It’s World Pride 2023 and the queer globe is converging on Sydney Australia to celebrate diversity, inclusion, community and fabulousness!

To mark this momentous event the STAGES podcast is saluting the cast of captivating drag divas and personalities who have been featured on the podcast during the past 5 seasons.

They are artists who have appeared on national and global stages; thrilling audiences, making a difference, healing community and expressing unique and wondrous talents.

We spotlight these episodes so you can savour a second listen - or so you can sample the delights of these entertainers for the very first time.

A Diva a day for each day of World Pride!

Trevor Ashley follows in a long line of Australian stage larrikins that include Roy Rene (Mo McCackie), Barry Humphries (Dame Edna), Gary McDonald (Norman Gunston) and Reg Livermore (Betty Blokkbuster). These performers have created characters who have celebrated the outrageous, and all that is particular about our culture.

Trevor Ashley continues this biting and hysterical piss-take, serving it up in flamboyant and finely realised entertainments such Fat Swan, Little Orphan Trashley, Bodybag and The Lyin’ Queen. Alongside these ‘naughty’ pantos, Ashley has also enjoyed worldwide success with his one-man shows Liza on an E, Liza’s Back! - is Broken, and Diamonds Are For Trevor.

He has also proved himself on the musical theatre stage with acclaimed performances in Priscilla Queen of the Desert (Miss Understanding), Jesus Christ Superstar (King Herod), Hairspray (Edna Turnblad) and Les Miserables (Thenadier).

Trevor can also be seen conquering television in RFDS on channel 7 and in the new Australian film, Seriously Red.

Intent on embracing many roles, Ashley also wears the titles of producer, writer, musician and director. In the role of Director, he returned to Priscilla - the musical, staging it for a season at The Star Gold Coast, in July 2022.

That December, he completed a triumphant addition to his pantomime series - Moulin Scrooge - and can be presently found on stage as Pharaoh in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.

The STAGES podcast is available from Apple podcasts, Spotify and from where you find your favourite podcasts. Tune in daily for a history of drag in Sydney. Tell your friends, share the podcast, relish the stories and embrace your own sense of Pride.