‘Glamrou: Drag Mother’ review: A revelation of family, faith and identity
Amrou Al-Kadhi stars in Glamrou: Drag Mother (Image: Provided; Design: Attitude)
Amrou Al-Kadhi has mummy issues. And to see photos of their mother projected above the performer onto the white drapes in the main theatre space of London’s Soho Theatre, you can understand why. She… is… fabulous. It really is the image that every gay boy wished that their mother would look like. While my own mum always took pride in her image, she was always more a slightly upmarket Greek-Cypriot take on Pat Butcher in her Zara leopard print than this Loewe wearing Iraqi goddess.
In Glamrou: Drag Mother – the autobiographical solo performance recounting the writer-director’s relationship with their mother – Amrou’s drag alter ego Glamrou takes us on a journey from a brutal vision of Iraq “during
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