Funny Girls
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Funny Girls is a world-famous drag cabaret venue in Blackpool, UK. It was formerly located on the corner of Queen Street and The Strand, a site now occupied by the Australian-themed Walkabout bar. In the early 2000s it relocated to the old Odeon cinema building on Dixon Road, which had recently been bought by local gay entrepreneur Basil Newby. It was the first of four venues to open on that block. The other establishments, Bar B, The Flying Handbag pub, and finally the Flamingo nightclub, all cater primarily for lesbian, gay and bisexual customers, whereas the clientele of Funny Girls is mainly heterosexual.
A full show is performed six nights a week. Visitors may either pay a small fee to stand, more to sit, with the option of a full sit-down meal.
References
- [It's not goodbye to Blackpool, just au revoir] Political journalist Simon Hoggart writes of Blackpool, and Funny Girls, "the only transvestite nightclub I've ever been to, and I'm sure the only one in the world with such a cosy, homely feel to it."
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