Burning Down The House: A New Wave Drag Show

Burning Down The House gives new wave the drag treatment it deserves, turning familiar synths, sharp silhouettes and ’80s art-school cool into a night of theatrical reinvention. At the Black Cat, the setting makes sense: a venue that has long welcomed offbeat performances gets a show built around the drama and visual excess of a genre known for both. The fun is in seeing how these songs and styles get pulled apart, exaggerated and rebuilt through drag, with room for humor, glamour and a little bit of weirdness. For anyone who still has a soft spot for Talking Heads, Devo, synth-pop and the fashion experiments that came with them, this is a chance to revisit that world from a fresh angle rather than simply replaying the hits.