Drag-it-Out – Workshops and gala for young people

Are you interested in the drag culture and doing creative things together? Have you always wanted to experiment with the drag arts, but didn’t know how? Now you have the chance!

Caisa’s Drag-it-Out workshops focus on creative expression, art and doing fun things together.

The workshops will teach you how to do make-up, make costumes and accessories, and create your own choreography for a performance. The workshops will include basic make-up and materials for accessories, but you can also bring your own. The Drag-it-Out workshops will now be organised for the third time and have received a lot of good feedback from both young people and their parents.

The directors will ensure that there won’t be any sexualisation in the characters’ costumes/performance.

If you wish, you will also have the opportunity to perform at the gala on 29 June.

Drag-it-Out gala
The Drag-it-Out gala offers young people the opportunity to perform and try out the skills they have learned in the workshops. The gala will feature amazing young people performing the different styles of drag ranging from glam to punk, rock and vintage. All the artists are unique individuals and beautiful just the way they are. Book your tickets in advance!

The age limit for the workshops and gala is 13–17 years. The idea behind the gala is that it will be carried out by young people for young people. The young people themselves will invite their guardians to attend the gala. The identity of the adults will be checked at the entrance.

Duration approximately 2 h
Language: English and, if necessary, Finnish

Drag-it-Out workshops and gala programme
Sat 20 May, 10:00–13:00 (lecture, make-up) and 13:30–17:00 (costumes/accessories)
Tuesday 27 June, 12:30–17:00 (costumes/accessories)
Wednesday 28 June, 12:30–17:00 (costumes/accessories)
Thursday 29 June, 12:00–15:00 (choreography/dance)
Thursday 29 June, 19:00–21:00 (Drag-It-Out Show Gala)

Register for the workshops and gala by 15 May via this link: https://forms.gle/5gZCzBPDyWuZLcR66

Age limit for the workshops and gala: 13–17 years old. The young people themselves will invite their guardians to attend the gala. The identity of the adults will be checked at the entrance.

Language for the workshops and gala: English and, if necessary, Finnish
The workshops and gala are free of charge.

Betty Fvck, the creator of the workshop concept and the instructor of the workshops, is a well-known drag artist, whose real name is Dao Phuong. Phuong is also a PhD researcher in marketing.

The instructor of the costume course is costume designer Laura Muiniekka, who has more than 30 years of experience in the field. She has an academic background as a dressmaker and has completed a broad curriculum in consultation and communication studies at university level. Laura has designed and handmade a wide range of drag costumes and many other imaginative performance costumes during her career.

The instructor of the dance workshop is ballet and contemporary dancer Christopher Olwage, who has more than 20 years of experience in the field. He has performed and taught many dancers around the world.

Drag is an art form in which a person expresses themselves through dressing up, acting, applying make-up and playing with gender and other roles.

The City of Helsinki is committed to promoting equality, human rights and equity in all its activities, including this event.

The workshops and gala will be organised in collaboration with Cultural Centre Caisa and We Are Queerlesque.