As Danny Beard, the latest winner of RuPaul’s Drag Race UK, took to the Opera House stage on Wednesday night (April 19) as part of the show’s season four tour, it was clear it was going to be an emotional yet memorable night for everyone involved.
Originally from Liverpool, the drag star essentially cut her teeth as a performer in Manchester’s Gay Village, just like runner-up Cheddar Gorgeous and ‘Manchester mannequin’ Sminty Drop. For the three queens, it was a homecoming gig that felt long overdue and one that the crowd was ready to soak themselves in from the minute the show got underway.
RuPaul’s Drag Race UK is a cultural phenomenon at this point and has launched careers for the likes of Lawrence Chaney, Divina de Campo, The Vivienne, Bimini and Vanity Milan. Season four’s batch of queens showed Manchester what they’re made of by waltzing, strutting, stomping and shante-ing their way through individual numbers oozing with talent and showing why they’re right up there with the best of the best.
