{"id":59553,"date":"2021-12-06T12:46:12","date_gmt":"2021-12-06T12:46:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/?p=59553"},"modified":"2021-12-06T13:11:27","modified_gmt":"2021-12-06T13:11:27","slug":"lockdown-inspired-full-time-drag-queen-polly-amorous","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/2021\/12\/06\/lockdown-inspired-full-time-drag-queen-polly-amorous\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;If you&#8217;d told me 10 years ago that I&#8217;d be a full-time drag queen, I would have laughed in your face&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Cardiff\u2019s up-and-coming drag queen, Polly Amorous, describes how the pandemic encouraged her to ditch making martinis for makeup brushes<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"512\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2021\/11\/IMG20211111182354-1024x512.jpg\" alt=\"Cardiff drag queen, Polly Amorous, applying drag makeup before his show.\" class=\"wp-image-59554\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2021\/11\/IMG20211111182354-1024x512.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2021\/11\/IMG20211111182354-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2021\/11\/IMG20211111182354-770x385.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2021\/11\/IMG20211111182354-1366x683.jpg 1366w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2021\/11\/IMG20211111182354-585x293.jpg 585w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2021\/11\/IMG20211111182354-1170x585.jpg 1170w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2021\/11\/IMG20211111182354-293x147.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2021\/11\/IMG20211111182354-1400x700.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2021\/11\/IMG20211111182354.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2021\/11\/IMG20211111182354-1024x512.jpg\" alt=\"Cardiff drag queen, Polly Amorous, applying drag makeup before his show.\" class=\"wp-image-59554\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2021\/11\/IMG20211111182354-1024x512.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2021\/11\/IMG20211111182354-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2021\/11\/IMG20211111182354-770x385.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2021\/11\/IMG20211111182354-1366x683.jpg 1366w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2021\/11\/IMG20211111182354-585x293.jpg 585w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2021\/11\/IMG20211111182354-1170x585.jpg 1170w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2021\/11\/IMG20211111182354-293x147.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2021\/11\/IMG20211111182354-1400x700.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2021\/11\/IMG20211111182354.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption>\u201cI\u2019ve got a newfound appreciation for drag since lockdown&#8221;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Twm Bollen-Molloy, also known as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/thepollyamorous\/?hl=en\">Polly Amorous<\/a>, only has half a face of makeup on and an eager audience waiting in the club downstairs.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI promised myself I would have two hours to get ready for tonight,\u201d he mutters, frantically applying eyeliner. \u201cNow, I\u2019ve only got one.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Getting ready in a rush is nothing new for Cardiff\u2019s most up-and-coming drag queen. Until a few weeks ago, Twm juggled a full-time bar job with performing four times a week. After work, he had to get into drag in 30 minutes on the train.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI felt like Hannah Montana,&#8221; he chuckles.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Things have changed with his recent decision to do drag full-time, one that he credits to his life\u2019s too short attitude and the nightmare of lockdown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Finding Polly<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The career move has surprised no one more than Twm himself. The 27-year-old has enjoyed performing since starring in school plays during his childhood in Caerleon, Newport. However, trying drag never crossed his mind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIf you had told me 10 years ago that I would be a full-time drag queen, I&#8217;d have laughed in your face,\u201d he says, arching a painted eyebrow.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>I just remember looking into the mirror and thinking &#8216;this feels right&#8217;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Everything changed six years ago when he booked some drag queens for an event. One of them dolled him up into drag as a thank you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI just remember looking into the mirror and thinking \u2018this feels right.\u2019\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>His first gig, \u201can awful thing to witness\u201d, was in Cardiff gay bar, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.maryscardiff.co.uk\/cardiff\">Mary\u2019s<\/a>. It\u2019s the same venue as his show the night of this interview.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It strikes him as a full circle moment: \u201cHere I am, six years later, dominating the Cardiff scene.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"512\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2021\/11\/IMG20211111192059-1024x512.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-59555\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2021\/11\/IMG20211111192059-1024x512.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2021\/11\/IMG20211111192059-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2021\/11\/IMG20211111192059-770x385.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2021\/11\/IMG20211111192059-1366x683.jpg 1366w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2021\/11\/IMG20211111192059-585x293.jpg 585w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2021\/11\/IMG20211111192059-1170x585.jpg 1170w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2021\/11\/IMG20211111192059-293x147.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2021\/11\/IMG20211111192059-1400x700.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2021\/11\/IMG20211111192059.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2021\/11\/IMG20211111192059-1024x512.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-59555\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2021\/11\/IMG20211111192059-1024x512.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2021\/11\/IMG20211111192059-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2021\/11\/IMG20211111192059-770x385.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2021\/11\/IMG20211111192059-1366x683.jpg 1366w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2021\/11\/IMG20211111192059-585x293.jpg 585w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2021\/11\/IMG20211111192059-1170x585.jpg 1170w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2021\/11\/IMG20211111192059-293x147.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2021\/11\/IMG20211111192059-1400x700.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2021\/11\/IMG20211111192059.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption>\u201cTwm and Polly are more alike than I originally wanted to admit. Polly just gets away with more\u201d<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The sound of silence<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The future has not always looked so bright for Polly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When Covid-19 hit, Twm had just returned from travelling in Australia. He hadn\u2019t been working in the drag scene again for long enough to claim financial allowances. Suddenly, he found himself on universal credit, missing the buzz of performing.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, it wasn\u2019t long before he started to adapt to the new cyber reality, making an income from weekly shows over Facebook live, despite limited resources.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;\u201cI had my phone and speaker on top of an ironing board, propped against a bottle of vodka.\u201d He describes with characteristic humour. \u201cThat\u2019s how I survived through lockdown.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>His living room performances were nowhere near a substitute for the real thing, especially as there was no crowd.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cYou miss the applause. When you\u2019re doing shows online there\u2019s silence after every number. Instinctually, for a drag queen that equates to a bad performance.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Sequined silver lining<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Twm is relieved that restrictions have been lifted.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; .<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, his experience in lockdown inspired him to make performing as Polly his full-time gig and he\u2019s determined that it will work out.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>This is what I was born to do<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;You&#8217;ve got to make the opportunities yourself,&#8221; he says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There\u2019s plenty more for Polly to do. More touring, solo shows, and even <em>Ru Paul\u2019s Drag Race<\/em> are all listed in his ambitions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis is what I was born to do,\u201d he says, with a final flourish of his makeup brush, \u201cI\u2019m excited to see where it goes.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/2020\/11\/30\/covid-nine-queen-a-podcast-exploring-the-struggles-of-being-a-drag-queen-during-the-pandemic\/\"><em>Mo<\/em><\/a><em><a href=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/2020\/11\/30\/covid-nine-queen-a-podcast-exploring-the-struggles-of-being-a-drag-queen-during-the-pandemic\/\">re<\/a> about being a drag queen in the pandemic.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-background has-black-background-color has-black-color is-style-default\" \/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<div 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