THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW – ‘Shadow Cabaret Cast’ revealed for May at the Rio!

Loose Willis is an award-winning international drag king who serves rock ’n’ roll scuzz, high-camp glamour and comedy excellence. With over 10 years of stage experience across stand-up, compèring, boylesque and more, this dirty rotten scoundrel is a Creative Associate of the Offie award-winning drag king troupe Pecs; the host and co-producer of Fist Club, a queer professional wrestling night and a regular cast member of Slaystation, a video game themed drag cabaret You might have see him hanging loose at Soho Theatre, Southbank Centre, The Barbican, The Globe or Torture Garden.

Macho Mei is a 10/10 blend of androgyny, drag, and burlesque, bringing slick moves, sharp style, and don’t-touch-but-watch-me baddie energy to every stage. A Draggies: Born Naked finalist and member of The Bitten Peach and Soho School of Burlesque, they’ve turned up the heat at RedHot100, GalPals, Butch Please, Magic Dyke and Boomtown. Expect gender play, raw movement, and performances that seduce, subvert, and leave you breathless.

Don’t laugh, it’s Nat Funni! East London’s very own draglesque sweetheart who puts the “ass” in “massive personality”, Nat made a name for themselves with 6 years of terrorising the national cabaret scene with their infectiously delightful charm, nostalgia-tinged costume design and devotion to all things camp.

Silver screen softboi and all-around silly goose Duane Nasis is a movement artist and action performer by day and tender, sensual cabaret clown by night. Part of pan-Asian cabaret collective The Bitten Peach as well as striptease super-group The Dragon Boiz, Duane has previously explored a diverse range of practices from physical theatre and clowning, to contemporary dance, gymnastics, and even lucha libre wrestling; developing a uniquely physical performance vocabulary that has seen him work for a range of clients such as Sadlers Wells, Rina Sawayama, and Marvel Studios.

Loren Dell’Arco is a half naked screaming sleep paralysis demon that you don’t know how to get rid of. Considered by many the she/her Luigi Mangione of the queer community, you can watch her: get naked / scream in a mic / get naked / not be able to put clothing the right way around and, consequently / get naked. From Dalston to Italy, from north to south, from yes to no and hot to cold, she performed everywhere, surely loudly and sometimes also proudly. Her style of performing is a mix of sexy moves, chaotic energy and screams that only a cat in cement mixer could produce. Sit down and enjoy the absolute madness that only someone with a gorgeous ass and dense brain can bring you. And please, don’t feed her bread.

Die Lemma is a trans femme artist of German and Ethiopian heritage, blending the worlds of music and drag. Her vocal performances pay homage to black music and old cabaret. Situated in the trans body, they disrupt prescriptive ideas of gender. In its place, she weaves reimagined possibilities using costume, craft and paint. Die Lemma regularly works all around London and beyond in queer venues and nightclubs but her work has also taken her to venues such as the National Theatre, Southbank Center, Barbican, the Roundhouse, Glastonbury Festival and the Box. She recently won the drag competition Top of the Slops Allstars and sold out her first Drag theatre show, Peach, Shit & Die, with collaborator Masc Peach.

Co Kendrah is a Brazilian drag performer creating chaos in different continents, and being the Queer Horror Night’s rabid pig for the past 4 years. And please do worry, they bite as hard as they squeal.

John Travulva aka Jodie Mitchell is a stand-up comedian, writer and Drag King. They’ve appeared on Comedy Central Live, Channel 4’s ‘Jokes Only a Lesbian Can Tell’, BBC Radio 4’s multi-award-winning ‘Time Of The Week’, which they also wrote for, and in 2025 performed their viral TEDx Talk ‘Why You Think Women Aren’t Funny’. They were featured in The New York Times for their work on trans representation while writing on Season 3 of Netflix’s ‘Sex Education’ and they’ve co-created and starred as their macho, Glaswegian alter-ego John Travulva in numerous hit shows with their Off West End Award-winning drag king troupe ‘Pecs’.

Token Homo creates queer, cult, and curious cinema events at independent venues across London. He’s the creator and host of Bar Trash and Queer Horror Nights and collaborates with other exhibitionists to make those decidedly social shows happen. Brazenly queer-led, Token Homo’s screen events promote community through a mix of accessible programming, vibrant hosting, radical film histories, and a diverse lineup of guests with their own distinctive voices. He has a reputation for creating mayhem in the darkness, adding 4DFX, live comedy and blood-soaked chaotic cabaret to queer the cult cinema cannon.