Photo by Nathan J Lester This is a head and shoulders shot of Angel Hellyer, who is a white skinned person with short dark hair and dark eyes. They have on a red tartan top, underneath a black cardigan. They have long dangly earrings and are looking directly at the camera with a neutral facial expression, the background is a creamy colour. The photo is in a square Queer Variety Show frame, three sides of the frame being made up of queer flag colours. The bottom border is black with text: Text: 23rd September, Angel Hellyer. In the top of the frame is a white box with black text: The Queer Variety Show.

The Queer Variety Show is on next Tuesday night at Smith's Alternative. We start at 7pm and finish between 9 and 9-30.
Angel will be doing a reading from their book.
@angelhellyer.bsky.social

tickets www.smithsalternative.com/events/the-q...

#author #QueerVarietyShow #Peformer #nonbinary

Some photos by Nathan J Lester of my performance at the #QueerVarietyShow on the 28th of January.

#MenaPaws #Queer #Disabled #ChronicIllness #Autistic #Over50 #GenX #MEcfs #Fibromyalgia

Image description: Mena Paws is a white woman with short grey hair. She is wearing a red headscarf and a long black coat. With brown pants poking out at the bottom. She is holding a black bag that has 'cocks' written on it. Next to her, her rollator is covered with a white sheet. Behind her is a white screen.

From the #QueerVarietyShow on the 28th of March.

Photo cropped a bit for social media by Nathan J Lester

This is a head shot of a pale skinned person. SweetAz is sitting in a car. She has collar length, blonde wavy hair. Her eyes are disguised by dark sunglasses. She is wearing a tan coloured hat and a navy t-shirt, over the top of a navy and white t-shirt. SweetAz has two piercings in the middle of her lips and a silver coloured necklace with a charm shaped like Africa. She is smiling at the camera.

The lovely Lost Larrikin had to pull out of our show on Tuesday due to illness. We have the lovely #SweetAz performing in his place.
Tickets to the #QueerVarietyShow

Get them here www.smithsalternative.com/events/the-q...

#Queer #Disabled

A sepia tone photo of two witches. They both have pointy hats and long curly hair and they are holding a pumpkin.

We had a performer pull out due to illness. Magically we found a group of sexy burlesque witches, to perform at the #QueerVarietyShow
At #Smith'sAlternative
28th January.
Tickets: www.smithsalternative.com/events/the-q...

Not the actual Witches you will see.

Pictured from the waist up, Velvet Garnet is an olive-skinned woman wearing a white mid-sleeve shirt under a burgundy waistcoat. She looks self-satisfied as she tightens her black bow-tie. Her black and white hair peeks out from her white top-hat, she also wears huge round black-rimmed classes, and triangular black earrings with white cats on them. #QueerVarietyShow #VelvetGarnet #Queer #LGBTIQA #Disabled #Trans #TransFemme #Asexual #Burlesque #CanberraBurlesque #ChronicIllness #CanberraEvents #CanberraLocals

Appearing at the #QueerVarietyShow on the 28th January.
Tickets from #SmithsAlternative here: www.smithsalternative.com/events/the-q...

Photo by Empress Eyrie
@empresseyrie.bsky.social

Hostest with the mostest #VelvetGarnet
@vindaloovixen.bsky.social

Mena Paws is an older, white skinned woman with short grey hair and heavy drag makeup. They are wearing a lilac, sequinned dress with lots of different coloured bead and a pair of galah earrings. They are slightly side on to the camera and are in the process of taking off their, large square framed glasses, using both hands. They are looking out over their glasses.

The #QueerVarietyShow is on next week. #Smith'sAlternative
Tickets: www.smithsalternative.com/events/the-q...

Our next performer is Me-na, #MenaPaws I'll be bringing one of the acts that helped me place in #MxBurlesque ACT 2024.

