... and then we saw Jimbo

Friday night held for us two good things.  The first was an enjoyable dinner at Openaire.  The second was a show at the Wiltern:  Jimbo's Drag Circus.

Don't know Jimbo?  No worries.  Jimbo is a Canadian drag queen based in Victoria.  He first appeared on Canada's Drag Race season 1, and while he made it pretty far, he didn't win.  Arguably, however, he was the star of the season.  He appeared on two further series in the Drag Race family, ultimately winning RuPaul's Drag Race All-Stars season 8.  And now he's doing a tour to capitalize on fans' familiarity with and love for what he did on Drag Race.  In short, there were a number of things I knew and was delighted to see.

Take, for example, how he opened the show in the outfit that he wore when he entered the work room on the first episode of Canada's Drag Race. 

He established the framework for the show ahead (which included a clown and two dancers),

and we were off!  We got the Shirley Temple he won Snatch Game with in his last season morphed into a modern version

and the Joan Rivers he won his first Snatch Game with. 

In the interstitial video clips, there was his Nancy Grace from a mini-challenge in his first season.  The things the fans hoped for were there.

There were two characters I didn't know (but perhaps others did).  One was a German stripper investigator.  The other was an old-timey sort of burlesque/stripper who revealed breasts all over. 

That second one involved spraying cream from her main (and very large) pair of breasts on the dancers and then on front row audience members).

And there was the baloney ghost. 

I don't know how else to call the character.  Jimbo debuted the ghost on television in the talent show for the UK Versus the World initial season, and it was weird and funny.  On stage, it was weird and funny and - we think - suffered a little wardrobe misfunction.  Ah well.

All in all, it was stupid and funny and good.  It showed so much thinking about how to link these things together.  It had singing and dancing and many jokes.  The set was great. 

It was very worth it.  Plus, come on, the theater is gorgeous. 

Over 100 years old.  A real beauty.  The three of us had a super time of it, surrounded by many many many gays and more.  And yes, I bought the tshirt.  Two of them.  😉