IN CONVERSATION:: DEE DEE CHENILLE GOES ON TRIP WITH MAUDE
10 December 5.30pm for 6pm start
Lismore Regional Gallery
Dee Dee Chenille (accidental fashionista and performative persona of Lismore journalist Rachel Scollay) interviews Maude Boate (fashionista most fabulous) about frocks, theatrics and the freedom and effort that comes with being Maude.
Don’t miss this conversation about performance, art, fashion and a life lived large.
IN THE SPIRIT OF CHRISTMAS
Hors d’oeuvres and first sparkling wine on usThis is a lot to celebrate this year with topped off with this week’s announcement that Lismore City Council was successful in its bid to the Federal Government's National Stronger Regions Fund for $2.85 million to construct the Lismore Quadrangle, featuring the relocated Lismore Regional Gallery.
ABOUT MAUDE BOATE
Maude came into being in the 1980s and 90s, performing in the gay nightclub scene in Sydney. She promptly turned heads with her adventurous, themed ensembles and her signature sculptured hair made from polystyrene. These outfits extended drag beyond the formula of the iconic, sexy drag queen and into the territory of art, invention, and spoof.
Maude’s wigs became famous outside the gay club scene after they inspired costumes for the iconic Australian road movie that took drag queens to the masses; Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (1994). Gates has subsequently made all sculptural headwear for Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert ‒ The Musical and costumes made for the musical were acquired for the Powerhouse collection in 1996.
Maude Boate has won no fewer than 18 DIVA Awards (Drag Industry Variety Awards). She was inducted into the DIVA hall of fame in 2007. The awards acknowledge the best of gender illusionism in the country.