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OASISSY’S LATE NIGHT QUEER CABARET Mad for it monobrowed mayhem with a lairy twist
‘We call ourselves drag clowns,’ say Kirsty Biff and Annabel Cooper. They perform together as Oasissy, not so much a straight Stars in Your Eyes tribute to the Gallagher Brothers, but defi nitely maybe a monobrowed, queer cabaret double-act poking lairy fun at their problematic heroes. Cooper has seen Oasis live seven times and Biff loved Oasis tapes in primary school, but also remembers being freaked out by paparazzi stories of the brothers being in punch-ups. ‘There’s this tension onstage
about which one of us is Noel and which is Liam; that’s part of it, the famous brotherly rivalry,’ says Biff. ‘We’ve kind of swallowed them whole and regurgitated them, trying
to fi nd vulnerabilities in amongst the laddie stuff. Then there are bits where we peek through, and woke, modern, queer feminist ideas slip in . . . anything can happen!’ After being supported by street- theatre company Surge, the pair have been performing as Oasissy around festivals, in the street and at queer cabaret nights since 2018. They’re now curating their fi rst, very own cabaret for four nights on the opening and closing Fringe weekends, featuring ‘a Wonderwall line-up of queer cabaret superstars from Scotland and beyond.’ (Claire Sawers) ■ Late Night Patter Party, Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose, 2 & 3 Aug, 23 & 24 Aug, 10pm, free.
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