With his suave, satirical characters inspired by a dangerous mix of cinema and politics, Sigi presents humanity with a message of hope and defiance in (most likely) the last five years of its existence.Ĭrawling from the inky-dark Jacobean depths, fuelled by bile, bombast and brandy laced with regret, Mal Content rises to wreak randomised revenge on a cruel and unfeeling world. In the year that a profoundly orange-faced, pussy-grabbing sociopath was elected leader of the free world, Sigi Moonlight came to Earth. Without further ado, let’s meet the kings of the stage, as described in their own words. So if you put on the other gender’s clothing, it’s almost like having a sex change - they took it really seriously.’ ‘I think when you look back at that early modern period, they had this completely different idea of gender…Their clothing so gendered that they’re almost wearing their genitals on the outside. Our relationship with clothing and gender in the street and on the stage may be evolving and becoming less defined, but in the 17th century, people had a very literal relationship with clothes. Moll’s spirit is being gloriously channelled through an amazing line-up of drag kings including Sigi Moonlight, Mal Content, Wesley Dykes and Bae Sharam. ![]() Sarah Grange has been waiting 15 years to have a conversation with Moll Frith and Moll and the Future Kings is the start of it. For her, it is ‘an attempt to get back to meeting her on her own terms’. In 1611, during a production of The Roaring Girl, a piece written about her life by Middleton and Dekker, she appeared on stage in an improvised moment of rude jokes, songs and smoking. Moll Frith, also known as Mal Cutpurse, was a 17th-century cross-dressing performer, criminal and trickster. More recently, in 2018 the Globe stage was graced with people of all genders, performing characters of any gender they chose in Alternative Miss World. Shakespeare’s audience too would have been familiar with men performing female characters. The Globe stages have seen many women perform male characters, and vice versa. Getting the party started on 30 March, the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse will host Moll and the Future Kings, a candlelit hour of work-in-progress, late-night drag king cabaret and improv. In response to Marlowe’s Edward II, which features an early modern portrayal of a homosexual relationship, we present Voices in the Dark: Pride, Then and Now, a festival that explores the themes of gender and sexuality in thrilling new ways. I prithee, pretty youth, let me be better acquainted with This blog contains colourful language and swearing. In this blog we meet the drag kings who will be performing in Moll and the Future Kings, a candlelit hour of work-in-progress, late-night drag king cabaret and improv.
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