Opera-trained Drag Race winner Monét X Change makes her West End debut as a drag mentor to a struggling Elvis impersonator in Matthew López’s The Legend of Georgia McBride, playing in the round at @sohoplace from 2 February.
Picture this: a classically trained opera singer, a drag legend and an Elvis impersonator who’s just lost his act, with the audience sitting on all sides. That’s The Legend of Georgia McBride, and Monét X Change is about to make her West End debut in it.
The Drag Race winner plays Miss Tracy Mills, the drag queen who takes Casey, a struggling Elvis impersonator, under her wing. Her CV is already a lot. She trained at Westminster Choir College, has sung opera at Lincoln Center and Minnesota Opera, won RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars and appeared on The Traitors this year.
Now she’s bringing all of it to @sohoplace from 2 February to 15 May 2027.
Our take: Casting an opera-trained drag star as the mentor is a smart bit of mischief. In the round, there’s nowhere to hide, which suits a play about the courage to step out of your comfort zone.
Who will play Georgia?
It’s a swerve for Matthew López too. His West End debut, The Inheritance, was a sprawling two-part epic that swept the best play awards in London and New York. This time he’s written a comedy with a tender heart, and he’s delighted to be working with Monét and director Stevie Walker-Webb, “whose combined talents could power a midsize city.”
The big question is who plays Casey, the Elvis impersonator who becomes the dazzling Georgia McBride. Further casting is still to be announced, so the biggest part in the show is yet to be filled.
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