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DAD OVER AND OUT! 🫡

on monday we said goodbye to dad in the sweatiest spiegeltent in the world, surrounded by fans and loved ones

it was such a special show, i am so proud of myself for doing the thing, i am so proud of the art i made, i am so proud of selling it out !! i am so proud of how i spoke to myself in the making process and finally being able to make without self hate !! i am so proud of myself for ending well and i am so proud of four years of Dad 💙

i am so proud and grateful for these beautiful elements coming together:

@daisthehale ⛓️ wonderful friend and the person who booked me for my first pro drag gig!! perfect response to 'leather daddy who is accidentally booked for the keynote speech of a dad conference' - thank you my friend, you smashed it

@gemtheclown 😈 my pageant comrade and drag wife, we fan girled each other for a few years before drag came and pushed us together - the perfect devil to send dad to his death, thank you for your celebrance - you were totally brilliant

@smiffsonio 📚 archivist, drag king and dyke extraordinaire, what a joy to work with you my chief, thank you for your wisdom and for letting dad in the mulchy archive

@ben_alborough @ellie_bw @liebenspiel best weekend of the fringe 💜💜💜

love u forever @brightonfringe u really did make me

i feel like i have more to say about dad, and drag and creativity and the industry but let's be honest it could be a substack

until next time whenever that is and whoever that will be xxx taken in SpiegelGardens by @bertiehodd

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5 months ago

Last week, we had the absolute best time with our favourite Dad aka @bertiehodd ✨ he gave us the silliest poses: the ‘manspread’, the classic ‘dad nap’, the ‘my back gave out’ and of course the ‘I love my train set’ and sooo many more brilliant ones ✨

Join us for our next session on the 26th of June, more details to follow soon 👀

#lifedrawing #dragart #londonartists #animationdrawing #londontodo taken in St George's, Westcombe Park by @bertiehodd

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children, your father has decided to LEAVE us

please come and say your final farewell to dad as he bogs off on a walking holiday (read: never coming back)

monday 25th may
18:30
£10/12

part of the weekend of weird 💜
part of brighton fringe
part of the family

🖼 @the.perle.rare

come in dad fancy dress

expect special guests

expect very masculine tears

it's gonna be a big one !! tickets somehow already flying?

tickets in link in bio taken in SpiegelGardens by @bertiehodd

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💐🐣🎀 spring is coming and i am starting a patreon making reference photos for artists !! 🍓🐇🌸

hello artists of the world, i have been professionally sitting still in interesting positions since 2014 and now you can get that on demand !!

snippets of my first post, explaining a bit about why i am starting a patreon and what i want the space to be. follow link if you wanna read the whole thing

this endeavour is an opportunity for me to flex my imagination and image making skills, but if you enjoy my work i hope you'll consider signing up to a paid tier to support me as an artist 💘

happy spring, love u taken in Spring Time! by @bertiehodd

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6 months ago

Get ready for another Drag Drawing Club evening! Write down 15th of May to spend some time with your favourite parent and father figure: Dad 👨‍🔧 @bertiehodd

Pay what you can tickets via TicketSource (between £0-£15), link in bio ✨

Can’t wait for some quality dad jokes? Here’s a little preview: “What do you call a drawing of a clown?” … “A comedy sketch”

Leave your best dad joke in the comments!

#lifedrawing #dragart #londonartists #animationdrawing #londontodo taken in St George's, Westcombe Park by @bertiehodd

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@brightonfringe is this week, let's goooo!!

tuesday is sold out, with wednesday and thursday not far behind !!

excited to share with my home town hunnies once again 💘💘💘

made with support from Made In Sussex bursary from @brightonfringe, thank you xxx

love you bye !!

#brightonfringe #rotundatheatre #whatsonbrighton #brightondrag #queerbrighton taken in The Rotunda Theatre by @bertiehodd

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thank you thank you thank you belated thank you to everyone who came to see dad jokes @camdenpeoplestheatre !! and for all my wonderful friends for supporting me

it was a wild ride managing performing with vertigo, but sometimes you just gotta veritGOOO !!!!!! am i right??

didn't take a single photo alll week so have this hot pic!!!!

next stop @rondotheatre tuesday 13th may at 9pm, come through my west country loversssss

then @brightonfringe the week after and tickets are already zooming out so you should move quick if you wanna catch dad in brighton !!

links, of course in usual place, The Bio

👍👍👍 taken in Rondo Theatre by @bertiehodd

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I'm gonna start describing Dad Jokes as genrequeer 😎

Thank you @everytheatre for the lovely write up, you can read through link in my bio.

