{"id":26350,"date":"2025-01-22T09:00:46","date_gmt":"2025-01-22T17:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/?p=26350"},"modified":"2025-01-17T10:30:22","modified_gmt":"2025-01-17T18:30:22","slug":"pieces-of-performance-local-drag-performer-fierce-brosnan-gets-iconic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/2025\/01\/22\/pieces-of-performance-local-drag-performer-fierce-brosnan-gets-iconic\/","title":{"rendered":"Pieces of Performance: Local drag performer Fierce Brosnan gets iconic"},"content":{"rendered":"

Fierce Brosnan, also known as Chelsea, has taken the Victoria drag king scene by storm.<\/p>\n

Stepping up as a \u201990s heartthrob, this campy and charismatic boy can charm like no other.<\/p>\n

\u201cLately I\u2019ve leaned into a more crooner, classically handsome performer\u2014I guess to show that us old boys still got it,\u201d says Fierce.<\/p>\n

When attending a Fierce Brosnan show, you can expect to laugh, be swooned, and maybe even end up with a new friend.<\/p>\n

\u201cI want people to walk away from a Fierce Brosnan show feeling like they were in on the bit with me and we\u2019re buddies now,\u201d says Fierce.<\/p>\n

The life of a king is never dull when you can make others laugh, feel connected, and crave more. Fierce says that with it comes a chance to express a true neuro-spicy identity that would usually be pushed away.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Local performer Fierce Brosnan says that drag has boosted his confidence (photo by KZ photography).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cDrag has allowed me to give that inside voice a microphone and, it turns out, people enjoy it.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

From Okanagan Valley beginnings, the journey began by attending friends\u2019 crossdressing parties, where some attendees even performed numbers, which prompted a final push from a friend. That caught the eye of a local Indigenous drag legend.<\/p>\n

\u201cElla Lamoureux had asked me to do spotlight night\u2026 I was too chicken. Finally, a friend of mine signed me up when I wasn\u2019t there. I received a message from Ella \u2026[asking] if I would do it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Three years into the journey, Fierce has yet to slow down. From hosting monthly shows at Friends of Dorothy\u2019s, brunches at The Vicious Poodle, and transforming other venues around town to become queer-friendly spaces, it has kept him booked and busy. All while creating the up-and-coming drag king group Call Us Men, featuring Bad Shah, Tragic Mike, and Ricky E. Ratmansky. Drag is about sharing who we are authentically, the deepest part of us, and with community comes the best self-realization of who you can be, something not lost on Fierce.<\/p>\n

\u201cDrag has given me a community of amazing people that support and show up as well as pushed me to be more confident and vocal,\u201d says Fierce.<\/p>\n

An anterior cruciate ligament surgery that took place in November 2024 has given Fierce a chance to reflect on his favorite song choice.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201c\u2018To You from Me\u2019 [is a] number I dedicated to my wife\u2026 I was able to perform it at Pride [and] it was selected to be done at an All Drag King Festival called Emerald City Kings Ball, in Seattle.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The soft spot while performing this number grows every time and there is rarely a dry eye in the audience.<\/p>\n

You can catch Fierce Brosnan breaking hearts of local legends at his upcoming show Drag In Concept Heartbreak Hotel: Double Booked<\/i>, with Call Us Men at Lucky Bar on February 13.<\/p>\n

And if you can\u2019t get enough of this iconic king you can follow along\u00a0 <\/span>on Instagram at its.fiercebrosnan for more show information and the best viral reels.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Fierce Brosnan, also known as Chelsea, has taken the Victoria drag king scene by storm. Stepping up as a \u201990s heartthrob, this campy and charismatic boy can charm like no other. \u201cLately I\u2019ve leaned into a more crooner, classically handsome performer\u2014I guess to show that us old boys still got it,\u201d says Fierce. When attending […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":26351,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,5,325],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26350","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arts","category-columns","category-january-22-2025"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26350","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26350"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26350\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26352,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26350\/revisions\/26352"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26351"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26350"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26350"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26350"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}