THE LARGEST DRAG SHOW OF ALL TIME
The biggest drag show in the world, RuPaul’s Drag Race: Werq The World, will visit the UK and Ireland with an all-new production this autumn.
It is announced today RuPaul’s Drag Race Werq The World Tour 2023 will sashay* into arenas for 12 huge glittering shows featuring fan favourite drag queens from the US.
The tour will travel across England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland throughout October and includes the biggest ever night of drag in the UK with a date at London’s O2 Arena on Sunday October 08.
Tickets go on general sale from www.ticketmaster.ie at 10am Friday March 10.
Acclaimed for their amazing production values, this is the fifth iteration of the ground-breaking tour in the UK.
Join Season 12 Winner Jaida Essence Hall and Season 10 winner Aquaria, along with Rosé, Angeria, Bosco, Daya Betty, Kandy Muse and Ginger Minj as they are unknowingly trapped in the Netwerq where you need to free your mind and prepare to be wowed at the world’s largest drag production.
RuPaul’s Drag Race Werq The World Tour Dates 2023
Thu 5 Oct Cardiff International Arena, Cardiff
Fri 6 Oct First Direct Arena, Leeds
Sat 7 Oct AO Arena, Manchester
Sun 8 Oct The O2 Arena, London
Thu 12 Oct Utilita Arena, Birmingham
Fri 13 Oct Utilita Arena, Newcastle
Sat 14 Oct P&J Live, Aberdeen
Sun 15 Oct OVO Hydro, Glasgow
Wed 18 Oct 3Arena, Dublin
Fri 20 Oct Utilita Arena Sheffield, Sheffield
Sat 21 Oct M&S Bank Arena, Liverpool
Sun 22 Oct Brighton Centre, Brighton
RuPaul’s Drag Race Werq The World Tour 2023 is presented by Live Nation and Cuffe and Taylor in the UK and US-based Voss events in collaboration with World of Wonder and MTV.
Ben Hatton, Director of Theatre Touring for Cuffe and Taylor, said: “These shows will be exciting, cheeky, outrageous and hugely entertaining – everything you’d expect from the worldwide phenomenon that is RuPaul’s Drag Race.
“We are very excited to be presenting the full tour across the UK and Ireland and look forward to seeing these fabulous queens sashay into packed arenas for 12 nights of fun.”
For more information about RuPaul’s Drag Race Werq The World Tour 2023 visit www.WerqTheWorld.com
*See the dictionary according to RuPaul, in Notes to Editors.
ENDS
06 MARCH 2023
NOTES TO EDITORS: Pic attached, and individual images of the queens and bios can be downloaded HERE
The line-up is subject to change.
Live Nation Entertainment (NYSE: LYV) is the world’s leading live entertainment company comprised of global market leaders: Ticketmaster, Live Nation Concerts, and Live Nation Sponsorship. For additional information, visitwww.livenationentertainment.com
Cuffe & Taylor is officially one of the UK’s top 10 live music and event promoters with offices in London and the North West. Established for more than 10 years and now part of the Live Nation family, they present breath-taking tours, festivals and shows across the UK.
Voss Events is a creative agency specializing in event design and production, promotions, tour and talent management, influencer relations and content creation. Founded by Brandon Voss, an event producer best known for his elaborate parties throughout New York City, as well as hot ticket events that have featured Lady Gaga and Cher, among others, the company produces "Voss Events Drag Brunch" in New York, Miami and Las Vegas and the wildly popular global tour, RuPaul’s Drag Race “Werq The World”, starring Michelle Visage and the leading talent from RuPaul’s Drag Race.
ABOUT WORLD OF WONDER:
World of Wonder (WOW) has reshaped international pop culture, earning 30 Emmys, inspiring two Oscars, creating global network WOW Presents Plus across 190 territories, and bringing drag culture to the world stage via RuPaul’s Drag Race and DragCon. WOW’s pioneering television portfolio includes other smash-hit franchises like Million Dollar Listing. Their film division WOW Docs produces ground-breaking documentaries including Mapplethorpe: Look at the Pictures, Party Monster and The Eyes of Tammy Faye. WOW also operates YouTube channel WOWPresents, music label World of Wonder Records, the WOW Podcast Network and year-round international live events. Co-founders Fenton Bailey and Randy Barbato have been profiled in Variety’s Reality TV Impact Report. Honours for their trailblazing work include the IDA Pioneer Award, Realscreen’s Global 100 list and the OUT 100. In 2022, World of Wonder was ranked #2 among film and TV powerhouses in Fast Company’s World’s 50 Most Innovative Companies.
