A Gay Old Time

Nigel's guest today is Kitty Scott-Claus, one of the UK’s most loved drag artistes. Kitty competed and rose to fame on the third series of RuPaul’s Drag Race UK before moving onto the sequinned worldwide drag stage representing the UK on Global All Stars. A regular on many TV shows and a star on the theatre stage too, Kitty has seen her fame soar skywards. Having performed countless times as the d...

Nigel's guest today is singer, composer, performer and drag artiste Rosé. Born in Scotland, Rosé moved to America with their family and it is there that they now call home. Rosé came to fame on Season 13 of RuPaul’s Drag Race where they placed top four. They have since earned rave reviews on stage both in and out of drag and launched themselves beautifully into the world of music. Now embracing th...

Nigel's guest today is Divina De Campo. Divina De Campo is a drag superstar and theatre maestro. Divina has appeared on countless TV shows and was the runner up on the first season of Rupaul’s Drag Race UK. She has proven herself to be one of the leading lights in the world of theatre with roles in Chicago, Drag The Musical, The Spongebob Musical and the brilliant Hedwig And The Angry Inch for whi...

Nigel's guest today is Darren Hayes. Darren became world famous as lead singer of the group Savage Garden. Between the group and his solo career Darren has sold over 30 million albums, achieved two US billboard number one singles and won countless awards. He was given the Order Of Australia, his home country, by the late Queen Elizabeth for services to the music industry. But behind the stratosphe...

Nigel's guest today is drag sensation Ginger Johnson, winner of Season 5 of RuPaul’s Drag Race UK. Ginger’s brand of drag is quirky, colourful, campy and completely unique. She is a true cabaret maestro! But that’s hardly surprising when Ginger’s love of performing started at an early age. She has polished her craft to perfection. Winning the most famous drag show on TV has given Ginger the platfo...

Nigel's guest today is Sherry Vine, a star with over 30 years of experience under her sequinned belt. Sherry has toured the world and appeared at countless Prides with her all singing powerhouse vocals and hilarious comedy routines. She is the dictionary definition of old-school cabaret entertainment. She has been honoured with The Glam Award for Living Legend and been named the HX Drag Queen Of T...

Nigel's guest today is Aaron Renfree, choreographer to the stars and former member of the legendary S Club Juniors. As a choreographer Aaron has worked on countless hit musicals and TV shows like The Masked Singer, The Masked Dancer, Dancing On Ice and The X Factor. He’s strutted his funky stuff alongside pop stars like Nadine Coyle, Rachel Stevens and The Saturdays and he’s popped up as the chore...

Nigel's guest today is Steve Grant. Steve is one of the most famous faces (and bodies) from the 80s UK pop scene. He was, and still continues to be, a member of Tight Fit whose pop tunes like The Lion Sleeps Tonight and Fantasy Island shot up the charts in the early 1980s. Steve’s appearance in a loincloth and not much else on Top Of The Pops when The Lion Sleeps Tonight hit number one, was a homo...

Nigel's guest today is legendary drag performer Jackie Beat. Her razor sharp comedy and hysterical song parodies have entertained people around the world for over thirty five years. Her one-woman show Jackie Beat Is A Whole Lotta’ Love ran for a record-beating eighteen months at hip New York cabaret spot, Fez. She has starred in Sex And The City, been in countless movies, one alongside Robert De N...

Nigel's guest today is Andrew Hayden-Smith. Andrew rose to fame on the cult kids’ TV show Byker Grove in the late 1990s and early noughties and went on to be a pretty much permanent fixture on kids’ TV for many years. He was the poster boy for countless teen magazines and ended up hosting Children’s BBC, the most wholesome of telly jobs. So when Andrew decided to come out as a gay man at the age o...

Nigel's guest today is Gabbi Tuft, an American wrestler, social media star, nutrition and fitness expert, and quite simply an inspiration. She is best known for her time in the world of WWE under the ring name of Tyler Reks. Gabbi thrived in that hyper-masculine world of but decided that something was not quite connecting in her life. She realised that she was in the wrong body and made the brave...

Nigel's guest today is Daniel Franzese, an actor, comedian, activist, director, writer and singer. Daniel is probably best know for his iconic and highly quotable film role as Damian Leigh in the legendary flick Mean Girls. Daniel also played the key role of Eddie, a character living with HIV, in the TV show Looking. You may also know him as Donna Bellissima from his time on RuPaul’s Secret Celebr...

