Performance: Drag Down the Borders

Well those borders aren't going to drag themselves down, are they?

Join us for a night full of queer joy and solidarity with Drag Down the Borders as we showcase incredible drag, burlesque, cabaret and DJ talent!

The whole night will be hosted by your favourite Catholic Daddy Sweet FA

Doors: 8pm

Start: 9pm

Featuring performances by:

Host - Sweet FA (@sweetfa_drag) - Huddersfield boy done God, Sweet FA is the answer to the question, what would happen if Alan Bennett did Sister Act? He's a love letter to queer Catholics, he's just a Holy fool, and he'll be your Father Figure, baby (with your consent, OFC.) Described by Len Blanco as "so wholesome, it's punk" he uses comedy and music to skewer the church, state and kyriarchy, and to preach queer love and solidarity. He's the producer and host of Drag Down the Borders, a PGT finalist 2023, and won Not Another Drag Competition season 3.0. Sweet FA has performed at venues all over including the West End, BGWMC, the Bishopsgate Institute, and St Leonards church in Hastings, among many others.

Cyro (@cyrodragthing) - is an Blasian, queer, non-binary, DRAG KING/THING! Bringing strength, beauty and awareness to the stage. Exuding political ferocious and heartfelt celebrations of the black trans experience. From performances at Shakespeare’s globe to Fantabulosa! You’ve seen them across the UK and internationally on the stage. They are a leader on the drag/ cabaret circuit in political drag using themes of social injustice and trans joy as the backbone of his performances. Rooting his work in the LGBTQIA+ community they draw from queer ancestors within their practice.

Sarjana (@sarjanasingh) - A small- town girl from India who has found her voice in England, Sarjana is a force governed by nature, instead of society. Cabaret for Sarjana is not just art, it's a form of revolution. With her sensual moves and expressive storytelling, she will take you along on her unique journey of sexual liberation. Her drag alter ego, SICKANDAR, on the other hand, is infectiously energetic, flirty, charming, and closeted sexist (but he thinks he's super woke). He believes that hitting on women who dress sexy is his birthright because they are 'asking for it,' but wants to marry someone demure, traditional and opinionless because girls these days are so shameless! He just wants someone to wash his underwear, project his insecurity onto, and replace his mum; is that too much to ask?

Mild Peril (@contains_mild_peril) - Mild Peril is a genderfuck Asian drag artist who brings camp, sex, and political satire to the stage. A finalist of Lipsync1000 and Top of the Slops, and the creator of the alternative drag cabaret 101 Damn Asians, you can find them dancing, stripping and/or terrorising an audience.

Cissyphus (@cissyphus_drag) - In a joyful celebration of perpetual doom, Cissyphusspeaks to our inner Greek hero, bringing together Weimar cabaret, melancholy and a playful attitude to death. Cissyphus - stuck in eternal punishment, with a lot of time on his hands - riffs on the big questions to the syncopated beat of jazzzzz.

Event Venue

Upstairs at the Ritzy, Brixton Oval, London, United Kingdom