Dating back to the 1970s or earlier, local drag shows have long been a fixture of this place. From Toronto drag performer to NL ‘away-to-stay’Bardot moved to Newfoundland in 2020, but her roots here go much deeper. On one hand, she felt pressure to meet the expectations people had of a Toronto drag queen. The city has been a welcoming space for drag, Bardot says, one with a surprising degree of cultural and artistic vibrancy for its size. I’ve now come out of that [time] with the realization that I love educating, I love doing community drag shows and shows that are uplifting.