Leeds has them, Manchester has them, why are there no drag bars in sheffield? I can think of at least 10 very good quality drag acts in Sheffield who could perform in them - thats a different drag queen every night ....

Maybe open up the new Matilda bar which used to host drag acts and it was gay friendly ...... What do people think?

Leeds has them, Manchester has them, why are there no drag bars in sheffield? I can think of at least 10 very good quality drag acts in Sheffield who could perform in them - thats a different drag queen every night ....

Maybe open up the new Matilda bar which used to host drag acts and it was gay friendly ...... What do people think?


Which pubs in leeds and Manchester have drag bars ?, can we have names please.

Maybe Sheffield don`t want them, anything associated with "drag" vanished, eg Fuel.

Dempseys and Xes prove we dont want any.

How about the Viaduct in Leeds and Paddys Goose in Manchester, the dollys bar or flying wig or whatever its called in Blackpool?? Just 3 examples ...

How about the Viaduct in Leeds and Paddys Goose in Manchester, the dollys bar or flying wig or whatever its called in Blackpool?? Just 3 examples ...


Well there you go, you can go to them then.

Anway once Affinity is re-opened Anja back will be back on for you.

Leeds has them, Manchester has them, why are there no drag bars in sheffield? I can think of at least 10 very good quality drag acts in Sheffield who could perform in them - thats a different drag queen every night ....

Maybe open up the new Matilda bar which used to host drag acts and it was gay friendly ...... What do people think?

Why don't you open your own drag act bar? Oh wait, because there's no demand for it anymore - IT'S DATED!

Why don't you open your own drag act bar? Oh wait, because there's no demand for it anymore - IT'S DATED!


So true, but Carbs wont listen, he thinks Sheffield needs it, but a good point, why don`t he open one.

I would love to go to a bar to see a drag act.:)

I saw one advertised a while back in Eckington. Can't remember the name of the pub.

What about a drag night?

Are the artistes as good as Paul O'Grady and Danny La Rue ? I love anything like that.:)

Leeds has them, Manchester has them, why are there no drag bars in sheffield? I can think of at least 10 very good quality drag acts in Sheffield who could perform in them - thats a different drag queen every night ....

Maybe open up the new Matilda bar which used to host drag acts and it was gay friendly ...... What do people think?

Name these ten acts and don't include Tia Anna as he is neither A) Good or B) Quality

Are the artistes as good as Paul O'Grady and Danny La Rue ? I love anything like that.:)

No.

Most drag acts, in my opinion, are just fellahs who want to dress up in a frock and wear make-up but have little talent in the way of an act.

When gay bars were found in out-of-city-centre venues, drag acts used to pull in the punters. But, as SpiderPete suggests, there is no demand for them anymore.

No.

Most drag acts, in my opinion, are just fellahs who want to dress up in a frock and wear make-up but have little talent in the way of an act.

When gay bars were found in out-of-city-centre venues, drag acts used to pull in the punters. But, as SpiderPete suggests, there is no demand for them anymore.

I wonder why there is no demand ?

I wonder why there is no demand ?

With no offense to anyone on any of these threads but it's because they're god awful...

With no offense to anyone on any of these threads but it's because they're god awful...

Im surprised no new artistes have followed Danny La Rue or Paul O'Grady.

Im surprised no new artistes have followed Danny La Rue or Paul O'Grady.

I'm sure there are loads, but with all the effeminate and mincing celebs on TV these days, there really isn't a need for them.

I'm sure there are loads, but with all the effeminate and mincing celebs on TV these days, there really isn't a need for them.

I suppose you are right there Karis. :)

They always entertaining and there are plenty of them in Sheffield - top of my list was going to be the fabulous Tyranna Tia Anna Rex who is multi-talented .... Im not sure Kanja Batch is a full timedrag queen - doesnt she work in Nettos also scanning the bar codes? What about Penny Change she is very rude and thus is very good - its a prerequisite of a drag queen to be rude to the punters ... and there must be more in Sheffield but names escape me at moment ..

They always entertaining and there are plenty of them in Sheffield - top of my list was going to be the fabulous Tyranna Tia Anna Rex who is multi-talented .... Im not sure Kanja Batch is a full timedrag queen - doesnt she work in Nettos also scanning the bar codes? What about Penny Change she is very rude and thus is very good - its a prerequisite of a drag queen to be rude to the punters ... and there must be more in Sheffield but names escape me at moment ..

