Spend your money at Crews or Woody’s
by JM on 2022-08-21Meridian Hall - TorontoRating: 2 out of 5Have to say first, that I have absolutely no doubt that all the performers in the show did their best, and channelled their passion into it.
The structure of the show was lacking, no opening act with a familiar local queen left things flat to start with.
The queens themselves were good. Two of the headliners advertised on all the ads weren’t there. The group I went with were really looking forward to seeing Yvie and Willow, but they were no shows. Replaced by Gorgous, who was great. Kim Chi needs to be let off the tour, she really flattened the energy and pace, performance isn’t at the same level as some of the other queens, and it really shows.
The lip sync section of the show was far too long, again, killed the pace. Jaida is a wonderful host, but adlibbing for 45mins was too much.
I would recommend skipping the first act all together and show up for the second.
Rose, Camdon, Vanjie, and Jaida really carried the show. This actually made me a fan of Lady Camdon’s.
Technically the show had issues. The video cues build energy, but then lose it immediately because they don’t run into each other. Timing and pace are a real issue here. The lighting was excellent. Big high energy, great transitions, hit the shifts in the music, well-rehearsed and performed. Sound was pushed hard, so distortion muffled the clarity. The mixer needed to make off and mix the show, rather than push everything into the red.
Overall, I won’t go to another one of these events and feel like my money would have been better spent going to Crews and Tangos or Woody’s and tipping the queens there. Would have been a better show and helped a local queen.