Four Faces Of Purim: Drag Makeup Mastery

Happy Adar – it’s the season of masks, makeup, and mishloach manot (Purim food packages) and LGBTQ+ at the J has you covered with a drag makeup workshop! Featuring four archetypal characters from the Purim story, we will learn how to get made up for the annual reading of the story from the megillah (scroll). Everyone can be anyone this time of year – will you be a queen, a king, a villain, or something else entirely? We can’t wait to see!

Drag artists Boy Vey and Josie will demonstrate their takes on these characters while sharing more about the Purim story, in the joyful spirit of the holiday.

This event is presented with support from Kolel Legacy Fund at the Jewish Foundation of Greater Toronto.

About the performers:

Boy Vey (he/they) is a disabled, Jewish non binary drag monarch who has been performing on the unceded Algonquin Anishinaabe territory of so-called Ottawa since 2019. As a passionate disability activist, chronically ill artist, and mobility aid user, Boy Vey works diligently within the Ottawa community (and beyond) to create accessible spaces for everyone. He is both the event planner behind Wheelie Productions, where he hosts accessible community events in so-called Ottawa, and is the founder of the global Disability Drag Collective (@disabilitydragcollective), that works to make space for disability in drag communities and performance art spaces around the world.

Josie is a Toronto-based drag queen with passions for musical theatre and dance. Her origin can be traced back to shabbat dinners as a child spent performing the High School Musical soundtrack with her cousins. Today, this self made queen marries comedy with her performance background and seeks to excite audiences with her kicks, spins and flips.