![]() Lip-syncing is the art form of imitating the performance of a singer by moving your lips to a song as if you sing. Medusa does a different kind of performance as a passionate lip-syncer. There is no clear structure to my shows, it's about having a good time together". ![]() I am on stage laughing, pulling jokes, being shady and just being fierce. For her, "it's also about putting on a whole show. Madame Yoko likes to sing live to her audience in drag. Once emerged in their alter ego, a drag performer entertains their audience by dancing, singing or surprising with any other talent. In preparation of a performance, both artists feminise their faces through makeup and reshape their bodies through padding and cushions. Ian and Keano live their everyday lives as men, but have been performing in their drag characters over the past years as Madame Yoko and Medusa Venom. Madame Yoko opened Barnum in 2018 to give the art of drag a consistent home in Luxembourg. After she gave a quick tour of her drag mother’s dressing room, one thing is clear: this is a place where artistry takes place. Medusa Venom jokingly says, "everyone who enters has to rub them. Next to the door, a pair of fake breasts sits on a hanger. It is basically impossible to see a wall, because every centimetre of the room is used to store Madame Yoko’s costuming. In the backstage room of the drag cabaret Brasserie Barnum in Redange, clothing racks full of colourful gowns and sequined jumpsuits fill the space.
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