I suppose some are good, and some are bad arent they ?

would there really be a market for a venue to have drag acts every night of the week! i dont mind seeing an act every now and again but i really wouldnt go every day, probably not every week either, more like once every 3/4 months.

blackpool has only one decent one but its not a gay bar as such its gay friendly, its called funny girls and is a female impersonation show. the dancers have amazing costumes and fantastically choreographed routines, showtunes in fact. i cannot, somehow see what sheffield has in the way of "drag" to offer fitting in with this. Funny girls has brilliant attendance and i think something along the same lines in sheffield would go down well. its an entertaining night out. here the website....

http://www.funnygirlsshowbar.co.uk/

does tyranna really sing like he did on tv???

I suppose some are good, and some are bad arent they ?

yes, and tia is errrrrrr very very very bad in my opinion, put me off going to see another drag act ever again, till i got "dragged" to see one in london (forget who, to be honest i didnt pay that much notice, he was just very good) but really ill never set foot in any venue if i know tia is performing, im sure he has his fans, but im not one.

that bad? lol. oh well im sure some must enjoy or he wouldnt keep doing it.

that bad? lol. oh well im sure some must enjoy or he wouldnt keep doing it.

i truely, hand on heart, think he is that far removed from reality, that when people boo him, he thinks that means they want more.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0BvCbtAzbQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gej8rTkVQCc

hmm. ok.........

does tyranna really sing like he did on tv???

One simple answer = Yes


Carborundum
They always entertaining and there are plenty of them in Sheffield - top of my list was going to be the fabulous Tyranna Tia Anna Rex who is multi-talented

As suspected you really started this thread to big up Tyranna, yet again, dear me, I thought there was another reason why you did this thread. **yawn**.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0BvCbtAzbQ


hahahaha pmsl

hahahaha pmsl

Please clarify if you're laughing because he's good, or because he's bad.

Also, would you pay to go see him?

Please clarify if you're laughing because he's good, or because he's bad.

Also, would you pay to go see him?

well if I had quoted the other video it would certainally be bad. terrible in fact. have people been too scared to tell him the truth over the years so he carries on regardless of the fact he is abysmal?

would pay for him not to sing omg {100% tone death }{ 0% talent }{ 1% for female looks }

Why are there no drag bars?

Because they suck
Because people don't want them
Because its a dated form of entertainment that was neither funny nor innovative at the time and now just looks tiresome and dull
Did I mention they suck?

Without doubt a man dressing as a woman is not in the least funny or entertaining. If you opened one it would close within weeks

Well .. Sheffield has some very alluring and sexy drag queens - some of them go round on bicycles and occassionally compete in talent contests too and are very arty and high brow ...

Well .. Sheffield has some very alluring and sexy drag queens - some of them go round on bicycles and occassionally compete in talent contests too and are very arty and high brow ...

And some other people should have gone to specsavers :hihi:

Well .. Sheffield has some very alluring and sexy drag queens - some of them go round on bicycles and occassionally compete in talent contests too and are very arty and high brow ...

There's an oxymoron if ever there was one. They swan around in dresses and mime to old disco hits...

Oh so arty.

I love Drag Acts and saw a very good one - Ruby Lamoure a few weeks back at a ladies night in Garforth in Leeds at The Holiday Inn. I have also been to Funny Girls in Blackpool a few times and thought it was very good.
I don't know if a place purely for Drag Acts would do that well in Sheffield but if a place had an act every 3 months or so then I would go and watch.

There's an oxymoron if ever there was one. They swan around in dresses and mime to old disco hits...

Oh so arty.

carborundum is alluding to his alternative personality

carborundum is alluding to his alternative personality

What is this about an alternate personality - why cant I praise local home grown Sheffield talent ? Yes drag queens can be so good - I last saw Lilly Savage at the foot of the pier in Blackpool a few years back and she gave a good performance ... why cant Sheffield have its own drag bar - dont call it "Funny Girls" more like "By eck thou's funny" - I have heard there are a few ex-miners and steeel workers who want to get together to put on a drag show ... it would be good ....

Open one yourself then... or at least do a business plan for one, and you'll probably very quickly realise why there isn't one, and nobody wants to open one.

What is this about an alternate personality - why cant I praise local home grown Sheffield talent ? Yes drag queens can be so good - I last saw Lilly Savage at the foot of the pier in Blackpool a few years back and she gave a good performance ... why cant Sheffield have its own drag bar - dont call it "Funny Girls" more like "By eck thou's funny" - I have heard there are a few ex-miners and steeel workers who want to get together to put on a drag show ... it would be good ....

Well, I say again: what's so great about donning a frock and miming?

Lily Savage was a brilliant comedienne and had a savage wit - they're in different leagues!

Open one yourself then... or at least do a business plan for one, and you'll probably very quickly realise why there isn't one, and nobody wants to open one.


