After a weekend of travelling the length and breadth of the country, drag superstar Sandra slows it down a gear every Wednesday for an hour of salacious gossip and song at Central Station. And if there’s one thing Sandra and our Jason Reid have in common, it’s that they both love a good old jaw. This week he found out her opinion on a variety of random topics of the day, ones you might hear (camp) fishwives with a head full of rollers discussing over the garden fence…
Boris Johnson
“He’s very likeable, isn’t he? Scatty as hell, but likeable. We all knew he was going to run as an MP eventually. Not sure if his personality alone will carry him through though. Let’s face it, they’re all the same these politicians.”
UK Cabaret Scene
“I think it’s thriving right now, both traditional and alternative. Even though I’m more traditional myself, I still appreciate all genres of cabaret; I love Myra DuBois and David Hoyle for example.”
The Great British Bake Off
“I don’t really watch it anymore. That Sue Perkins needs a good slap – she irritates the hell out of me. I love Mary Berry though. I remember her from a show called Farmhouse Kitchen, which was on in the 70’s, when I was a little girl. She’s been around that one.”
Drag Queens of London
“What was that all about? They had far too many characters in the show; it just needed two or three so that the audience got to know them better. And If I hear ‘Diamonds’ one more time…”
“I know Katie Price from way back. We had a cat-fight once.”
Fracking
“I had no idea what fracking was until I saw people protesting about it when I was in America. I thought it was something sexual. Sounds very dirty! But seriously, I’m not sure what camp I’m in; if it’s for the good of the country, then yes, but if it’s solely for big companies to make loads of money, then no.”
X Factor
“I tell you what, I cannot STAND that Cheryl Cole, I wish she’d just fuck off! I’ve been saying this for years: how can she tell anyone how to sing when she’s mimed her way to the top? Can you tell I really don’t rate her? And that Louis Walsh – waste of space. Bring back Dannii Minogue, she was the best judge in my opinion.”
Katie Price
“I know Katie from way back. We had a cat-fight once [laughs]. When Peter Stringfellow bought The Hippodrome it was gay on Monday nights – kind of like the G-A-Y of its day. Anyway I used to go in drag, and one week I was in the ladies toilet powdering my nose and in walked Katie; she turned to me and said, ‘What are you doing in here?’ I looked over and said back to her ‘Shut the fuck up, and mind your own business’. A few seconds later she pounced and started pulling my hair. Well, I pushed that bitch into the cubicle where she belongs [laughs] and just walked out. I could hear her screaming ‘I’m gonna have you thrown out’.”
Musical Theatre
“Anyone who knows me will know how much I love musical theatre. It’s where I started out, many years ago, in Starlight Express. And this November I’ll be returning to my roots playing Motormouth Maybelle in Hairspray at the Ashcroft Theatre, Croydon. If I could be in one musical right now it’d be The Bodyguard – playing Rachel Marron. I heard Alexandra Burke was shit.”
Cruising (Sandra’s FAVOURITE topic)
“I much prefer old fashioned cruising. Chowing down on a nice bit of juicy cock up the Heath is much better than constant ping-pong messages on Grindr with some guy, who when they do eventually turn up look nothing like their well-lit and strategically angled pictures. I was in the Vault the other week and honestly Jason, there was a guy with the biggest cock you’ve ever seen. If I had slit my throat open I’d still not have been able to fit it down there, and god knows I tried everything else. It was like survival of the fittest, everyone was on it [laughs].”
• Sandra’s Naughty Nights is at Central Station (37 Wharfdale Road, Kings Cross, N1 9SD) every Wednesday from 10pm.
