{"id":35333,"date":"2018-04-24T12:05:37","date_gmt":"2018-04-24T11:05:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/?p=35333"},"modified":"2018-04-24T12:07:13","modified_gmt":"2018-04-24T11:07:13","slug":"courtney-act-on-her-tour-under-the-covers-her-evolution-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2018\/04\/courtney-act-on-her-tour-under-the-covers-her-evolution-and-more\/","title":{"rendered":"Courtney Act On Her Tour &#8216;Under The Covers&#8217;, Her Evolution, And More"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/courtney-act.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"35342\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2018\/04\/courtney-act-on-her-tour-under-the-covers-her-evolution-and-more\/courtney-act\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/courtney-act.jpg?fit=715%2C554&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"715,554\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Amy Duncan&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1515163065&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"courtney-act\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/courtney-act.jpg?fit=640%2C496&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-35342\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/courtney-act.jpg?resize=640%2C496&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"496\" \/><\/a><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Australian drag queen, pop singer, and entertainer Courtney Act, is set to be back in the UK with her tour \u2018Under The Covers\u2019. A 75-minute, fully seated performance of music, style, and a stunning personality.<\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>In a quick chat with us, she talks on such subjects as tasty lunches to more about her tour, and much more.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Who or what inspires your music? How has that evolved?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Probably just pop culture and life and living. Seeing things on the Internet. Just the different experiences that I get to have. \u2019Under The Covers\u2019 explores my own journey, sexuality and gender. As I evolve, my show themes evolve as well.<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>So what can we expect from \u2018Under The Covers\u2019?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">It\u2019s a lot of fun. A lot of pretty costumes, wigs and great songs and lots of glamour. It\u2019s basically a 75-minute cabaret. It\u2019s myself and a piano player, singing covers of famous cover songs. For example, the Bjork song, &#8216;It\u2019s Oh So Quiet&#8217; is actually a cover of a 1951 cover by Betty Hutton, which is a cover of a 1948 German song \u201cUnd jetzt ist es still\u201d, which is German for &#8220;oh so quiet&#8221;. It\u2019s sort of creating a parallel between drag and covering a song, because, with music, you take their lyrics, words and sometimes their pronouns and you sort of trying to live your experience on stage- with their lyrics and words- but telling your own stories. With drag, sometimes the only way to reveal yourself is to first encase with foam hips, latex tips and lots of glue and adhesive \u2013 and tell the story that way.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- Random Ad stuff --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-2076862002005673\" data-ad-slot=\"3107208401\" data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins><\/p>\n<p><script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>How would you say you &#8211; or Courtney Act &#8211; have evolved?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Well, it\u2019s all the same thing. One can\u2019t evolve without the other.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>If you could chat with\/interview anyone in the world, who would it be and why?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I\u2019d love to have a big, lengthy, in-depth conversation with Russell Brand. I find his brain really fascinating, I don\u2019t know if I\u2019ll be able to keep up with his brain, but he\u2019s a very interesting person.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>What\u2019s one question you\u2019ve never been asked in an interview, you wished you were asked?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cWhat did you have for lunch today?\u201d. I could tell you what I had for lunch today. It was pretty yummy. I\u2019m vegan, so it was like pot pie kind of thing with this puff pastry, lots of vegetables. It was really delicious and creamy. It was really good!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Follow Courtney Act on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/courtneyact\/?hl=en\">Instagram<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pg\/CourtneyAct\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a>, and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/courtneyact?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor\">Twitter<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Australian drag queen, pop singer and entertainer Courtney Act, is set to be back in the UK with her tour \u2018Under The Covers\u2019. 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