Good point, but even then he wouldnt get the point that there is no need for one.

Maybe I should do a poll on my website and then we will get a truer picture.

Maybe this thread has another motive - eg big up some old has been drag queen who looks like a Friday night transvestite at Club Xes.

Good point, but even then he wouldnt get the point that there is no need for one.

Maybe I should do a poll on my website and then we will get a truer picture.

Maybe this thread has another motive - eg big up some old has been drag queen who looks like a Friday night transvestite at Club Xes.

Why dear how ever could you think that - I think there is a genuine need for a drag bar in sheffield at this moment in time ....

Why dear how ever could you think that - I think there is a genuine need for a drag bar in sheffield at this moment in time ....

...Sadly, in my own opinion, I don't think there is much of a viable market for a 'drag bar' per se in a city the size of Sheffield.

However a bit of drag cabaret at existing bars would be no bad thing,and yes, while the concept of a drag act miming to Tina Turner or Shirl Bassey is rather dated, there is also a lot of innovative ideas in drag around at the moment, and I am forever hopeful...

BTW, do please keep comments on the thread strictly impartial.....:love:

Of course we need drag bars - and what about drag-aoke - where will Anja Bach perform now on a Onday night now that Affinity has closed down? We need to open another drag karaoke bar in Sheffield ... will it be in the Mulberry?

Open one yourself then!

a venue that offered quality entertainment, whether or not the performers were in drag some or all of the time, might do very well.

i think if i was to open such a venue, i'd use amamda holden as a talent scout.

a venue that offered quality entertainment, whether or not the performers were in drag some or all of the time, might do very well.

i think if i was to open such a venue, i'd use amamda holden as a talent scout.

I know I'm not supposed to just 'lol' but, erm, lol.

:hihi:

I would most definitely NOT use Amanda Holden as a talent scout since her "nose for talent" is simply abysmal - I would go out and use my own ears and nose to track down the best talent myself .... and would be very successful at it ...

I would most definitely NOT use Amanda Holden as a talent scout since her "nose for talent" is simply abysmal - I would go out and use my own ears and nose to track down the best talent myself .... and would be very successful at it ...

I doubt it, looking at some of your other posts :hihi:

...Sadly, in my own opinion, I don't think there is much of a viable market for a 'drag bar' per se in a city the size of Sheffield.

However a bit of drag cabaret at existing bars would be no bad thing,and yes, while the concept of a drag act miming to Tina Turner or Shirl Bassey is rather dated, there is also a lot of innovative ideas in drag around at the moment, and I am forever hopeful...

BTW, do please keep comments on the thread strictly impartial.....:love:

I used to work in a drag bar called Mystiques in Hanley - A town so much smaller than Sheffield and it was packed every night! We used to get pretty close to the knuckle there, it was a great venue to be a part of!!! Most of the punters were straight men, and they weren't adverse to getting on the stage with us for a bit of 'adult humour'... I don't see why Sheffield bar goers wouldn't visit a drag bar as regularly as the lads in Stoke did...

Oh, and I'm not about to get into the spandex again any time soon, so not plugging myself as a tired old drag queen!!!

Thank you Lady Star - and I may add I would especially love to see a drag bar where all the punters were insulted by withering comments on their appearance or looks or something else about them as they entered the bar while a drag act was on - I think this would be VERY successful for the business ...

Really?! In these times, where there are hundreds of pubs closing every week, and those which are still open are struggling to get people in, you think it would be a good thing for a pub to be insulting the few customers who try the place as soon as they open the door?!

It'll work in a place with an established customer base and reputation, but it's never going to work somewhere new.

I used to work in a drag bar called Mystiques in Hanley - A town so much smaller than Sheffield and it was packed every night! We used to get pretty close to the knuckle there, it was a great venue to be a part of!!! Most of the punters were straight men, and they weren't adverse to getting on the stage with us for a bit of 'adult humour'... I don't see why Sheffield bar goers wouldn't visit a drag bar as regularly as the lads in Stoke did...

Oh, and I'm not about to get into the spandex again any time soon, so not plugging myself as a tired old drag queen!!!

Lady Star is quite right in a way; there ARE smaller places than Sheffield which have a very good drag entertainment venue; normally the drag show is only one or two nights a week. Chesterfield, for instance has always had a very good 'Gay Night' every Wednesday, (Currently at Nickels Bar, Centro, and Escapade) when few 'straight' venues are open, and one or two of the bars/clubs may have drag queens, and occasionally even a bit of cabaret, although most of the drag is just 'meet and greet' hosting at the moment...

