New reality series 'We're Here' takes famous drag queens to rural towns

“We are so thrilled to showcase the transformative power of the art form with our audience.”

We're Here

'Drag Race' stars Bob the Drag Queen, Shangela and Eureka feature in new HBO series 'We're Here'. Source: HBO

A bunch of your favourite RuPaul's Drag Race stars are heading for middle-America in a new HBO unscripted TV series titled We're Here.

It was announced yesterday that queens, including Bob the Drag Queen, Shangela, and Eureka O’Hara, would participate in the new six-part series, which recruits “small-town residents across America to participate in a one-night-only drag show.”

The show, which appears to take a little inspiration from the success of Netflix's Queer Eye reboot, as well as 90s road-trip movie To Wong Foo, will see the three drag queens makeover and inspire a number of "drag daughters" to push themselves beyond their limits “for a night of no-holds-barred, full-on drag.”

Bob the Drag Queen shared the news on social media, writing: "The secret is OUT!!!! I’ve been working on a new series with called WE’RE HERE, traveling to small towns across the country with my gal pals and empowering local communities with the magic of drag!"

She added: " is coming to in Spring 2020."
“Drag is about confidence and self expression,” Nina Rosenstein, executive vice president of HBO programming, said in a statement, according to .

“We are so thrilled to showcase the transformative power of the art form with our audience.”

The series is the latest in a growing number of drag queen spin-off shows, including Alyssa Edwards' Dancing Queen and TLC series Drag Me Down The Aisle, which featured Bebe Zahara Benet, Thorgy Thor, Jujubee, and Alexis Michelle giving bridal makeovers.

It also comes ahead of the new Drag Race celebrity spin-off, which will see Drag Race favourites makeover new celebrities each episode.

Well, that's our summer viewing sorted!

If you enjoy Drag Race, you'll love documentary series My House on .

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Published 6 November 2019 3:33pm
By Samuel Leighton-Dore


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