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We are continuing our lovely monthly residency at Corner New Cross, with deep gratitude to the owners for continuing to have us in the cosy and arty basement space!
And this October we're headed into Spooky Season once again!
Join our Drag Queen, Tania in an hour of spooky magic that will Trick everyone into laughter and Treat the children to many tales!
Celebrate your Halloween with a Dragtastic Books that celebrate diversity and all the colours of the rainbow! Bubbles, Song, Dances and Special Puppet Guests to Boo the Morning Away!
Notes about Corner New Cross
BRING YOUR OWN PILLOW – we'll try our best to make the space as cosy as possible, but we'd really appreciate it if you could bring your own pillow or soft furnishings to help make it as comfy as possible for you and your kids.
Please also arrive from 10.30am so that you have time to grab a drink and sweet treat before the performance at 11am.
In order to keep the event sustainable, we need to be earning enough money from the event to both cover the performer's costs as well as the venue. Please give generously to keep the event going!
Accessibility Note: The basement space unfortunately has about 12 quite steep and narrow stairs to go down to the room and there is no lift.
About Drag Tales
We believe every child deserves to understand diversity, feel included and develop a sense of belonging no matter who they are. Through familiar tales read by our fabulous, gender-diverse performers, children discover that being different is just another way of being wonderfully normal.
Our fun, fruity and fabulous Dragged Around London drag performers will help beloved children’s books leap off the page into technicolour life through captivating storytelling, joyful songs, energetic dancing, puppet shows, interactive games, and showers of sparkling bubbles.
What We Will Do During Our Hour of Fun
★ One hour of live performance including storytelling, songs, dancing, puppet shows, games & bubbles
★ Professional drag performer with full costume, props and puppets
★ Curated selection of children’s books celebrating diversity, inclusion and imagination
★ Interactive audience participation suitable for children of all ages
At Drag Tales, we will adapt to the kids at the session, and make sure everyone has a good time.
We’ll read books like Where The Wild Things Are, Penguin, Girls, The Hug and many other classic stories. We want children to see books they know and love being read by gender diverse fabulous beings so that they can see us as just as normal as anyone else. By using stories they’re familiar with, the whole environment becomes familiar and comfortable.
We encourage our performers to choose stories that they loved in their own childhoods to bring a personal touch to every session.
And if you have any particular stories you want read, songs you want sung, or games you want played, we are open to adapting to what you’d like your children to experience.
It’s all about creating a safe space to play and learn about the wonderful differences in this big world we live in together.
Support the Event to Have it Come Back!
As the payment to our performer comes entirely from ticket sales, if we want this to continue at Corner New Cross we will need your generous support to make it sustainable.
All children MUST be accompanied by an adult, and adults should be accompanied by a child.