23 May

20:00

RAI Theater

Europaplein 24, Amsterdam

World-renowned drag artist Sasha Velour presents her brand-new theater show, Travesty, a radical, visually stunning evening where drag, performance art, and queer history converge.

Sasha Velour: Travesty

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A Radical, Visually Stunning Evening

World-renowned drag artist Sasha Velour brings her brand-new theater show, Travesty, to the RAI Theater in Amsterdam. The performance is part of Velour's European tour and promises a radical, visually stunning evening where drag, performance art, and queer history converge.

Travesty is an 80-minute one-queen show without an intermission, written and directed by Sasha Velour herself. In the performance, she takes the audience through the hidden queer history of one place through time: from a witch being burned at the stake, to a clown building a theater, and an underground gay bar rising up against police violence. With impressive lip-sync performances, layered costumes, and powerful visuals, Velour explores themes of existence, resistance, and the transformative power of drag.

The show is both performance art and a call to action. Travesty celebrates drag as a universal art form and emphasizes that playing with gender, identity, and stories is as old as humanity itself. As Velour describes it: "This is the purest and most radical form of drag I have ever brought to the stage. No excuses, no explanations, just art."

About the Artist

Sasha Velour gained worldwide fame as the winner of RuPaul’s Drag Race and is praised for her emotional live performances and iconic visual style. She previously toured internationally with the successful shows Smoke & Mirrors and The Big Reveal, and has performed in leading theaters such as The London Palladium and Folies Bergère.