Queer Night: “Drag Up! 拽起来!" Screening and After Party

7.30pm - 9.10pm “Drag Up!” documentary screening + Q&A

"Drag `Up!" Documentary (dir.Qianlin Wang, 56 mins, Simplified Chinese and English subtitles)

In  June 2023, seven young, queer, and Chinese-identified people signed up  for a performance art project in East London. In this month-long  community art project, they would learn about what is drag and how to  perform it, discover their queer Chinese heritage, and explore ways to  de-westernise and decolonise drag. The training was hard but also fun.  Most nerve-wracking of all, they would put on aliveshow in front of an  audience. On a roller-coaster journey of self-discovery, they would find  out about what their identity, community and politics means to drag.

This documentary is part of the Drag Up! Community Art Project supported by Queer China UK and the University of Nottingham.

We are excited to have performers and project co-directors join the Q&A session.

Guests:

Dawn Li (she/her), participant & performer in the Drag Up Project and member of Queer China UK.

Yabin (she/her), participant and performer in the Drag up! Project.

Matt  is a performer originally from Hong Kong. He has previously performed  at venues such as the Bridewell Theatre, Union Theatre, Southbank  Centre, Shoreditch Town Hall, Royal Vauxhall Tavern and most recently,  Scala London. He is passionate about bridging the gap between the east  and west and bringing people together through music and drag.

Qiuyan (she/her), LGBTQ+ activist and co-director of Drag up! Project.

9.30pm - 11.30pm  After Party

Host by RAINDROGYNY (SHE/HER), Born and raised in Taiwan, now a London based DJ.

The  name comes from the term ‘Androgyny’ meaning a mixture of all genders,  who plays a fusion of music from Breakbeat, Jungle, Breakbeat to Tribal  beat, Hip Hop and even K-Pop. The goal is to make everyone dance like no  one is looking.

Now RAINDROGYNY has been playing with the group  based on ESEA DJs named “Half East Record”, throwing gig monthly in  south / east London like Deptford and Shoreditch. Also been resident on  Loose.FM doing monthly mixtape broadcasting. Recently play as guest mix  on HKCR(Hong Kong radio station), foundation.FM, threads radio etc. She  also runn her own mixtape series on Mixcloud.

🎫Ticket: Reserve tickets at eventbrite

Register for a free ticket on the eventbrite, very limited spaces.

⭐️Event Organiser: Queer China UK @queerchinauk

💡Price: FREE

🗓Date: 30 April 2024