SSONet – Ian Gould
Drag identities glam it up at the Priscilla auditions
Leading Sydney Drag Identities added colour and camp to auditions for the musical Priscilla Queen of the Desert last weekend.
It?s half past ten on a sparkling Sunday morning and organisers of the Sydney half marathon are busy removing the hoardings at the starting point at Walsh Bay.
The runners have long since completed the circuit, and Hickson Road is quiet. Then an arresting figure breaks the calm.
?Nice morning for it, isn?t it?? the paisley-clad pedestrian calls out to intrigued passers-by.
It?s actor Andrew Benson, best known as suburban drag identity Aunty Mavis but this morning embodying 1970s chic as retro creation Anita Curtain.
?I?ve done tragic make-up, tragic little hair here,? Curtain chortles.