This is definitely not a film to watch at work or with your kids in the room. The Switch N Play is not family friendly, y’all. What I’m saying is if you’re sensitive to nudity or frank conversations about the human body, step out of this review now.
Switch n’ Play is part Drag, part burlesque, and all performance art in Brooklyn, NY. The space delight being Queer in every sense of the word. Performers like Pearl Harbor are non-binary and provide performances as a non-gendered drag performer. Vigor Mortis, drag king of the year shows off his stuff singing Cellophane from Chicago. Welcome to A Night at Switch N’ Play.
I love how comfortable these folks are with their bodies and the fact that they discuss their struggles with trying not to be funny all the time or make themselves a joke. Miss Malice sparkles as a Femme-c, the leader of ceremonies with a female performance done up just a touch more in drag. Zoe Ziegfield plays the stage kitten, or sexy stage manager. Zoe is comfortable with she/her and equally open to they/them for pronouns. You will see bare skin. You will see body parts. You will hear about guerrilla tape or pastie tape ripping skin off. This film is most definitely not sanitized for your protection. Vigor Mortis provides a fabulous trans perspective and is a fabulous performer. Also, fake lashes are hard, y’all. Mad shout out to these performers killing it with the fake lashes.
You are going to see things you never expected, like a performer dressed as a twinkie, a performer pulling a pearl necklace from a roast chicken, raw meat. I enjoyed this film far more than I thought I would and definitely recommend viewers take a look
A Night at Switch n Play recently premiered at the Inside Out Film Festival.
