Cambridge Dragtime star: ‘I quickly realised that I can’t actually sing’
Second year languages student and dragqueen Patryk Wisniewski on Trisha Paytas, Queer Get Down, and the Van of Life minimum charge
Favourite book?
Don Quijote by Cervantes.
Actual favourite book?
History is All You Left Me by Adam Silvera.
What are you reading?
El Libro de Alexandre (MML yay…).
Where do you sleep?
Raised Faculty Building, occasionally my bed.
Where will you be on 31 October 2022?
Possibly rumbooging myself at Revs.
When did you first realise that you were born to perform?
When I played Santa Claus in Year 3.
Who’s your favourite drag artist of all time?
Maybe a little bit overrated but I am a true Trixia Mattel and Katya Zamolodchikova stan.
What’s the worst joke you’ve ever heard?
That my degree has job prospects… because I believed it.
Who’s your Cambridge arch-nemesis?
The £5 minimum charge at the Van of Life.
What did you want to be when you grew up?
A rock star! And then I quickly realised that I can’t actually sing.
What do you want to be when you grow up?
Very good question…Next!
What will be written on your gravestone?
He didn’t become just a little bit of a slag. He became a total slag.
What do you wish the general public knew about drag?
That it’s not all just about queens, wigs and heels.
Where was your last kiss?
Bit boring but my room.
Forget ‘Revs or Lolas?’ Mash or Vinyl?
Mash, especially because of Queer Get Down.
Varsity or the T*b?
Varsity of course xx
Favourite flavour at Jack’s?
Coconut and raspberry ripple or brownie dough.
Describe Haunted Haus! in three words:
The 3 S’s: strange, spooky and slayful.
You’re stuck in the UL overnight- what are you reading to keep busy?
Dante’s Inferno, to learn what it will feel like to be down there.
College formal with three people (dead or alive)- who are you choosing? The Master will also be present…
Lady Gaga, Lisa Rinna and Trisha Paytas.
If that tiktokker asked you what song you’re listening to on King’s Parade, what answer do you have prepared? Yes you’d like. We all would.
Hurricanes by Rina Sawayama (best song from the album!!).
If you were the new Executive Producer of Drag Race, what would be the first thing you’d change?
Contestants have to survive a supervision.
Any questions? (for us)
Will you be seeing our show?
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