‘Pride’s not cancelled at Lassiters!’ Drag queen Courtney Act brings a touch of fabulous to Neighbours in celebration of Pride month
Courtney Act brought a touch of fabulous to Ramsey Street this week.
The world-renowned drag queen, real name Shane Jenek , 38, shared a promo video of her Neighbours appearance to celebrate Pride month, which is this June.
‘Prides around the world might be cancelled, but not at Lassiters!
‘Pride’s not cancelled at Lassiters!’ Drag queen Courtney Act added a touch of fabulous to Neighbours this week in celebration of Pride month
‘Australia, tune into to see the confused look on Paul Robinson’s face as I swan into Erinsborough. UK you will have to wait a few weeks,’ she wrote in the caption of her Instagram post on Tuesday.
The clip showed her being introduced by Paul Robinson (played by Stefan Dennis) as an ‘international superstar’ to a ‘rainbow bingo night’.
She also performed on stage in an eye-catching outfit at another Erinsborough pride event.
Bringing star power to Erinsborough: Courtney shared a promo video on Tuesday that showed her being introduced by Paul Robinson (played by Stefan Dennis, pictured)
Loud and proud: Courtney will have a four-episode arc on the long-running soap. One of the episodes will see her perform on stage in an eye-catching outfit at an Erinsborough pride event
Shane recently applauded the long-running soap’s effort to depict a reflection of modern Australian society on TV.
‘I know when I was growing up there was very little visibility for the queer community, for people of colour and even women performing non-traditional women’s roles,’ he recently told the Herald Sun.
‘Drama and shows like Neighbours can inform society how to act,’ he added.
Visibility: Shane (left in drag as Courtney Act) recently applauded the long-running soap’s making an effort to showing a reflection of Australian society on TV
Courtney’s four-episode arc this week will cause confusion for Paul Robinson who doesn’t realise that Shane and Courtney are the same person.
‘It is kind of fun because that scenario does happen in real life,’ Shane added.
Neighbours airs weeknights at 6.30pm on Channel 10 Peach
Reflection of society: ‘I know when I was growing up there was very little visibility for the queer community, for people of colour and even women performing non-traditional women’s roles,’ Shane (centre in drag as Courtney Act) recently told the Herald Sun