St. Clair SRC shows LGBT pride with drag comedy show

Rainbow flags and vibrant costume changes at a drag comedy cabaret only serviced to show St. Clair College’s support for the LGBT community.

Reality television star, Pandora Boxx, graced the stage during her one-night-only drag comedy cabaret at St. Clair College Thursday.

St. Clair College’s Student Representative Committee, partnered with local company, Lavender Promotions, to help bring “Out of the Boxx” to Windsor.

“We thought this was a great addition to the programming that we already do for the LGBTQ+ community and for all ends of spectrum for our college,” says Kiara Clement, president of the SRC.

“We are trying to make this college a very safe environment for students and make it feel like home for students and this is just another addition to that creation.”

Clement says that this isn’t the only Pride event that St. Clair college students have to look forward to. “In November we have a week long Pride Week theme coming up, and so we’re going to be doing a bunch of activities during that week to honour and support our LGBTQ+ and allies community on campus.”

Head of Lavender Promotions, Lawrence Lavender, has been a long time fan of Boxx and knew that Windsor audiences were ready for a performance like hers.

“I’ve been doing these events now for about a year and a half, gradually getting bigger and bigger, reinvesting and getting bigger names,“ says Lavender. “This is performing art. It’s singing, comedy (and) acting. This particular performer happens to be doing it in costume, so female impersonation is part of the act.”

Having toured the world with her one-woman show, Boxx uses musical spoofs, political satire and physical comedy to entertain her audiences. Boxx also participated on Ru Paul’s Drag Race Season 2’s ‘Miss Congeniality.’ Boxx was also the fifth place contestant of Ru Paul’s All Star Drag Race Season 1.