A performer whose character was developed for the DragOn competition at Amirovka, Almaty's underground queer bar and safe space. Maxxxine represents Kazakhstan's blooming drag scene, performing in one of Central Asia's most attended drag show series running since 2022.
A performer at Central Station, one of Astana's new centres of queer nightlife. Nova Steppe represents Kazakhstan's emerging generation of drag artists who develop characters based on Central Asian icons and lip-sync to Kazakh and Kyrgyz tracks.
The first drag queen in Kazakhstan who pioneered the scene in the late 1990s during the post-Soviet era of provocation. A foundational figure in Central Asian drag culture who paved the way for the contemporary DragOn competition and new generation of performers.
