The B-Girlz

The B-Girlz are a Canadian drag comedy trio, based in Toronto, Ontario.[1] The troupe's core members are Michael Boyuk, who performs as Kora Harcourt (Hard Kora)[2] and Mark Peacock, who performs as Barbara Quigley (Barbie-Q);[3] while the third member has varied at different times, with performers including Robert Windisman as Conchita Castillio[4] and Shawn Hitchins as Ivana.[5]

B-Girlz Barbie-Q (Pink) and Hard Kora (Green)
The B-Girlz performing at the 2007 Capital Pride in Ottawa

History

The troupe have created a number of live cabaret shows, including B-Girlz Gone Wild!, B-Girlz on Thin Ice,[6] Vegas Bound... and Gagged!,[7] Dragged Across America,[8] Attack of the Killer B's, Thoroughly Modern Girlz, The B-List[9] and The Girlz Most Likely to B. They have toured in Canada and internationally, both with the cabaret shows and at LGBT Pride and fringe festival events.[10][11]

They have also hosted regular events at Buddies in Bad Times and other venues in Toronto, including the Homo Night in Canada comedy show[12] and the amateur talent show Goontown. Peacock, Boyuk and Hitchins have also performed with the comedy troupe Queer Comedy Collective.[13]

The troupe have also written, created and produced a number of short films, including B-Girlz Gone Wild, Canada's Next Top Showgirl, Degrassi B-Girlz High, Ice Skate Canada, The Elevator, The Dress and Toronto! Toronto!!, which screened at the opening gala of the 2004 Inside Out Film and Video Festival in Toronto.[14]

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See also

References
  1. "Monarchs among the moths". The Globe and Mail, June 12, 2004.
  2. "Pride 'front and centre'; Festival shifts to riverfront as popularity grows". Windsor Star, July 17. 2007.
  3. "There goes the gaybourhood". The Globe and Mail, March 24, 2007.
  4. "Festival lineup: Dames get marching orders". Toronto Star, March 19, 2000.
  5. Shawn Hitchins, A Brief History of Oversharing: One Ginger's Anthology of Humiliation. ECW Press, 2017. ISBN 9781773050591.
  6. "On stage: The B-Girlz’ On (Thin) Ice". Daily Xtra, December 6, 2006.
  7. "Pride week events". Toronto Star, June 15, 2006.
  8. "Queer time of year; Pride in Toronto gains in cultural variety what it has lost in political edge". Toronto Star, June 16, 2005.
  9. "It's really broad comedy". Winnipeg Free Press, July 24, 2008.
  10. "'A liberal family show'". Halifax Daily News, July 21, 2005.
  11. "Philly celebrates equality". The Temple News, April 22, 2004.
  12. "Buddies in Bad Times: World's longest-running queer theatre company celebrates World Pride". Metro, June 18, 2014.
  13. "Canada’s gay sketch-comedy darlings return". Daily Xtra, June 21, 2011.
  14. "275 queer films show inside and out". Toronto Star, May 20, 2004.
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