3 more chances to catch Dad at @camdenpeoplestheatre !!

Pocket money/discount codes available my loves, pop me a message.

Free tickets for trans femmes with code FREEDAD25 🏳️‍⚧️💘

📷 @deadplantzfilmandphotography at @bigdragpageant 🩷 taken in Camden People's Theatre by @bertiehodd

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🛠💕'It is an exploration of softer masculinity, utopian visions of parenting and the queer reinvention of family.' Read our interview with @bertiehodd at todolist.london link in bio @todolistldn taken in Camden People's Theatre by @bertiehodd

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🧞‍♂️lineup reveal #7🧞‍♂️they’re coming home (dalston), it’s… DAD!!!!!

Armed with endless slices of toast, a pat on the back and a thumbs up for trans rights, the bank of Dad is here to pay for all his kids gender affirming surgery and therapy. 🥺🫶🩷 ⭐️Winner of Brighton’s Big Drag Pageant 2023 ⭐️Top of the Slops finalist 2023 ⭐️Man Up finalist 2022 ⭐️ Dad is doing their show on Monday 29th April - Saturday 3rd May at @camdenpeoplestheatre !

and if youre looking for more dad jokes plus a frankly phenomenal line up of silliness and spectacle, come along to soft play area on Thursday 8th May @thekaraokehole Tickets on dice 🎲 early bird until 1st May 🦢 if you would like to have a comp (no questions asked!) please dm us! 💘💘💘 taken in The Karaoke Hole by @bertiehodd

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OIIIIIII 🚨 I've been hearing some rumours that Dad Jokes is about lesbianism???

❤️🩷🧡🤍 It's about DADS ok??? ❤️🩷🧡🤍 Dad stuff, like cycling and sensible shoes and peanut butter????? 👅🌈🔨✂️

Dad Jokes starts next week!!

29th April - 3 May
7:15pm
@camdenpeoplestheatre
Tickets from FREE to £18

Dolls 🩷 free ticket code is FREEDAD25 🏳️‍⚧️

Thank you sweetest angel @jacklikethefruit
for filming and editing xxx

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#LesbianVisibilityDay #LesbianVisibilityWeek #LesVis #LesbianTheatre #QueerTheatre #DadJokes taken in Camden People's Theatre by @bertiehodd

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🛁🩲🧼 Allllllllroigggght my West Country luvverrrrrs, Dad is coming to Bath! 🧽💦🛀

Absolutely delighted to be bringing Dad Jokes to my artistic womb, thanks to the wonderful team at @sparkfest_bath, creating a wonderful programme of student and alumni work 💙

The last time I performed in Bath was also @rondotheatre in 2019, where the reviewer wrote "and then there was a nice stand up set from a lanky bisexual" 🤪

Excited to bring my long bisexual art to this fine city:

📅 Tuesday 13th May
⏰️ 9pm
🎟 £5 (absolute barrrrrrgain)
📍 The Rondo

'Chuck the sudoku and the gender binary aside and join award-winning drag-king Dad for a queer reparenting extravaganza, fusing clown, drag and cabaret.

Through the lens of toast, cycling jokes and Radio 4, Dad Jokes takes you on a coming-of-middle-age story about one regular dad's attempt to understand his queer child.

Expect lectures in lesbianism, hymns on housework and a much needed visit from Mummy.'

Bristol & Bath friends come through!!! Tell all your gays that Dad is coming. 👨

#Sparkfest #Sparkfest25 #SF25 #QueerBath #BathDrag #LGBTBath @queerbath @wigbath Picture of Dad, a white drag king with short dark hair, painted facial hair, wearing a blue gilet and grey t-shirt. He is holding a thin hammer lovingly in his hands as he gazes off camera. Image has pink, yellow and blue Sparkfest branded shapes around it. Text reads: "SparkFest. Bertie Hodd: Dad Jokes. 13 May | 9PM | Rondo Theatre | £5" taken in The Rondo Theatre by @bertiehodd

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