This weekend on May 24, an all-new directors cut of The Winner Takes it All is screening in loving honour of one of Sydney’s drag icons, the late Maxi Shield. ...
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Dean Arcuri
A Director’s Cut of the camp, raunchy, John Waters-esque comedy The Winner Takes It All is screening this weekend in […]
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There are some people who feel larger than the rooms they stand in — and then there are people like Maxi Shield, who somehow made entire cities feel smaller and ...
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The funeral service for beloved Sydney drag star and community icon Maxi Shield — born Kristopher Elliot — was held at Paddington Town Hall on March 11, before mourners lined ...
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Maxi Shield has made her final journey down Oxford Street, with a funeral procession being held so loved ones and fans alike could say farewell to the beloved drag queen ...
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Sydney drag icon Maxi Shield has lit up her beloved Oxford Street one last time in a colourful procession after […]
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Sydney drag icon Maxi Shield has lit up her beloved Oxford Street one last time in a colourful procession after […]
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On Sunday night, the stage at the Enmore Theatre became something more than a venue for performance. It became a […]
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World of Wonder producers reveal the late Maxi Shield was originally cast in Drag Race Down Under VS the World, […]
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Now that the glitter has settled from Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras, Sydney’s drag and LGBTQIA+ community will come […]
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A date and location has been announced for a fabulous send off for the beloved Sydney queen Maxi Shield, who passed away in February at the age of 51 after ...
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Tonight, the 2026 Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Parade is roaring, marching and shimmering with queer joy. While exact numbers are yet to be revealed, up to 300,000 people ...
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Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras will pay a special tribute to the late drag icon Maxi Shield, who passed […]
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Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras have just announced that iconic Sydney drag queen Maxi Shield, who sadly passed away on Monday will be honoured during the Mardi Gras parade ...
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As the Drag Race and LGBTQIA+ community worldwide continue to mourn the loss of icon Maxi Shield, a fundraising campaign […]
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Maxi Shield, a Sydney-based star of Australia’s RuPaul’s Drag Race Down Under, died over the weekend six months after announcing a throat cancer diagnosis. She was 51. Shield, who offstage also used her birth name Kristopher Elliot, chronicled the cancer diagnosis and subsequent treatment on Instagram. Her passing, which some reports indicate occurred on Saturday, […]
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The drag and LGBTQIA+ community worldwide is reeling from the news that Australian drag icon Maxi Shield has passed away […]
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LGBTQ+ community members have flooded social media sharing tributes and love for drag icon Maxi Shield following her passing. “It’s […]
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The Australian drag scene is in mourning after the passing of Maxi Shield, the acclaimed and widely beloved Sydney drag performer. Friends, fans and fellow performers have taken to social ...
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