{"id":11077,"date":"2026-05-25T05:35:04","date_gmt":"2026-05-25T05:35:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/culturalleft.org\/cl\/2026\/05\/25\/my-first-drag-turn-as-karen-carpenter-in-hotpants-la-voix-on-swinger-cruises-strictly-and-blazing-into-musicals-culture-the-guardian\/"},"modified":"2026-05-25T05:35:04","modified_gmt":"2026-05-25T05:35:04","slug":"my-first-drag-turn-as-karen-carpenter-in-hotpants-la-voix-on-swinger-cruises-strictly-and-blazing-into-musicals-culture-the-guardian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/culturalleft.org\/cl\/2026\/05\/25\/my-first-drag-turn-as-karen-carpenter-in-hotpants-la-voix-on-swinger-cruises-strictly-and-blazing-into-musicals-culture-the-guardian\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018My first drag turn? As Karen Carpenter in hotpants!\u2019 La Voix on swinger cruises, Strictly \u2013 and blazing into musicals Culture | The Guardian"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From Drag Race to Eurovision to Strictly, La Voix is going stratospheric. And Chris Dennis, the man behind the crimson coiffure, is thrilled. He talks about his cruise ship highs, doing panto with Cilla \u2013 and starring in Annie<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I\u2019ve done more cruises than Jane McDonald,\u201d says Chris Dennis with a hoot. About 130 in all, he reckons, which his agent said surpassed McDonald, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/music\/2026\/mar\/25\/jane-mcdonald-clubland-cruise-ships-to-country\">most famous cruise ship singer there is<\/a>. You won\u2019t find Dennis\u2019s name on any billing, though, and most of the thousands of people who have seen him perform won\u2019t know it either. But they will know his alter ego, La Voix, a \u201cnorthern powerhouse\u201d of show tunes, sharp quips and bright crimson coiffure. Perhaps you\u2019ve seen her slaying the runway on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/tv-and-radio\/2018\/mar\/03\/rupaul-drag-race-big-f-you-to-male-dominated-culture\">RuPaul<\/a>\u2019s Drag Race, dancing a pasodoble to Beethoven\u2019s Fifth on Strictly, or appearing as a \u201cspokesqueen\u201d on the recent Eurovision. And now she\u2019s about to sashay into her first role in a musical \u2013 as Miss Hannigan in Annie.<\/p>\n<p>La Voix is an amalgam of the women Dennis knew growing up in Stockton-on-Tees: quick wit, warm heart, belter of a voice, and always in possession of a sparkly top for a night out. After 17 years of Drag Race on TV, we\u2019ve seen the vast range of what drag can be, from high fashion to political to performance art. But La Voix is classic old school light entertainment. Who, I ask Dennis, are your comic influences? \u201cKen Dodd,\u201d he says without a beat. \u201cThe terrible jokes that just make you laugh. Bang, bang, bang, joke, joke, joke.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/culture\/barry-humphries\">Barry Humphries<\/a>\u2019 Dame Edna and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/tv-and-radio\/paul-o-grady\">Paul O\u2019Grady<\/a>\u2019s Lily Savage are big influences, too. And when TV\u2019s Loose Women asked La Voix about dancing with Strictly partner Aljaz\u030c S\u030ckorjanec, her reply \u2013 \u201cTo be flung round the room by a muscular Slovenian, you\u2019re not going to say no, are you?\u201d \u2013 was pure <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/culture\/victoria-wood\">Victoria Wood.<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/stage\/2026\/may\/25\/la-voix-chris-dennis-interview-drag-karen-carpenter-strictly-come-dancing-eurovision\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/stage\/2026\/may\/25\/la-voix-chris-dennis-interview-drag-karen-carpenter-strictly-come-dancing-eurovision\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\">Read More<\/a><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/e53ebdca491e1d1d4c213d75e6efbd25abc460d7\/2420_951_1824_1459\/master\/1824.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=2f658776714367382e4e37ed5469745a\" title=\"\u2018My first drag turn? 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