Daddy Drag
a performance by Leyla Josephine
Poster and Flyer Photography and Design, Photo Documentation
This is a drag show about dads. Good dads, daft dads, dads who wear slogan t-shirts, dads that put on barbecues, dads that tell dad jokes, dads that are bad at dancing. This is a show about dads who are absent and dads who are not very good dads at all.
Poster & Flyer Design
Front of A5 Flyer
Back of A5 Flyer
For the poster and flyer image we decided to depict an important moment in the performance where Leyla herself emerges from her Daddy persona in a Father-of-the-Bride speech. So we took that and ran with it and made this really kitsch, wedding invitation inspired flyer design.
Leyla is a well-known spoken-word performer and theatre-maker, more recently film-maker, so we had to make sure that she was recognisable, even in her Daddy costume and makeup. This moment of her emerging from her Daddy character provided the perfect visual friction between person and persona we were looking for.
Documentation
Photographed at Assembly Roxy in Edinburgh before Leyla’s premiere performance of Daddy Drag
Written and Performed by Leyla Josephine
Produced by Caitlin Fairlie of Powerhaus
Set and Costume Design by Jennie Lööf
Drag Consultant Annabel Cooper
Dramaturg Drew Taylor
Daddy Drag was supported by Creative Scotland National Lottery Fund. It premiered at Assembly Roxy in Edinburgh in 2019, and went on to do an Edinburgh Festival Fringe run at Summerhall later that year followed by a final run at the Tron Theatre in Glasgow in 2020.