THE RUPAUL DRAG RACE UK NEED TO KNOW DRAGTIONARY
· Beat: To apply your makeup flawlessly.
Used in a sentence: "Girl, you beat your face so good, I can't stop looking at it."
· Charisma, uniqueness, nerve and talent: The four elements that a queen has to have to take Drag Race crown. It's also an acronym for cunt.
Used in a sentence: "You're going to need to use all your charisma, uniqueness, nerve and talent to win this challenge.
· Condragulations: The drag version of congratulations.
Used in a sentence: "Condragulations you are the winner of this week's challenge."
· Dragmother: Queens on the show often refer to their 'drag families', the families they have made with other queens and members of the gay community when their own families wouldn't accept them. Dragmothers are the queens who took them under their wings and taught them the art of drag.
Used in a sentence: "Alyssa Edwards is dragmother to Gia Gunn, Laganja Estranja and Shangela."
· Eleganza extravaganza: A runway category in which queens must serve pure elegance.
Used in a sentence: "The category is: eleganza extravaganza."
· Fish: Basically refers to looking/feeling ultra-feminine. To "serve fish" or to feel "fishy" is to be extra girly.
Used in a sentence: "Tonight I am serving pure fish on the runway."
· Gag: For something to be so amazing that you have an actual physical reaction.
Used in a sentence: "Her dress on the runway was so good it had me gagging."
· Gurl/girl: The term queens use to address other queens, usually when they're about to read them.
Used in a sentence: "Gurl, look how orange you fucking look."
· Lip sync for your life: The bottom two queens from each week lip sync against each other. Whoever impresses Ru the least is eliminated.
Used in a sentence: "The time has come for you to lip sync for your life. Good luck and don't fuck it up."
· Read: To criticise or critique. In Drag Race, the act of "reading" is meant to be savage and hilarious. RuPaul opens the "library" where queens read each other once a season. This has spawned the catchphrase "Reading is fundamental".
Used in a sentence: "I'm sick of the judges reading me for my outfits."
· Realness: To do something authentically. Often on the runway the queens are "serving XX realness."
Used in a sentence: "Tonight on the runway I'm serving Vivienne Westwood realness."
· Sashay away: RuPaul tells eliminated contestants to "sashay away", in what is now one of the show's most iconic catchphrases.
Used in a sentence: "I'm sorry my dear, but the time has come for you to sashay away."
· Serve: One of the most important terms in the Drag Race vernacular; to serve is to use your look to offer the judges something amazing.
Used in a sentence: "Tonight on the runway I am serving executive realness".
· Shade: Insulting someone in a sly, under-the-radar manner (different to a read).
Used in a sentence: "She was throwing serious shade when she insinuated you let the team down this challenge."
· Shantay, you stay: The flip-side of "sashay away", this is how Ru tells a queen who survived the lip sync that she is still in the competition.
Used in a sentence: "Shea Couleé, shantay you stay."
· Sickening: For something to be so incredibly good that it actually makes you sick.
Used in a sentence: "Did you see her Beyoncé impression? It was sickening."
· Sissy that walk: To hit the runway like a supermodel. ("Sissy That Walk" is also the name of a single from Ru's 2014 album Born Naked, which is played while the queens walk the runway throughout the series).
Used in a sentence: "Now sissy that walk."
· Tea/tee/T: T refers to gossip. To "spill the tea" is basically to just talk shit together.
Used in a sentence: "Are you free for drinks tonight? I've got some tea to spill."
· Tuck: Tucking is the art of taping/pulling back your junk while in drag.
Used in a sentence: "Go backstage and untuck."
· Work/Werk: To own it on the runway.
Used in a sentence: "You'd better work, bitch’
RuPaul’s Drag Race
Werq The World
2023 Euro Tour
3Arena Dublin
18 October 2023
Tickets from €39 including fees
On sale this Friday 10th March at 10am
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