​From beauty to spooky, from traditional to extra-terrestrial and beyond, the workshop is designed to give the space and resources needed to unleash the drag artist within! This is a full day exploratory experience including not only makeup tips and tricks, but creative exercises too which will enable you to discover your inner drag persona, personal makeup aesthetic, and more! Share your stories of how you found drag (or drag found you!), hopes and dreams of what you’d like to achieve, and most of all, have fun playing dress up with the guidance Nana Arthole, drag veteran and world’s oldest girl of Nottingham’s drag scene.

 

Ridiculous, rancid and beautiful, Nana Arthole appeared fully formed under a stack of mouldy Women’s Weekly’s in 2013. Starting out as a DJ and host in the Nottingham club-scene, Nana quickly took to the stage to give her theatre background a long overdue birthday, soon becoming known for a quick wit that blends both the dark and the adorable. A fully qualified, self-certified entertainer, if you name it, she’s convinced she can do it! Her wicked charm and flexible skill-set has given her the opportunity to work alongside some of the biggest names in the drag world, as well as appear on big telly more than once. The ladder in her tights is the Stennah Stairlift to purgatory – so why don’t you join this endlessly talented and delusional queen on her ride towards the lowest hanging star!

 

All makeup and brushes will be provided, but please feel free to bring along your own materials too.

 

There will be assistants on hand in the room to help you if you get stuck!

 

This event is in partnership with the new show ‘FIXING’ performed by Matt Miller.

 

All attendees at this workshop will be invited to an optional writing workshop to further explore their persona journey (Further details of this event coming soon!)