Have you got your ticket for the Queer Variety Show on the 28th of January? Come along to the most chilled show around and be entertained by some of Canberra's most talented Queer and Disabled performers and our allies. Our show is low sensory, and a relaxed show. We ask you do not wear perfume or cologne and that you wear masks if you can. Why? because a lot of disabled people cannot tolerate strong scents and/or we catch 'things' easily. Show your support by masking up. Tickets for our show on the 28th of January are available at Smith's Alternative https://www.smithsalternative.com/events/the-queer-variety-show-8976 In this photo of Catherine-Roisin ‘Tombokko’ Ladelle, she seems to be floating along in space. She is a white skinned woman with shoulder length red hair. She is wearing a leopard print playsuit in hot pink tones, and a hot pink, long sleeved hoodie. Her left arm is stretched out to the side and her right arm is bent with her fingers near her face. She looks a bit like she is looking over her left shoulder. Her left leg is oustretched with a pink shoed, foot that appears to be on the ground, her right leg is bent at the knee with her foot wrapped around her leg.

Have you got your tickets for the #QueerVarietyShow? 28th Jan, 7 to 9.9-30pm. #Smith'sAlternative.
Tix: www.smithsalternative.com/events/the-q...

Our next performer is #Catherine-RoisinTombokoLadelle @henshinroisin.bsky.social

#Queer #Trans #Disabled #Performer #Poet

Guy Alias is a white skinned person, he has short black hair and heavy masculine drag makeup. In this image he is standing in some kind of corridor or tunnel that has lines along the sides and roof going towards a horizon point. He is leaning forward playfully with fan veils trailing out in front of him. His body is bend forward and his legs are apart. He is wearing platform boots, short black shorts a white top, a small crown and a some jewellery around his neck. The whole photo has a bluey purple hue across it, making the whole image shades of purple blue and white.

Have you got your tickets for the #QueerVarietyShow at #Smith'sAlternative on the 28th of January?
Tickets www.smithsalternative.com/events/the-q...

Our next performer is #GuyAlias photo by #NathanJLester
@leaalias.bsky.social

This is a shot from about the calves up, with ‘The Hardman’ on the left and InkBits on the right. They are both white skinned humans. They are standing next to each other, turned slightly inwards. The Hardman has short dark, greying hair, he is wearing a white top with a black shirt on top, and black and tartan pants with zippers in them. He has dark rayban style sunglasses. He has his left hand in his pocket and the other arm by this side, he is smiling at the camera. InkBits has short dark hair, with red colour on top. They are wearing dark framed glasses with yellow lenses and a black t-shirt with a yellow design. They have red pants that end just past their knees. Their hands are in their pockets and their head turned slightly back. They have a number of tattoos on their legs and arms and they have an enquiring expression on their face.

#nonbinarycode duo are performing at the #QueerVarietyShow on the 28th January at #Smith'sAlternative 7pm to 9- 9.30 pm. Tickets $20/25
Tickets www.smithsalternative.com/events/the-q...

#LGBTIQA #Queer #IndependantMusic #OriginalMusic #Nonbinary #Neurodivergent

Ashtray is a First Nations drag queen, in this photo she appears to be backstage somewhere. She is standing in a small space with a shelves and things around her with random stuff on them. She is standing with her left hand folded backwards and on her hip, the other had is resting on some boxes on a shelf. She is wearing a black fishnet body suit with sleeves just past the elbow, and it ends on her thighs. Underneath she has a black string bikini that has multiple straps going across her body. She has dark coloured heavy drag makeup and long brown hair in braids with a ponytail with braids hanging down.

The #QueerVarietyShow is being held on the 28th of January, at #Smith'sAlternative on #Ngunnawal #Ngambri country. Show starts at 7pm and finished around 9 - 9-30.
Tickets: www.smithsalternative.com/events/the-q...

#Queer

Performer Announcement: #AshtrayMoonay
#FirstNations #DragQueen

A background of rainbow glitter. Text: Smith's Alternative. The Queer Variety Show. Tuesday 28 January. 7 to 9.30pm . $20 and $25. An Arachne Art logo of a peacock spider in the left corner and a Smith's Alternative logo in the top right.

If you live on Ngunnawal/ Ngambri country, come to see this show I produce. 28th January. Tickets from Smith's Alternative #QueerVarietyShow #Queer #Drag #Burlesque #Poetry #LiveMusic