Drag Baby at Pleasance Theatre, 4 June – 22 June 

Grace Carroll’s new play, Drag Baby, will run at Pleasance London from 4 – 22 June. A compelling blend of drag performance and theatre, Drag Baby follows the lives of misanthropic drag queen called Dan and his estranged ex-girlfriend, Sally, who reappears in his life to make an all-important request. The pair then rekindle their friendship as Dan decides whether to be Sally and her girlfriend’s sperm donor or not.

Directed by Joseph Winer, this heart-warming story is sprinkled with outrageously entertaining drag. Winer is known best for VAULT favourite I F*cked You in My Spaceship, which won the Origins Award for Outstanding New Work before transferring to Soho Theatre last year.

Drag Baby is a queer-led and hilarious narrative. It tells a story of friendship, legacy and chosen family. Dan must put his fame obsession aside to make a life-changing decision as he grapples between his old and new life. Now, he must think about more than getting on TV and decide whether to follow a nobler pursuit: sperm donation. Relationships are renewed and strained, and while drag mentee Nathan struggles to come to terms with Dan’s arrangement, chosen families come together.

Grace Carroll told QX, “Drag Baby has been a long labour of love for me, and the characters now feel like a family rather than people on a page. It feels more important than ever to share this story about a messy bisexual and a drag queen contemplating making a baby in an environment where LGBTQ+ people, gender fluidity and drag are becoming increasingly under attack.”

Drag Baby runs from 4 – 22 June at Pleasance London, Downstairs, Carpenters Mews, North Road, London N7 9EF, United Kingdom.