A few years ago, ROTHERHAM had a drag cabaret bar, Diamonds, but it eventually shut on account of financial problems, nevertheless while it lasted, it was a mainstay of the local entertainment scene.
The important thing to remember is that a good drag bar, in order to succeed, has to hit the magic formula in appealing to not only many of the gay scene, but also to a majority 'straight' (read 'Mainstream') audience; for example a lot of the business at Diamonds in Rotherham would have been steelworkers' stag and hen-parties type crowd; there is, or rather was, a great Working-Class following for 'drag' which has increasingly taken a battering as traditional industries decline and pubs and WMC's close, while the recently emerged Gay club/bar industry has mopped up most of the drag talent including circuit entertainers, but itself has now felt the cold wind of recession...:love:

Yes I agree - a good drag bar should entice in the general public, however it should also be gay friendly - would anyone be interested in a venture to set up a drag bar in Sheffield? Then we could have non-stop drag seven nights of the week if we could get the performers - and there are a few talented ones in Sheffield ;-)

~oO*YAWN*Oo~

~oO*YAWN*Oo~

Indeed. :rolleyes:

Carborundum, no-one will invest in a drag bar in Sheffield - because it's simply not commercially viable.

If you do find someone willing to throw away invest their cash in a full time drag bar in Sheffield, then not only will I publicly apologise to you unreservedly, I'll bare my arse in Tesco's window.

You have my word - and you have it in writing.

Indeed. :rolleyes:

Carborundum, no-one will invest in a drag bar in Sheffield - because it's simply not commercially viable.

If you do find someone willing to throw away invest their cash in a full time drag bar in Sheffield, then not only will I publicly apologise to you unreservedly, I'll bare my arse in Tesco's window.

You have my word - and you have it in writing.

If you hold off on doing the arse bit until 6 months after the place has opened you'll probably catch the investor dropping his CV in...

Why would a drag bar not be "gay friendly"????

Thats like saying a fruit shop should be "health friendly" - surely it's a given?

You really should give up on this little dream of yours, and concentrate on the more important things in life.

If drag bars are THAT important to you, why don't you open one yourself?

Why would a drag bar not be "gay friendly"????

Thats like saying a fruit shop should be "health friendly" - surely it's a given?

You really should give up on this little dream of yours, and concentrate on the more important things in life.

If drag bars are THAT important to you, why don't you open one yourself?


Some very good points in your post, but we are all wasting our time trying to tell the OP, as he won`t listen.

If there was a market for drag queens 7 nights a week, then I am sure the existing gay venues would have done this by now, the fact they haven`t means there is no market.

Why doesnt the OP open one is the only way it is going to happen, and I would guess it will fail drastically due to the fact the OP will only employ Tyranna and thats why it will fail.

I guess I'm not in the business of opening bars but if I was then yes I would employ Tyranna why not she is highly entertaining - she could be the "continuity link "drag queen while hosting various local and visiting foreign i.e. outside Sheffield drag queens from time to time - I am sure there would be a great market for it ...

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I think the new ba rthat is opening in dvision Street as Yates would make an excellent drag bar - any one think so?

I think the new ba rthat is opening in dvision Street as Yates would make an excellent drag bar - any one think so?

No, it's just you. As usual.

Sheffield really does need a new drag bar and that is gay friendly too .. what about the old Matilda Tavern - it just needs a scrub up and new curtains ..

Sheffield really does need a new drag bar and that is gay friendly too .. what about the old Matilda Tavern - it just needs a scrub up and new curtains ..

Get your Marigolds out and get cracking then, but don't come moaning on here when no bugger turns up........

No, it's just you. As usual.


You bet me to it. Do you get the feeling no one is really listenign to the OP anymore. ;)

I would love to do up the old Matilda but I dont have the means ... I think it would make a cracking drag bar and gay friendly too ...

I would love to do up the old Matilda but I dont have the means ... I think it would make a cracking drag bar and gay friendly too ...

Are you this boring in real life?

http://darrenhardy.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/2007/08/15/bang_head.jpg

I would love to do up the old Matilda but I dont have the means ... I think it would make a cracking drag bar and gay friendly too ...

Carborundum, no disrespect, but do you have a learning difficulty?

I would love to do up the old Matilda but I dont have the means ... I think it would make a cracking drag bar and gay friendly too ...


Why Matilda when Dempseys have a full time drag queen (Crystal Ball), she works on a Tuesday and Thursday with a appearance on a Wednesday.

Does that not fulfill your needs ?, if not - what is missing :loopy::huh:

Why Matilda when Dempseys have a full time drag queen (Crystal Ball), she works on a Tuesday and Thursday with a appearance on a Wednesday.

Does that not fulfill your needs ?, if not - what is missing :loopy::huh:

Stubble.

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