Gigi Zahir Is Fame Wh*re
Becky knows what she wants, she knows what she needs, and she knows how to get it.
Becky wants fame, deserves fame, Becky has to be famous
When drag artist Becky Biro is warned she needs a larger following to be considered as a contestant in the next series of international TV hit ‘The Drag Factor’, she can just smell success. And, my god, she knows she’s earned it. Every back-room pub performance, every night-bus home, every expensive wig and plucked eyebrow. Becky Biro has worked for her success and she’s not going to let it slip away from her based on a somewhat paltry Insta count.
If Becky needs more followers, then Becky is going to get them. And she will do whatever it takes to get there, then reap the rewards of her inevitable stardom.
Enter to centre stage in the intimate space that is the pub theatre, Gigi Zahir, a multi-disciplinary drag artist, actor, singer, writer, producer. Multi-talented doesn’t cover it. The show is a one-person wonder.
Gigi is handsome/beautiful with a honed body that looks as impressive in a turquoise satin loin cloth and tinsel crown of thorns in crucified JC mode or a blue bewigged drag queen channelling Cher, Marge Simpson with a dash of Brian May.
Black patent stiletto thigh boots, pouty crimson lips, and false eyelashes like bedraggled starlings…you get the picture.
From award winning writer Tom Ratcliffe comes an outrageous, fast-paced dark comedy, laced with irreverent humour and cabaret songs. The show is produced by Sarah Allen.
There’s the inevitable dark side in this murky mix of drag/fame/social media and battling influencers. Jealousy rears its green head as once-best-friend Cindy _ played by Gigi with the distorted image projected on screen _ garners the success and followers Becky so wants.
The increasingly fractured world of social media is juxtaposed with hatred directed at minority communities in the very forums where the seek validation and solace. Fame Whore holds up a shattered mirror up to the desperate desire for relevance, and the lengths some go to achieve their goal.
FAME WHORE premieres at the Kings Head Theatre, Islington, until 29th October 2022 before a small East Anglian tour. Kings Head Theatre, 115 Upper St, London N1 1QN
TICKETS: https://kingsheadtheatre.com/
