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Live-drawing the Live Stream of Pansy’s House of Presents – whoa!

That was delirious!!

Amazing performances by beloved Berlin queers and queens as they quarantine all over town! Pansy, hostess of Pansy’s House of Presents, Berlin’s incredibly popular drag show, and Gieza Poke, hostess of pre-show The Poke House, went live on Twitch last night. Above, marvelous performer Lola Rose showed the empty street her hot pink secret self in a fabulous number recorded earlier in the day.

Below, my first-ever drawing from a livestream, a very bad drawing of Gieza Poke!

Gieza Poke by Suzanne Forbes March 24 2020Drawing from the screen is completely and entirely different from drawing from life.

I have drawn Gieza on three other occasions and never created such a mess.

Pansys House of Presents March 24 2020 by Suzanne ForbesHostess Pansy had wonderful makeup and brought adorable rescue greyhound Tina (“like Tina Turner”) on for a cameo.

I am shocked by how little this drawing looks like her. I have also drawn Pansy before, damn well.

HP Loveshaft for Pansys House of Presents March 24 2020 Suzanne ForbesHP Loveshaft did an incredible and sexy number to “Dancing With Myself” from their hallway.

I made a terrible drawing of this gorgeous drag king! Even though I have drawn them in the past.

Fifi Fantome for Pansys House of Presents March 24 2020 by Suzanne ForbesI do kind of like the drawing I made of Fifi Fantôme dancing on her rooftop!

And I like the one of Lola, as loose and messy as it is. If my Patrons enjoy these goofy drawings, I’ll keep trying every week.

Pansy is doing an incredible thing working to livestream the previously scheduled performances every Tuesday.

She is hoping to raise money to pay the performers, pay beloved queer clubhouse Monster Ronsons the rent she would have paid them, and keep performers’ spirits up.

Gieza’s loving, sassy humor and Pansy’s indomitable message of inclusion, diversity, solidarity and social justice were so revitalizing to me yesterday. The comments in the chat were hilarious too!

You can watch these wild livestreams for free on Twitch (so easy to set up an account) and also easily tip the performers or pay the regular ten euro entry fee if you can.

Gieza’s twitch is here and Pansy’s is here.

You can pre-order merch, including the super popular Drag Saves Lives shirts and totes, here.

I am so grateful to my Patrons on Patreon, whose monthly financial support makes it possible for me work safely at home.

As usual these drawings are licensed Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) for all to share and enjoy!

In addition, I release the copyright on each drawing to the performer shown and they may use the drawings for their own profit and pleeeasssure in any way they choose.

 

A Valentines Big Broad Revue at Tipsy Bear Berlin!

Dotti Moscati at Big Broad Revue by Suzanne Forbes Feb 22 2020We love the sexy, political, Berliner humor and magic of this show!

Don’t we all need a long, sweet lick of Liberty right now? You know we do. Co-producer Dotti Moscati brought the sadness, the frustration, the betrayal, and the sexy-ass life-force to this depiction of Lady Liberty.

Dotti Moscati for Big Broad Revue at Tipsy Bear by Suzanne Forbes June 25 2020Updated June 25 with another drawing of Dotti from this night.

Singing her hilarious, awesome Tinder song!

Gorjeaux at Big Broad Revue by Suzanne Forbes Feb 22 2020The surprise guest was radiant Gorjeoux, above, strumming and singing and making us giggle with her revised pop songs.

Duckie l Orange at Big Broad Revue by Suzanne Forbes Feb 22 2020Aussie Duckie l’Orange did a remarkable puppet burlesque number.

It was both hilarious and deeply unsettling!

Liliana Velasquez at Big Broad Revue by Suzanne Forbes Feb 22 2020Co-Producer Liliana Velásquez is always amazing!

We love her New Yorker/Colombian/Berlin stand-up humor!

My husband actually came out for Big Broad Revue, because he loves Liliana’s stand-up (and it was Valentines!) and he had a wonderful time. It was really a tremendous show, balancing outrage at injustice and the laughs that help us keep going.

Fannie Headaek at Big Broad Revue by Suzanne Forbes Feb 22 2020 Returned to us after a sojourn in Canada for makeup school, Fannie Headaek hit the stage!

You might wonder how a number could possibly live up to that wig. Believe me, she did!

Ruby de Cadence at Big Broad Revue by Suzanne Forbes Feb 22 2020

Last but never, never least, beautiful Ruby de Cadence!

Always a pleasure to draw this burlesque lady.

And always my pleasure and my honor to documentary-draw the folx of Berlin, which is made possible by the monthly financial support of my Patrons on Patreon