s hottest dykes, drag kings and DJs. The line-up featured Demon Derriere (body positive activist, performance artist, and director of Big Thick Energy); PAPI CHULO (Colombian/Chilean drag king), and Sexy Galexy (Sydney’s original glambourboi), with music brought by Gamilaraay woman and DJ crescendoll.
PAPI CHULO (He/They) is one of Sydney’s eminent Kings, but as the lucky dip of performers—you never know what you’re going to get! A master of sex appeal and comedy; mixing song, parody and impressions. They’re a Colombian/Chilean Drag King, actor, comedian, Host with the Most, DJ, event producer, writer and more (don’t be jealous, they’re very down to earth about it). Out of Drag, Natali Caro is a force of nature, recently having Assistant Directed on STC’s original work ‘Hubris & Humiliation’, was nominated best artist in last year’s FBi SMAC Awards, and shortlisted for ATYP’s Rebel Wilson Comedy Commission. Check out their work and look out for more QTPOC shenanigans at @_gagevents and @thanksfor_havingme !
Sexy Galexy began her career performing in drag shows and events in her hometown of Perth during the late 1990s, during the golden age of lesbian and drag king culture. She performed in the Drag King Sydney which ran from 1999–2000. In 2002, Sexy Galexy and DJ Sveta co-founded the weekly event Kingki Kingdom which was later renamed Queer Central in 2006. Sexy has performed at numerous Mardi Gras events, Queer TV, Fringe Festivals and comedy Festivals.
Demon Derriere is a body positive activist, neo-burlesque performance artist and producer of body liberating festival Big Thick Energy, which was nominated ‘Best Arts Program’ for FBi SMAC awards 2022. Demon demands society’s attention to abolish ableism, destigmatise fatphobia and liberate all bodies. As a POC, Hard of hearing queer woman she aims to display the essence of the music through the feeling vibrations create. Demon explores her experiences of ‘otherness’ as she expresses sexual energy and blurs the lines between dance and pornography using traditional Egyptian Belly Dance, Burlesque, Auslan and the art of tease.
