#11 - Dancewhore, Libertine, Actor, Drag Queen: the Multifaceted Michael Twaits

Rosie has the immense pleasure of getting to chat to the excessively talented Michael Twaits. Topics include: Drag as a Child; Drama Schooling; Year Out But Not Off; Life in LA; Inside Out not Outside In; Plastic Surgery Culture; Bizarre Casting Decisions; Making your Own Showcase; Assessed Gin & Tonics; 'End of the Pier' Drag; Soho Theatre; TimeOut LGBT Loss; RuPaul Gets Fishy; Changing Scenes and Performance Art; Lipsync is BACK; Performance Art in the Drag Arena; Pounding Faces; Occupying a Niche; Taking the Fear Out of Drag; New Show With Money; Mentors Sowing Seeds; Seven Year Regeneration; Best & Worst Onstage Moments; Don't Applaud That Cunt; Variable Drag Queen Workshop Time.



About Michael:

Michael Twaits is a performance artist, actor and writer, and his work
focuses on combining live art, cabaret and theatre.

He has created various solo theatre works including:

Confessions of a Dancewhore (Trafalgar Studios/OvalHouse & Tour)
Icons (Soho theatre),
The One You Love (OvalHouse), The Red Shoes (Mimetic)
and is currently developing new full length follow/sequel up to
Confessions.

As an actor Michael's appeared in NBC's Dracula, films like 'What You
Looking At?' and 'The Hindsight Bias'.

Michael's a veteran of the London Cabaret Scene and you can catch him
regularly at Cellar Door, The Royal Vauxhall Tavern and Madame Jojos.
Sometimes in sequins, sometimes not.



Web:

www.michaeltwaits.com
 

Facebook: www.facebook.com/michaeltwaits

Twitter: www.twitter.com/michaeltwaits


Drag Workshops: http://www.fingerinthepie.com/events/event/drag-performance-workshop/

New show: http://www.mimeticfest.com  



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