GOD SAVE THE KINGS returns and this time we’ve gone digital!
The nations digital drag king show is back and bigger than ever! Continuing to showcase talent from across the United Kingdom, GOD SAVE THE KINGS return with a star studded line up with some of the drag king talent across England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales. Join us for a night of lipsync, comedy, music, protests and even a wiggle worm or two as we show off the best the UK drag King Scene.
GOD SAVE THE KINGS was born from one southern baby drag king being given an chance to view a drag scene he would of never would have gotten to see if lock down hadn’t of happened. It’s GOD SAVE THE KINGS ethos that with the digital age removing borders we should be celebrating drag and reaching out to drag kings and scenes normally wouldn’t be possible due to travel restrictions. Now in its sixth show, GSTKs continues to celebrate both the diverse and creativity that comes from within our scene, without having drag performers be required to filter themselves.
Your cast for this show includes Manly Mannington (Bristol), Poppa Joint (Glasgow), Slick O' (Dublin), Prince of Persia (Brighton), Royal E. Blue (Bournemouth), Orlando (London), King Confuza (Sheffield) and Lusty Lovelace (London) with your host for this evening being Mr. Dandy Issues (Bournemouth)
As a wise king once said: “kings can reign just as fiercely as queens”
How it works:
Once you have purchased paid for your ticket you will be provided with a link that will take you to a private YouTube video. You will be able to view the show at your free will until the 1st of August when the video will be taken down ready for the next show to be put up. Show is pre-recorded so you will be watch it at any point until then. If you have enjoyed the show it is highly encouraged you follow and tip each of the individual performers, which tipping links will be upright hand corner during their set. You can also tip the show at ko-fi.com/godsavethekings.
IMPORTANT!! Please do not share the link for this show, download it and distribute it privately. The profits from this show will be split evenly towards paying the performers as well as donating a portion to charity. Whilst we understand that this is being asked at face values, it really is important that all performers get the pay that they deserved in this time of uncertainty. Whilst bars might be slowly reopening, there are still many venues not open meaning that many are still out of work. On top of this, there are also many performers who are still affected by the ongoing Covid-19 situation, meaning we want to ensure that everyone who is part of this show is still being paid a fair wage.
In light of recent events a portion of the shows profits will be split evenly between the performers as well as Black Mind Matter, a UK based mental health charity which helps pay in full for therapy sessions for those in need. For more information about the charity and the work they do, please follow: https://www.blackmindsmatteruk.com/
Accessibility
At GOD SAVE THE KINGS, we try to make our videos as accessible as possible within a limited budget and time frame. Upon receiving the link you should also receive access to a program which contains running order and content warnings. Whilst the video attached has been subtitled in English and a performer has chosen to use SSE sign language as part of his performance, at this time we are unable to provide BSL. An audio descriptive is currently being developed and should be available from the 16th of July, please contact directly at dandyissuesdrag@gmail.com if you wish to receive a copy of this.