Date with a drag star

LATRICE ROYALE: SA PERFORMANCES SET FOR JOBURG AND CAPE TOWN

- Hein Kaiser

Ok, so ask yourself the question: What am I going to be doing on the 21st of November?

There's only one answer to that poser because you'd be in the audience at Gold Reef City's Lyric Theatre enjoying the larger than life presence of one of the world's finest artists in drag, Latrice Royale.

It's been a lucky 13 since her last performance in South Africa and, said the costar of Ru-Paul's Drag Race smash hit, it's about time to hit Mzansi again.

"It started off as a family vacation idea. Something we had never done before," said Royale. "While planning the trip, I wanted to connect with my friends in South Africa to see if we could put together a couple of shows. We collaborated and made some magic happen, and now it is happening."

The show that she's packing is called Terms and Conditions May Vary and, she said, it's exactly what the name suggests.

The performance is personal, unpredictable and filled with the hard-earned lessons of someone who's lived and loved loudly.

"The name and theme came out of necessity," she said.