After launching as a variety show in April 2025,
Marm's Spotlight has been transformed Into a theatre show, thanks to funding from Arts Council of Wales, and is heading on tour in 2026! The second stop?
Pontio Arts Centre, Bangor - tickets available HERE!
Description
What happens when drag becomes a global phenomenon?
Rolling off the back of the Drag Race lorry, armed with nothing but a RuPeter Badge and a fading memory of the Werk Room, Marmalade wades into the territory of post show “fame”, and is left wondering…
Why did she do that? Why did she go on the show? What kind of impact does the show, one of that scale, have on local scenes and their? A show that doesn’t necessarily platform the drag she loves, and why doesn’t it? What kind of drag does she love? Does she still love her own drag? Why does she do it?
Welcome to Spotlight - a new venue designed, operated and built by Marmalade herself (it wasn’t, this is theatre), and her chance to explore these questions, pretend she has answers, and celebrate the drag and queer artists she loves.
Development stages of this show were funded by Arts Council of Wales. Directed by Elan Isaac, with written material by Priya Hall, creative support by Leo Drayton, and produced by Daniel Huw Bowen on behalf of The Queer Emporium, Marm’s Spotlight is a newly created theatre show by star of RuPaul’s Drag Race UK and drag artist, Marmalade.
Illustration by cakelikeowen
Cast
Marmalade is a drag artist and seamstress, who taught herself to sew during the lockdown period caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. She has made outfits for organisations including Frân Wen and National Eisteddfod Cymru, though she is most well known for outfits made for contestants on the RuPaul’s Drag Race franchise. Her sewing recently made her a Guinness Book Record Holder and her outfit, 'Marmalade’s Marie Antoinette Drag Ensemble', is currently on display as part of the Marie Antoinette Style exhibition at the V&A South Kensington until March 2026.
In 2024, she competed on the sixth series of RuPaul’s Drag Race UK, placing in the top four. Since then, she has performed at notable LGBTQ+ venues and spaces, including The Clapham Grand, The Glee Club and Pride Cymru.
Step right up and behold the one and only Miss Terri Boxx, the bearded drag queen that'll have you shivering with delight! With a style that blends spooky and sexy, Miss Terri Boxx is a one-of-a-kind performer that will most definitely leave you thrilled... and aroused.
Bilingual comedian, writer and actor, Katie likes to gossip. Her favourite subject? Herself. And with a divorce, a parent with dementia and coming out boxed off in the last 18 months, Katie’s got plenty to share.
Katie’s chatty, irreverent style is like spending an evening with your funniest mate. And two wines down the subjects get personal, but she will take you by the hand as she overshares, deep dives and brings you all along laughing.
Katie has been tour support for George Lewis, and Kiri Pritchard-McLean in 2025 and Rachel Fairburn in 2024. She was Shortlisted for BBC New Comedy Awards 2025, and also writes on topical panel show What Just Happened? for BBC Radio Wales. Katie features in series two of BBC Radio Wales’ show, The Learners, and had her TV debut on Welsh show, Noson Lawen, in 2025.
Creative Team
Development stages of this show were funded by Arts Council of Wales. Directed by
Elan Isaac, with written material by
Priya Hall and produced by The Queer Emporium,
Marm’s Spotlight is a newly created theatre show by star of
RuPaul’s Drag Race UK and drag artist, Marmalade, and visits Bangor for ONE NIGHT ONLY!
