Join Andro & Eve and drag kings Loose Willis, Harddeep Singh and Mark Anthony for a weekend of drag king workshops, helping you bring out your inner king!
This event is SOLD OUT, except for bursary places for Global Majority folks. Join the wait list and we will send a booking link for bursary places, or for other tickets, you will be notified if a ticket becomes available
These workshops will guide you through the art of mansformation, supporting you to find your voice and aesthetic, and exploring movement, comedy and performance skills.
This weekend is aimed at those completely new to drag, or those with limited drag performance experience, although you may have other performance experience. We encourage you to attend the whole weekend to get a well rounded introduction to the art of drag kings, so that you can come away feeling more confident to create your own drag acts.
Although the workshops are focused on developing drag king persona’s, techniques explored could be applied to drag things and queens too. We recommend wearing loose, comfortable clothing and on Day 2, perhaps bringing one or two items of clothing you might like to wear as your drag character.
These workshops are for 18+ only
Access: This event is held in a city centre venue with step free access. Gender neutral toilets are provided and an accessible toilet. Breaks will be built into the day and snacks provided. Masking is welcome, and we clean the air using a HEPA filter. Specific COVID guidance is below.
If you have any other access requests or need further information we would ask you drop us a line to hello@androandeve.com
Schedule
Saturday 7 February
10 - 10.30am Arrival + registration
10.30 - 12.45pm Workshop 1- Taking Up Space
12.45 - 2pm Lunchbreak
2 - 4.15pm Workshop 2 - Find the Voice of Your Inner King
4.30pm Day 1 ends
Sunday 8 February
10 - 10.30am arrival / registration
10.30 - 1pm Workshop 1- Finding your drag aesthetic
1 - 2pm Lunchbreak
2 - 4pm Workshop 2 - Comedy and Improv Skills
4.00 - 4.30 Q&A
Workshop 1: Taking Up Space with Mark Anthony
A discussion and movement-based workshop designed to give you techniques for engaging with your body, accessing character and act development through movement, and having the confidence to take up space, on-stage and off.
Workshop 2: Find the Voice of Your Inner King with Harddeep Singh
Tap into your inner voice and explore your Drag persona. Do they want to be seen, heard, adored, deplored, worshipped? Are they a lover, a fighter or a romantic? Using exercises to help bring to light what you want to express, heal or share on stage.
Workshop 3: Finding your Drag Aesthetic with Loose Willis
Using activities to explore your drag character’s personal style - helping you to refine the image you present on stage, based on character development. With an introduction to creating costumes and props using inexpensive items and a makeup tutorial, where you’ll be encouraged to 'paint-along'.
Workshop 4: Comedy and Improv Skills with Loose Willis
Through shorter and longer form improvisation games and activities you’ll gain confidence with creating humour and spontaneity. There’ll also be an introduction to clowning: how to exaggerate stage performance to connect with an audience, and tips and techniques on comedy writing and hosting.
Tickets: Our sliding scale pricing is designed to help make our events accessible to everyone. Please see our guide and select the right ticket band for your financial situation. We just ask you to be honest about your financial situation when purchasing a ticket.
Thanks to funding, bursary places are available for LGBTQ+ people of the Global Majority in order to help address structural inequality in accessing arts and culture in the UK.
Payment plans for tickets are also available. Further low income tickets will be released at 6pm on 13/01/26 dependent on sales of our ‘Solidarity’ ticket.
For those who are comfortably able to meet all their basic needs and who would like to contribute to Andro & Eve's Pay it Forward Ticket scheme you can do so by purchasing a ‘Solidarity Ticket’.
If you’d like to make a donation to support the work of Andro and Eve, add a ‘donation’ to your booking. All donations help us provide free and cheaper tickets to those who need them at future events. We give free tickets to refugees for all our events through our partners.
We take precautions to manage the risk of COVID-19
We welcome the wearing of masks if that feels comfortable for you. We are limiting capacity to manage air quality and will make use of a HEPA air filter. Hand sanitiser and FFP2 masks are provided.
We would ask that you help us take responsibility for the care of our community by not attending if you have any cold, flu or COVID-19 symptoms or have been in close contact with someone who has tested positive for COVID-19.
Refunds are only available for those who are unwell. If you are sick, please request a refund to enable someone else to take your place. We have a waiting list enabled for this event.
Safer Spaces: Andro and Eve operates a safer spaces policy. By booking a ticket to either of these events you agree to follow the practices outlined. Find out more here.
For more information see our FAQ's.
Photography
We will have a photographer present to document the event. If for whatever reason you do not wish to be photographed, please let one of the Andro and Eve team know and we'll make sure our photographer keeps you out of photos.
We ask that you do not take photos of anyone you do not know. This is to protect everyone in our space and safeguard their identity and location. Further guidance can be found in our Safer Spaces policy.
Andro and Eve are a queer arts organisation based in South Yorkshire. They create memorable events to celebrate queer culture where everyone is welcome. Their programming is focused on voices otherwise marginalised, to reflect and celebrate the diversity that exists within the LGBTQ+ community.
About the Artists
Mark Anthony is an award-winning Boylesque performer and Drag King. His unique combination of drag and burlesque has been seen on stages around the world, and his most notable accolades include being the reigning Mr Boylesque UK, and one half of the reigning "Best Small Group" at the Burlesque Hall of Fame in Las Vegas 2024, where he also competed as a soloist for "Best Debut". Mark has delivered workshops around the world on Drag King performance, costuming, character development and confidence, including for Madame Q in Warsaw, the Swiss Burlesque Academy, Hebden Bridge Burlesque Festival and House of Pantha in London.
Harddeep Singh (he/they) is an emo, freedom fighting Drag King who's here to bring you back to life, by any means necessary. Harddeep is the founder of The LAD Fund and The BAD Fund, a campaign to boycott Pride events profiting from the genocide in Palestine. He also founded “Act Up, Fight Back”, a community defence class for QTBIPOC people that merges political education with physical self-defence.
Loose Willis is an award-winning international drag king who serves rock ’n’ roll scuzz, high-camp glamour and comedy excellence. With over 10 years of stage experience across stand-up, compèring, boylesque and more, this dirty rotten scoundrel is a Creative Associate of the Offie award-winning drag king troupe Pecs; the host of Fist Club, a queer professional wrestling night and a regular performer for Slaystation, a video game themed drag cabaret You might have see him hanging loose at Soho Theatre, Southbank Centre, The Barbican, The Globe or Torture Garden.
Drag King Workshop Weekend is supported with funding from Arts Council England.