Two Coquitlam drag queens will follow their inaugural performance from this spring with a Halloween special.
Sunday, Daniel Mason — aka Jakyllyn Hyde — and his partner Flannery Pajamas host Ghouls Night Out, at the Evergreen Cultural Centre.
Mason described the music, dance and comedy drag show as “the perfect introduction… for all the drag virgins left out there.”
Emceed by cabaret comedian Shirley Gnome, the spectacle will include acts by Anida Tythole and Justice Du Jour with special guest Candy Boxx visiting from Victoria.
Mason told The Tri-City News this past year has brought a lot of interest about diversity issues in the Tri-Cities — and from all ages. In March, his Spring Queening production — also at the Evergreen — nearly sold out and, since then, the Tri-Cities Pride Society has also taken root to champion rainbow crosswalks, art installations and LGBTQ2+ events in Coquitlam, PoCo and PoMo.
As for Ghouls Night Out, “I think anyone who wants to have a good time [should] drop their pre-conceived notions about what society says gender is supposed to be and have an amazing time watching men in dresses pretend they know the words to other people’s songs.”
• Tickets to Ghouls Night Out on Oct. 28 at 6:30 p.m. are available via the Evergreen Cultural Centre (1205 Pinetree Way, Coquitlam) by calling 604-927-6555 or visiting evergreenculturalcentre.ca.
