To mark LGBT+ History Month, we are screening a Drag Musical every Friday in February

This week’s film comes courtesy of a suggestion from one of our members: Gregg Stone. He writes that Victor/Victoria ‘ came out (so to speak) at a difficult time in 1982, and was a mainstream Hollywood movie that didn’t make LGBTI+ people die or be unhappy.. and it’s a riot of fun!’

Victoria Grant (Julie Andrews), a down-and-out British soprano, struggles to find work in the nightclubs of 1930s Paris. While trying to scam a free meal, Grant meets cabaret performer Toddy (Robert Preston), who comes up with an idea that will change everything. Acting as her manager, Toddy bills Grant as a male female impersonator. When the nightclubs eat it up, the duo makes it big - even a Chicago mobster (James Garner) is enamored with Grant. But keeping the truth a secret is no easy task.

Cast:
Julie Andrews, James Garner, Robert Preston, Lesley Ann Warren