MAN!FEST: THE DRAG BOYBAND MUSICAL at Pleasance Courtyard, The Green

MAN!FEST: THE DRAG BOYBAND MUSICAL is a riotous drag musical presented by OnTheNose Productions, Chichester Festival Theatre and Pleasance, following the world's biggest boyband whose members are played entirely by women. The show follows Ash, Ewan, Cody, and Ruben as the cracks behind their manufactured perfection begin to show under the pressures of manipulative management, impossible public expectations, and their own fragile identities. Blending high-energy musical theatre, drag performance, and biting satire, the production examines the cultural machinery behind boybands and asks difficult questions about masculinity, celebrity, and the ways young women are taught to consume both. The cast features Maddie Bell, Hollie Jameson-Clarke, Esther Dracott, and Emily Benucci.