The B-Girlz are a Canadian drag comedy trio, based in Toronto, Ontario.[1] The troupe's core members are Michael Boyuk, who performs as Kora Harcourt (Hard Kora)[2] and Mark Peacock, who performs as Barbara Quigley (Barbie-Q);[3] while the third member has varied at different times, with performers including Robert Windisman as Conchita Castillio[4] and Shawn Hitchins as Ivana.[5]
History
editThe troupe have created a number of live cabaret shows, including B-Girlz Gone Wild!, B-Girlz on Thin Ice,[6] Vegas Bound... and Gagged!,[7] Dragged Across America,[8] Attack of the Killer B's, Thoroughly Modern Girlz, The B-List[9] and The Girlz Most Likely to B. They have toured in Canada and internationally, both with the cabaret shows and at LGBT Pride and fringe festival events.[10][11]
They have also hosted regular events at Buddies in Bad Times and other venues in Toronto, including the Homo Night in Canada comedy show[12] and the amateur talent show Goontown. Peacock, Boyuk and Hitchins have also performed with the comedy troupe Queer Comedy Collective.[13]
The troupe have also written, created and produced a number of short films, including B-Girlz Gone Wild, Canada's Next Top Showgirl, Degrassi B-Girlz High, Ice Skate Canada, The Elevator, The Dress and Toronto! Toronto!!, which screened at the opening gala of the 2004 Inside Out Film and Video Festival in Toronto.[14]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Monarchs among the moths". The Globe and Mail, June 12, 2004.
- ^ "Pride 'front and centre'; Festival shifts to riverfront as popularity grows". Windsor Star, July 17. 2007.
- ^ "There goes the gaybourhood". The Globe and Mail, March 24, 2007.
- ^ "Festival lineup: Dames get marching orders". Toronto Star, March 19, 2000.
- ^ Shawn Hitchins, A Brief History of Oversharing: One Ginger's Anthology of Humiliation. ECW Press, 2017. ISBN 9781773050591.
- ^ "On stage: The B-Girlz’ On (Thin) Ice". Daily Xtra, December 6, 2006.
- ^ "Pride week events". Toronto Star, June 15, 2006.
- ^ "Queer time of year; Pride in Toronto gains in cultural variety what it has lost in political edge". Toronto Star, June 16, 2005.
- ^ "It's really broad comedy". Winnipeg Free Press, July 24, 2008.
- ^ "'A liberal family show'". Halifax Daily News, July 21, 2005.
- ^ "Philly celebrates equality". The Temple News, April 22, 2004.
- ^ "Buddies in Bad Times: World's longest-running queer theatre company celebrates World Pride" Archived 2018-03-25 at the Wayback Machine. Metro, June 18, 2014.
- ^ "Canada’s gay sketch-comedy darlings return". Daily Xtra, June 21, 2011.
- ^ "275 queer films show inside and out". Toronto Star, May 20, 2004.
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