Sasha Velour presents an immersive evening of drag, storytelling, and live art, in celebration of her forthcoming book The Big Reveal: An Illustrated Manifesto of Drag (Harper Books, 2023). The book documents the histories and controversies surrounding drag alongside Velour's own personal story. The live show brings this to life with iconic new performances from Sasha, an in-person conversation with a special guest star, and an audience Q&A. Book signing to follow.Velour's live performances have been called "an entirely new level of performance art" (Yahoo) and "heart-wrenching" (Billboard). Her first one-queen drag show Smoke & Mirrors toured from 2019-2022 to over 80 cities around the world including London (Palladium), Paris (Folies Bergère), New York, Los Angeles, Vancouver, Auckland, Warsaw, Bogotá and more. Velour came to international attention when she won RuPaul's Drag Race in 2017. Her acclaimed drag show NightGowns, founded in 2015, has hosted some of the world's greatest drag performers and was adapted into a docu-series (NightGowns, 2020).Copies of the book will be available for sale in the lobby, or you can get a copy in advance online by pre-ordering: "The Big Reveal".
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Sasha Velour is a gender-fluid drag queen.
Velour won season 9 of the Emmy-winning reality TV competition, Rupaul's Drag Race. She is the creator and director of the acclaimed drag revue Nightgowns, which she has produced in theatres in New York, London, and Los Angeles. Nightgowns has been adapted into an 8-part docuseries for new streaming platform, Quibi, with Velour as Executive Producer and directed by Grammy-Award winning music video director, Sophie Muller.
Velour's live performances have been called "an entirely new level of performance art" (Yahoo) and "heart-wrenching" (Billboard).
She has pioneered the use of projection mapping in lip-synch drag performances, and is known for combining emotional pathos with theatrical stunts. In September 2018 she collaborated with Opening Ceremony to produce, direct, and host their Fall Fashion Show, better known as"The Gift of Showz".
She has appeared in Vogue, Vogue Italia, and Plastik Magazine. Her visual art has been the subject of 2 solo gallery shows in New York (2014 and 2016). In 2017 she drew the Google Doodle of MarleneDietrich. She is also the creative director (and graphic designer) of the art magazine "Velour" (now released in hard cover Collector's Edition).
In December 2018, Velour spoke and performed at The Smithsonian's The Long Conversation among the world's leading cancer surgeons and NASA scientists, to share how the power of drag can provide optimism for the future.
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Sasha Velour is a gender-fluid drag queen.
Velour won season 9 of the Emmy-winning reality TV competition, Rupaul's Drag Race. She is the creator and director of the acclaimed drag revue Nightgowns, which she has produced in theatres in New York, London, and Los Angeles. Nightgowns has been adapted into an 8-part docuseries for new streaming platform, Quibi, with Velour as Executive Producer and directed by Grammy-Award winning music video director, Sophie Muller.
Velour's live performances have been called "an entirely new level of performance art" (Yahoo) and "heart-wrenching" (Billboard).
She has pioneered the use of projection mapping in lip-synch drag performances, and is known for combining emotional pathos with theatrical stunts. In September 2018 she collaborated with Opening Ceremony to produce, direct, and host their Fall Fashion Show, better known as"The Gift of Showz".
She has appeared in Vogue, Vogue Italia, and Plastik Magazine. Her visual art has been the subject of 2 solo gallery shows in New York (2014 and 2016). In 2017 she drew the Google Doodle of MarleneDietrich. She is also the creative director (and graphic designer) of the art magazine "Velour" (now released in hard cover Collector's Edition).
In December 2018, Velour spoke and performed at The Smithsonian's The Long Conversation among the world's leading cancer surgeons and NASA scientists, to share how the power of drag can provide optimism for the future.
Sasha Velour presents an immersive evening of drag, storytelling, and live art, in celebration of her forthcoming book The Big Reveal: An Illustrated Manifesto of Drag (Harper Books, 2023). The book documents the histories and controversies surrounding drag alongside Velour's own personal story. The live show brings this to life with iconic new performances from Sasha, an in-person conversation with a special guest star, and an audience Q&A. Book signing to follow.Velour's live performances have been called "an entirely new level of performance art" (Yahoo) and "heart-wrenching" (Billboard). Her first one-queen drag show Smoke & Mirrors toured from 2019-2022 to over 80 cities around the world including London (Palladium), Paris (Folies Bergère), New York, Los Angeles, Vancouver, Auckland, Warsaw, Bogotá and more. Velour came to international attention when she won RuPaul's Drag Race in 2017. Her acclaimed drag show NightGowns, founded in 2015, has hosted some of the world's greatest drag performers and was adapted into a docu-series (NightGowns, 2020).Copies of the book will be available for sale in the lobby, or you can get a copy in advance online by pre-ordering: "The Big Reveal".
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Sasha Velour is a gender-fluid drag queen.
Velour won season 9 of the Emmy-winning reality TV competition, Rupaul's Drag Race. She is the creator and director of the acclaimed drag revue Nightgowns, which she has produced in theatres in New York, London, and Los Angeles. Nightgowns has been adapted into an 8-part docuseries for new streaming platform, Quibi, with Velour as Executive Producer and directed by Grammy-Award winning music video director, Sophie Muller.
Velour's live performances have been called "an entirely new level of performance art" (Yahoo) and "heart-wrenching" (Billboard).
She has pioneered the use of projection mapping in lip-synch drag performances, and is known for combining emotional pathos with theatrical stunts. In September 2018 she collaborated with Opening Ceremony to produce, direct, and host their Fall Fashion Show, better known as"The Gift of Showz".
She has appeared in Vogue, Vogue Italia, and Plastik Magazine. Her visual art has been the subject of 2 solo gallery shows in New York (2014 and 2016). In 2017 she drew the Google Doodle of MarleneDietrich. She is also the creative director (and graphic designer) of the art magazine "Velour" (now released in hard cover Collector's Edition).
In December 2018, Velour spoke and performed at The Smithsonian's The Long Conversation among the world's leading cancer surgeons and NASA scientists, to share how the power of drag can provide optimism for the future.
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Sasha Velour is a gender-fluid drag queen.
Velour won season 9 of the Emmy-winning reality TV competition, Rupaul's Drag Race. She is the creator and director of the acclaimed drag revue Nightgowns, which she has produced in theatres in New York, London, and Los Angeles. Nightgowns has been adapted into an 8-part docuseries for new streaming platform, Quibi, with Velour as Executive Producer and directed by Grammy-Award winning music video director, Sophie Muller.
Velour's live performances have been called "an entirely new level of performance art" (Yahoo) and "heart-wrenching" (Billboard).
She has pioneered the use of projection mapping in lip-synch drag performances, and is known for combining emotional pathos with theatrical stunts. In September 2018 she collaborated with Opening Ceremony to produce, direct, and host their Fall Fashion Show, better known as"The Gift of Showz".
She has appeared in Vogue, Vogue Italia, and Plastik Magazine. Her visual art has been the subject of 2 solo gallery shows in New York (2014 and 2016). In 2017 she drew the Google Doodle of MarleneDietrich. She is also the creative director (and graphic designer) of the art magazine "Velour" (now released in hard cover Collector's Edition).
In December 2018, Velour spoke and performed at The Smithsonian's The Long Conversation among the world's leading cancer surgeons and NASA scientists, to share how the power of drag can provide optimism for the future.
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