Death Drop - Garrick Theatre & U.K. Tour

Well that was... that was something.
As always it’s incredibly commendable trying to put something on during these times, I’ll leave it at that!

What are the costumes like?

Now I'm as big a Drag Race fan as there can be, and as much as I applaud the ambition and chutzpah that the producers have shown by getting a new show open in the West End given the circumstances of 2020, I have to say this was appalling.

The weakest challenges of Drag Race are usually the scripted skits: the writing is rarely great, and it exposes the fact that the majority of drag queens simply can't act. And 'Death Drop' is just like one of those challenges - only instead of five minutes, it lasts two and a half hours including interval.

The idea of Agatha Christie parody was promising if not hugely original, but the script is as limp as limp can be, the jokes non-existent, and the performances plain embarrassing. Hard to pick out the worst offender, but opening the show with Vinegar Strokes is not a good idea. Drag king Kemah Bob is particularly dreadful and has no right appearing on a professional stage.

Bizarrely, a large chunk of the audience lapped this up, but if this is what theatre is going to be like after its enforced hiatus, I think I'd prefer it if they remained closed.

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Willam and Latrice Royale are heading up the new cast with Myra DuBois as The Lady.

I actually think your review does a massive disservice to the Above the Stag pantos - which are always witty, clever and heart-felt, (as well as being filthy). The writing of 'Death Drop' just doesn't compare - and to be fair, neither do the performances.

Admittedly I saw the 'original cast', and it's true that Vinegar Strokes was terrible. I can imagine Myra Dubois being a big improvement. I love drag too, but this was like watching a Drag Race acting challenge (which is usually terrible but bearable when it only lasts five or ten minutes) dragged - pun intended - out into a full-length production. And it only goes to prove that the number of drag queens with actual acting ability is very, very small!

Loads of people around me were in hysterics when I saw it, but I also left at the interval.

Cancelled this week.

Delighted for Ra'Jah who has really emerged as a top tier Drag Race queen in this years All Stars. I'll give it a miss with Vinegar back as The Lady though!

Not really in my opinion, when I saw it with Courtney and Monét last winter they were the best bit about it and I felt sorry for them being in something so poor! I agree with craig that Vinegar really wasn’t up to much as the Lady, and the supporting cast were all a bit embarrassing too to be honest.

Myra DuBois was great fun for that 10 minutes but I can imagine exactly what it would be like with Vinegar.

Hmm. I get this is... Fun... But who is actually buying tickets for this? The one time I went the audience was pretty sparse. It would have been nice to see something new in that theatre. I could list about 5 Southwark Playhouse shows from the last few years worthy of a transfer!

I imagine it was the only show that could transfer at short notice,

Caught the first night with the new cast last night. I went with very low expectation based on the comments here, but we loved it!

It’s really stupid and there were a couple of periods of about 10 minutes that could have been cut, but the rest was very enjoyable - my face was aching by the end from laughing.

I thought the whole cast were pretty great. Holly Stars was definitely the stand out for me - I’d not heard of them before but will definitely be looking out for what they do next. Jujubee and Kitty were also excellent.

The audience lapped it up with a full standing ovation at the end. There’s some (very) steep discounts to be found and I definitely feel like I got my moneys worth. I think maybe if I’d have paid the full asking price I might have had a different opinion.