Hello Readers! Nice to see you, to see you ... Oh yes, we think he seems like a nice boy. Let's introduce you to the award winning performance artist and glorified drag queen - Scottee! He's back at the Roundhouse after his sell out run at CircusFest earlier this year. Fancy that. Run-Riot caught up with him to hear about his show, described as 'Carry-On for the Twitter generation' - that's his quote. What a smart arse. His show is naff, naff, naff - in the best possible way! We simply can't wait. Scottee: 'Camp (as Christmas) at the Roundhouse, 13-22 December 2012

RR: Camp (as Christmas) - is it a family show?
Scottee: No. It's a show that you could bring your Mum to but I wouldn't advise plonking your Nan in the front row. It's all light hearted fun but it'll go over the head of anyone born after 1992. It's silly, a little bit rude (not in a burlesque way) and naff - in essence it's 'Carry On' for the Twitter generation.

RR: We LOVE a Variety show! What else can we expect?
Scottee: Origami, Queen, hula hooping and a lot of bad dance routines - imagine a world in which Top of The Pops, You Bet, Blue Peter, The Generation Game and Britain's Got Talent were one big TV show filmed in front of a live studio audience sipping snowballs and you're half way there. Silly, naff, good old fashioned fun.

RR: Should we bring back Top of the Pops? Do you have a favourite TOTP moment?
Scottee: No - especially with recent develops of what allegedly went on backstage in the 70's! TOTP's greatest era for me was the early 90's - post Pans People and Tony Blackburn, East 17 in bomber jackets forgetting which camera to look into and Bros attempting to be relevant - I can't see One Direction doing a duet with Gabrielle, unfortunately. Surely it would be called Top of the iPop's now right?

RR: What are you listening to at the moment? What track(s) make you want to jump up and dance?
Scottee: Lots of glam rock like Mud and stride piano sing-along like Mrs Mills - I have no idea why this combination is currently most listened too on my iTunes although I think it echos the Camp ethos perfectly.

RR: You recently featured in a film made by cosmetics company Lush in support of their campaign 'Fighting Animal Testing' - why did you get involved?
Scottee: I've been a vegetarian since I was 16 and old enough to tell my Nan I didn't want to eat cow. I didn't stop for ethical reasons but the thought of ingesting dead animals is horrific. I wear alot of slap and blush in my line of work and Lush's determination to create cosmetic products that haven't been at all tested on animals is inspiring and something I wanted to be apart of! Who would say no to playing a guinea pig for the day anyway?



RR: Tell us why our readers should donate to the 2013 Burger Queen fund - and what IS it?
Scottee: Burger Queen is my annual beauty pageant / talent show / cook-off for fatties and chubsters! The idea is to create a space where the fatty isn't the butt of all jokes and are celebrated for their curves and rolls - a bit like a Dove advert but with less lighting. It's held at the RVT. Each year I usually loose a fair stash putting it on - this year I'm asking the cult that follows it to help us document it and raise the standard of production. Donate if you can, here: wefund.com/project/burger-queen



RR: So - the question we really want to ask: is Fassbinder's Querelle camp or smut?
Scottee: I think it's both - the camp comes in with the sheer number of sailor costumes, vast sunsets and pink up-lighting, not to mention the drag! The smut... well buy it on DVD but again - don't watch it with your Nan.

RR: What are you hoping for in your stocking this Christmas?
Scottee: EC2 by Les Senteurs - a scent that smells like EC2! AMAZING! I also got a sneak peek at Tatty Devine's new collection which I'm dying to get my hands on, not to mention a Paul A Young box of burger truffles - yes BURGER truffles!

RR: Could you treat us to a Scottee London anecdote.
Scottee: I urge everyone to head to Open Barbers in Finsbury Park one Monday evening - a pay what you can, drink as much tea as you like. Hairdressers for everyone and anyone. Plus you get to have your hair done by two rather dashing boys. Result!



Official site: scottee.co.uk
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Scottee: 'Camp (as Christmas)'
13 - 22 Dec 2012
at the Studio Theatre
Roundhouse
Chalk Farm Road
London NW1 8EH
For more information and tickets: roundhouse.org.uk

Interview with Scottee in November 2011 by Katie Antoniou: run-riot.com
Interview with Scottee in October 2010 by Kate Hutchinson: run-riot.com