Kinging the Drag – Draging the King

In her lecture performance Kinging the Drag – Draging the King, Bridge Markland gives accessible, fun, and non academic talks about her life and work, which emphasize the development of her drag + gender performances. The audience will hear fascinating details and anecdotes about the origin of her performances – how research in the streets, at clubs and parties led to her most famous transformation performance The most beautiful Woman in the World.

The audience will hear how Bridge first met the Grand Daddy of Drag Kings Diane Torr and how she participated in Diane Torr’s first Man For A Day Workshop held at Annie Sprinkle’s Appartement in 1991. Audiences will hear how Bridge performed in the legendary Club Casanova in New York City in 1996 organized by Drag King Legend Mo B Dick and how she got to be portrayed in the Documentary Film Venus Boyz by Gabriel Baur – in which Diane Torr + Mo B Dick were also portrayed.

During the lecture performance people will have the chance to experience her most famous transformation piece live, with the opportunity for Q & A afterwards.