18 July 2024
Beaulah: Queens van die Kaap
From The Mommy Club creators POP24, Beaulah: Queens van die Kaap is a new reality TV show about Cape Town’s drag queens, including multi-award winner Emogan Moore, Miss Sovereign Western Cape winner Ina Propriette, Miss Cape Town Pride winner Kat Gilardi, SA’s Got Talent runner up Manila von Teez, Miss Gay Western Cape winner Maxine Wild, and rival house mothers BB Vahlour and Madison Scarr.
The Showmax Original debuts on 18 July 2024, with new episodes every Thursday. From Miss Sovereign to Miss Gay Grassy Park, and from Beefcakes to Zer021, the show will take you onto the Cape Town drag scene’s biggest stages.
Told in Gayle with subtitles, it’s an eye-opening and jaw-dropping introduction to a world of extreme transformations, unforgettable fashion, warring houses, opposing queen mothers, wig-gates, and sisterhood.
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