Ep. 563 - Daisy Doris May - Award winning drag king, writer and performer

Daisy Doris May is an award winning drag king, writer, and performer known for bold, character-driven comedy rooted in queerness and identity. Her acclaimed sketch acts - Steve Porters, HÄNS OFF and The Divine Karen Moonstone - have cemented her reputation as a rising comedy talent, with comparisons to the next Catherine Tate. Daisy has worked across theatre, TV, cabaret, and film for over a decade. Her screen credits include Sex Education, Professor T, The Last Kingdom, Genius, and most recently, the Downton Abbey film. She is also the narrator of Channel 4’s First Dates and the voice of KISS FM.​ Her live credits include solo residencies at Soho Theatre, tour support for Hannah Gadsby at the London Palladium, and a long-running spot at The Box with her queer cabaret collective, HÄUS OF DONS. At the Edinburgh Fringe, Daisy performed her solo shows How to Flirt: The TED XXX Talk and How to Mate: The Second TED XXX Talk to sold-out audiences and rave reviews. She recently completed a run at the Adelaide Fringe and Melbourne International Comedy Festival, where she was nominated for Best Comedy 2025. ​ Daisy was the winner of MAN UP (Europe’s largest Drag King competition), winner of Screenshot 2023, and a finalist at Bristol Comedy Festival 2025.Daisy Doris May is our guest in episode 563 of My Time Capsule and chats to Michael Fenton Stevens about the five things she'd like to put in a time capsule; four she’d like to preserve and one she’d like to bury and never have to think about again .Get tickets for Daisy’s run at Soho Theatre, here - https://sohotheatre.com/events/daisy-doris-may-big-night-out .Follow Daisy Doris May on Instagram: @daisydorismay .Follow My Time Capsule on Instagram: @mytimecapsulepodcast & Twitter/X & Facebook: @MyTCpod .Follow Michael Fenton Stevens on Twitter/X: @fentonstevens & Instagram @mikefentonstevens .Produced and edited by John Fenton-Stevens for Cast Off Productions .Music by Pass The Peas Music .Artwork by matthewboxall.com .This podcast is proud to be associated with the charity Viva! Providing theatrical opportunities for hundreds of young people .To support this podcast and get all episodes ad-free, please sign up here - https://mytimecapsule.supercast.com. All money goes straight into the making of the podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.