Going big, not home: Woo is celebrating his fiftieth in suitably larger-than-life style
(Picture: Natasha Pszenicki, assisted by Monty Vann. Clothes by Julian J Smith)No-one puts on a show like Jonny Woo. Two-and-a-half weeks from now, on October 9, the London drag icon will celebrate his upcoming birthday — a big one, the half century — at Dalston’s EartH with a “queer extravaganza of Las Vegas proportions”. “It’s going to be at least three hours,” Woo laughs. “You’ll definitely get your money’s worth!”
Jonny Woo’s Golden Woobilee — the name was thought up long before the recent news — is promising a dazzling, anything-goes variety show bringing together more than a dozen acts who’ve honed their craft at The Glory in Haggerston, Woo’s LGBTQ+ pub and pillar of the London queer scene. Expect plenty of comedy, big-belted songs, sharp-tongued stand-up and drag every which way. “It’s definitely going to be one to remember…” says Woo with a wolfish grin. “I am beyond excited for it. It’s all my favourite performers in one place, or most of them, all together for one night only.”
