29 May

20:30

Plein Theater

Sajetplein 39, Amsterdam

Plein Theater and Lesbique host a drag night in collaboration with MATES & MASCara, a celebration of drag kings, things, and gender-bending expression, blending drag with theater.

Bring Drag Back to the Theatre #3: MATES & MASCara

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Bring Drag Back to the Theatre #3: MATES & MASCara

Hot GLAM! Plein Theater and Lesbique are hosting a series of Drag Nights! For this third edition we are superexcited to announce to collaborate with MATES & MASCara - a monthly celebration of drag kings, things, creatures, and all forms of gender-bending expressions.

The performers of MATES & MASCara consists of Alfa Hoer, Phallic Patrick, Irregular Ryan and Karagöza. Special for Bring Drag Back to the Theatre they create a performance, blending drag and theatre.

Amsterdragged: Gentrify me Harder

Four Amsterdammers meet in the city’s historic queer bar, Café 't Mandje.

Over cards, melanchony, and late-night confessions, a game unfolds. What starts as play slowly reveals something sharper. The illusion of Amsterdam as a city of freedom begins to crack. The rules are not neutral. The system is not fair. The dream is rigged. As gentrification reshapes the city and individualism takes hold, the question becomes unavoidable: do you play, do you cheat, or do you get played?

With Amsterdragged, MATES&MASCara brings its first theater production to the stage, as part of the series Bring Drag Back to the Theatre, in collaboration with Plein Theater and Lesbique. This work marks a shift into theater without letting go of what defines MATES&MASCara: experimentation, collective care, and space for FLINTA performers to take risks and be seen on their own terms.

About the artists

Alfa Hoer (they/them) is a Latinx performer and organizer working across drag, BDSM, satire, and queer intimacy. They create worlds where shame, desire, and absurdity collide. As part of the core team of MATES&MASCara and The Artist Circle Amsterdam, and initiator of BOTTOMsUP and BUB, they build spaces for collective joy and political tenderness led by FLINTA people.

Phallic Patrick: A satire of masculinity at its most pumped-up and pathetic. Think CEO ego, fuckboi charm, gabber energy, and bromance gone too far.
He exposes the absurdity of the phallic by pushing it to its sweaty, homoerotic limits—where macho turns messy and the closet door starts to creak.

About Bring Drag Back to the Theatre

Bring Drag Back to the Theatre is a bold and extravagant homage to DRAG in all its glittering glory. DRAG is not just a trend, it's a lavish, rebellious art form with centuries of history. Born in the theatre, drag emerged at a time when women were forbidden to step on stage, and men took on female roles, bending gender long before it was cool.

Beyond the velvet curtains, drag has always ruled the night. It shaped nightlife, fueled creative revolutions across the globe, and stood courageously on the front lines of LGBTIQ+ emancipation — then and now.

This dazzling series of drag evenings at Plein Theatre is an ode to the art of drag in all its forms. Expect iconic history, bold storytelling, and a glorious spectrum of drag artistry as the most fabulous Queens, Kings, and fluid drag personas command the stage.

Join us on a journey where we bring drag back to the theatre — where it belongs — and celebrate, admire, and revel in its power, beauty, and unapologetic fabulousness.