BenDeLaCreme, Glee Club, Birmingham - review

Queues wound around the streets as eager ticket holders waited patiently to get inside the Hurst Street venue, all to get a glimpse of the season six Miss Congeniality winner and All Stars Three front-runner.

First up to wow the crowds however, was an array of British queens ready to showcase a variety of dazzling talents.

Show host Alfie Ordinary took to the stage first to deliver a stunning live rendition of Tea with Jam and Bread from The Sound of Music.

The 'drag prince' quickly shifted from musical theatre to stand-up comedy to interact with the crowd, immediately getting them pumped up for the show to come.

Following him was Birmingham Dragpunk performer Paul Aleksandr, gracing the stage with truly ethereal makeup and a glittering beard.

The queen performed an Alice in Wonderland medley switched up with the likes of Gwen Stefani, accompanied by strong dance moves and an even tighter lip sync.

Eva Seration was up next with an outrageous mashup of Latin music with snippets of speeches from Donald Trump. It not only had the crowd dancing along, but it had them roaring with laughter too.

The last support act, Lydia L'Scabies, kicked the comedy factor up once more with over-dramatic flourishes and comical face movements to Shirley Bassey's classic hit Big Spender.

Without a moment to lose, Seattle star BenDeLaCreme ran onto the stage and immediately answered a question that has been on the tip of Drag Race fans' lips for weeks - why exactly did she eliminate herself from All Stars Three?

She did this through a comedy track that had the audience gasping and whooping for more from start to finish. The only thing more funny that the tongue-in-cheek lyrics were Bendela's slapstick movements and cleverly-timed reactions that had the audience wrapped around her finger instantly.

The star quickly asserted why she was voted Miss Congeniality all those seasons ago by thanking the audience profusely for attending the show - and then made us all question this glowing reputation with some cleverly thrown shade at hecklers.

"It's your first drag show? I could have guessed that myself 'oh I love you so much, I'm going to talk over everything you say'" the queen joked, but all in good fun.

It didn't take long for the audience to be included within the show itself, as both Bendela and Alfie pick willing volunteers to dazzle the audience with their own lip syncing skills in a bid to win prizes.

A quick interval allowed the audience to ready themselves for another round of energetic entertainment, kicked off by Alfie treating everyone to another dose of musical fun in the form of Any Dream Will Do from Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat.

Eva Seration returned to perform a Kill Bill and Miley Cyrus medley followed by Lydia once more in a laugh-out-loud homage to adult movies accompanied by When She Loved Me from Toy Story 2 - all while dressed as a female sex toy.

Dressed in a padded bodysuit just itching to be torn away, BenDeLaCreme treated the crowd to a performance of her iconic All Stars Three talent show set.

The star saucily removed layers of her costume in a comical burlesque routine to reveal different sized and positioned nipple tassels, found everywhere that they shouldn't be, with camp over-acting and facial expressions making the act a masterpiece.

She followed this with an incredible lip sync that showcased her versatility as a performer - yes Bendela can be considered a comedian, but she is also a fierce dance and lip-sync artist to boot which has cemented her popularity among the drag community.

All of the performers took to the stage to bid the audience farewell, and leave them to slowly unwind after a jam-packed night filled with laughter, entertainment, and jaw-dropping talent.