Soho Theatre and Pleasance in association with Tim Whitehead presentReigning Queen of RuPaul’s Drag Race UK
Ginger Johnson Blows Off!
A 3-week residency at Soho Theatre
Monday 23 September – Saturday 12 October
and UK tour
Thursday 17 October – Friday 22 November
Reigning Queen of RuPaul’s Drag Race UK, beloved powerhouse performer Ginger Johnson, is to swap her crown for a crash helmet as she brings her all-new show Ginger Johnson Blows Off! to Soho Theatre for a 3-week season from Monday 23 September – Saturday 12 October. at 9.30pm, followed by her first solo UK tour.
Following her sold-out Christmas show, Ginger All the Way!, at Soho Theatre, Britain’s ditsiest daredevil will now take a death-defying leap of faith, taking on her biggest challenge yet.
What do you do when you achieve your dream of winning RuPaul’s Drag Race? Come up with a new dream of course! Bursting with stunning looks and cunning stunts, Ginger Johnson Blows Off! asks just how far will one Queen go for a round of applause?
Not content with snatching the Drag Race UK crown, Ginger intends to use her year-long reign to break new ground in drag performance. Audiences can expect Ginger’s signature big hair, big heart and big laughs as our Queen swaps her stilettos for safety goggles and the runway for the real world.
Written, directed, and performed by Ginger Johnson, with additional material and original songs by cabaret legends Bourgeois and Maurice, Ginger Johnson Blows Off! showcases whoopee cushions, confetti and 80s power ballads.
Ginger is an award-winning theatre maker who has created work for the likes of the Southbank Centre and Selfridges. She has emceed for Glastonbury Festival and Sink The Pink, and performed at The Roundhouse, Birmingham Symphony Hall, Bristol Old Vic and The Hackney Empire.
Her debut solo show, Ginger Johnson’s Happy Place, was selected by The Times as one of the best shows of the festival at the 2019 Edinburgh fringe.
Ginger Johnson says, “Competing on Drag Race was the biggest challenge of my life to date, so it only feels right to follow it up with something even more ridiculous. Ginger Johnson Blows Off! tells the story of what it feels like to have a dream come true and the joy that comes with chasing a new one. It’s about taking risks, pushing limits, living up to expectations… and not taking yourself too seriously in the process!”
Ginger Johnson Blows Off! will also tour the UK to Bath, Newcastle, Birmingham, Norwich, Leicester, Cambridge, Cardiff, Leeds, Glasgow, Liverpool, Brighton, Manchester.
It will also play the Edinburgh Fringe, Pleasance Courtyard (Beyond), 60 Pleasance, Edinburgh, EH8 9TJ Wednesday 31 July – Saturday 24 August 2024 (not 5th, 12th, 19th) at 18:30
Soho Theatre
Soho Theatre is London’s most vibrant producer for new theatre, comedy and cabaret. Our central London venue is established as one of UK’s busiest with a buzzing bar, lively audiences and diverse year-round festival programme with a queer, punk, counter-culture flavour. In 2025 our second venue Soho Theatre Walthamstow opens. Work extends beyond our venues with a full touring programme and strong international connections with New York, Melbourne and Mumbai. Edinburgh Fringe is a huge part of our year, we present many shows and scout hundreds more and we are UK’s leading presenter of Indian comedians. Our filmed comedy specials can be seen on international airlines and Soho Theatre Player. And our artist development and participation programmes are as important as the work on our stages. Soho Theatre is a charity and social enterprise.
LISTINGS INFO
Soho Theatre and Pleasance in association with Tim Whitehead present
Ginger Johnson Blows Off!
Performer/Writer/Director
Ginger Johnson
Original Songs by
Bourgeois & Maurice with Ginger Johnson
Additional Material by
Bourgeois & Maurice
Soho Theatre
21 Dean Street
London W1D 3NE
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Monday 23 September – Saturday 12 October at 9.30pm
Running Time 1 hour
Booking link:
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ginger-johnson-blows-off-uk-tour/
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Ginger Johnson Blows Off! launch video