BINGO: 5 MAY 2013


May the fifth be with you! Or more to the point, may you be with us on the Fifth of May for our Bank Holiday BingO.M.G! Lots of great prizes and a really fun show, so see you at The George from 9pm. Bring Read more

BINGO: EASTER SUNDAY


It's gonna be a religious experience at Bank Holiday Bingo on Easter Sunday so expect to get spiritual (unless you're a beer drinker or a Pioneer). That's cuz we're having an Easter Vigil! (Are you excited? I know I'm meant to be.) To celebrate The Read more

BINGO: 10 MARCH 2013


Why give up a night out with me just because it's Mother's Day? Apart from the ones who wrote in to RTE to complain about me, most mother's love me! So get your Ma in on the act this Mother's Day and get her Read more

SHIRLEY ON PADDY'S DAY


  St. Patrick's Day falls on a Sunday this year and, mainly because I don't fancy swimming to The George through a river of wee and vomit, we're putting on our show at the earlier - and hopefully more sober - time of 6pm. We'll Read more

BINGO: 17 FEBRUARY 2013


Love is a many splendour'd thing. Or so they say. I don't know what exactly a "splendoured" thing is. My guess:  Something that's low in actual sugar but high in Xylitol or Aspertame or some sugar replacement. That's all good if you have Type Read more

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Drag Academy

Academy Cup: 08 JAN 2012

posted on 11 January, 2012 by Shirley Temple Bar in Academy Cup, Drag Academy | 1 Comment

The scores please… WEEK ONE of The Drag Academy Cup climaxed at Bingo in The George on Sunday. The two Houses (Wardrobe Malfunction and No Fixed Abode) took to the stage to earn points and had the theme LOVE to guide them. Their performances were evaluated by the regular mentors and some of the audience, which included TV3′s Family Fortunes presenter Alan Hughes, Eurovision winner Niamh Kavanagh and some girl whom I renamed Mundy. Points were awarded (and deducted) using the criteria Originality, Presentation and Performance.

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It’s Christmastime!

posted on 20 December, 2011 by Shirley Temple Bar in Drag Academy | Leave a comment

The Class of 2011 at my Drag Academy wish you all a very merry Christmas. This project was a test in Lip Synching and Performing for Camera and was recorded/edited over 2 hour period.

“Do They Know It’s Christmas?” More like, “Do they know the words?”. You decide!

Last Seasons Greetings

posted on 18 December, 2011 by Shirley Temple Bar in Drag Academy | 1 Comment

Show Biz

posted on 5 December, 2011 by Shirley Temple Bar in Drag Academy | Leave a comment

Backstage at Bingo is a very strange place. Entertainers in their natural habitat doing stuff. Here are two entertainers doing stuff. It looks like what they are doing in Ecstasy tablets but they are actually sorting stuff. Like false nails and buttons and stuff. Yeah. Stuff. The fecking junkies.

Seoul Music

posted on 2 December, 2011 by Shirley Temple Bar in Drag Academy | Leave a comment

I’ve got Seoul! Because, today I am listening to Korean pop music. Drag Academy resident Korean “exchange student” Flora S Nana is certainly adding some Asian pop culture candy to the course and she’s convinced me to do a duet with her next week… in Korean. I mean, how hard could it be?

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Inspiration: Lypsinka

posted on 30 November, 2011 by Shirley Temple Bar in Drag Academy | Leave a comment

Lypsinka does exactly what is says on her tin. She’s a lip-synching drag phenomenon. Her act is part homage to Hollywood’s Golden Age and part performance art piece and once you watch a few of her acts, you’ll see that Lypsinka understands character and performance. Her legendary shows are full of amazing twists and turns that all tie up together into great narratives.

Watch. Learn. Love.

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