Nigel's guest today is Jamal Sims, choreographer, producer, director and star of RuPaul’s Drag Race. Jamal has worked with virtually every pop star on earth, creating moves for everyone from Miley Cyrus and Celine Dion through to Usher and Madonna. His first audition landed him a job alongside a certain Michael Jackson. Jamal’s career started big and has continued to grow ever since. His work alon...

Nigel's guest today is Matthew Mitcham, a true champion in the LGBTQIA world. Australian Matthew became the first openly gay athlete to win an Olympic Gold medal when he competed as a diver in the 2008 Olympics in Beijing. But as he smiled with pride on the podium and became a role model to many Matthew had to also face the self-doubt and depression that had plagued him since childhood. His life h...

Nigel's guest today is Steven Carter-Bailey. Steven rose to fame when he was the runner-up on his season of The Great British Bake Off. Since then he has continued to be one of the most popular bakers ever to compete in the most delicious tent on TV. He is now a successful businessman and has also become celebrity cake baker to the stars creating delights for everyone from Russell Tovey through to...

Nigel's guest today is Todrick Hall. Singer, rapper, choreographer and as the title of his latest album says, Icon. His meteoric rise to fame on YouTube has been for the whole world to see and as a member of the queer community he continues to push back boundaries and fight injustices with his artistry. Whether it be onstage, on TV or on one of his countless dance tracks Todrick always brings his...

Nigel's guest today is Brooke Eden, country music singer and songwriter. These days Brooke is a proud gay woman, married to the woman of her dreams and able to sing about her love, life and relationship to her masses of fans with a feeling of beautiful authenticity. But when she was growing up in Florida dreaming of a career in music she had to keep her feelings hidden – because of religion and be...

Nigel's guest today is Jackie Cox, a drag star who shone worldwide when she became a contestant on Season 12 of RuPaul’s Drag Race USA. Born to a Canadian father and an Iranian mother, Darius Rose, aka Jackie Cox has become a unique and hugely talented and respected performer in the worlds of both drag, cabaret and theatre. Jackie was the first contestant in Drag Race herstory to walk down the cat...

Nigel's guest today is Dominic Skinner, make-up artist extraordinaire and judge on the hit BBC TV series, Glow Up. Dominic has been a leading light in the world of cosmetics for many years, working at the top of his field and gaining an international reputation as the make-up maestro to work with. The public fell in love with him when he was picked to be a judge on the make-up TV show where he and...

Nigel's guest today is Cazwell, the groundbreaking rapper, record producer, DJ and songwriter. He’s been making music since the 90s and has never shied away from representing the queer community in his lyrics and his videos. In a genre of music where more often than not any kind of queerness has always been considered taboo, Cazwell was and always has been unapologetically brilliant at pushing bac...

Nigel's guest today is Miss Coco Peru, drag royalty who has been a household name in the queer community for over 30 years. Her list of achievements is incredible – from starring in films like To Wong Foo and Wigstock, through to raising funds for LGBTQ causes with her iconic Conversations With Coco events. The list of people she has worked with includes everyone from Liza Minnelli and Jane Fonda,...

Nigel's guest today is iconic pop star Hazell Dean, who has been lighting up dance floors as the Queen Of Hi NRG since her iconic queer anthem Searchin’ (I Gotta Find A Man) became a massive smash back in 1984. Her back catalogue of other incredible tunes includes Who’s Leaving Who, Maybe We Should Call It A Day and Whatever I Do. Hazell is a gay woman and a huge Trans Ally and supporter of Trans...

Nigel's guest today is Jimbo, a drag star best known for competing in the first season of Canada’s Drag Race, RuPaul’s Drag Race UK Vs The World and for winning Drag Race All Stars. She is a pure drag icon garnering international recognition for her show-stopping looks and shows that astound crowds with their creativity and leave audiences screaming for more. Jimbo is a designer with a huge backgr...

Hosted by Nigel May, whose guest today is Peppermint, a true trailblazer in the worlds of drag and transgender rites. She is an actress, singer, songwriter, TV personality, and activist. When she was announced as a contestant on Season 9 of Rupaul’s Drag Race USA she became the first transgender woman to come out prior to the show airing. On stage she became the first trans woman to originate a pr...

Hosted by Nigel May, whose guest today is Paul Burston, journalist and author and a man who has been described as the senior statesman of queer culture. He edited the LGBT section of Time Out magazine for many years and is the author of many best-selling books. He is also the curator and host of the award winning Polari Literary salon and founder of the Polari Prize book awards for LGBTQ+ writers....