Get ready for a night filled with lots of laugh, glitz and glamour when Timberlina rocks Dubbo for Drag Queen Bingo.
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Over two consecutive nights, Timberlina, also known as Timothy Jackson, will host the bingo shows at CSC.
The bingo shows are Mr Jackson's first return to Dubbo after his last performance in February before COVID-19.
The global pandemic had a huge impact on his business, as many of the shows are held in venues that were forced to close due.
Mr Jackson said as soon as COVID-19 hit and venues were forced into lockdown, he went into shock.
"In a matter of 24 hours I'd lost pretty much all of my bookings and I was just like 'I don't know what to do'. I was looking at the options to move back out west because I'm based in Newcastle and moved back and live with my folks until it was all over," he said.
"But then I had a lot of requests from people saying that I needed to continue doing bingo while this is all happening."
Within one week after researching how to put on a virtual event, he was online and for the next 10 weeks held virtual bingo and trivia performances.
"I finished up about two weeks ago doing virtual shows and doing that time I was doing bingo, corporate events, I was having other Queen's come on to do shows... my time during COVID was actually super busy," Mr Jackson explained.
"Which is great for an artist and now I'm going back into venues, even with the restrictions for 50 people, I'm just excited to be able to go back and perform in front of a live venues again."
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His shows at CSC will be held on July 3 and 4. The first show will also incorporate a live Q&A session.
"People will actually have the chance ot get to know more about me and my business and what I do within the community," Mr Jackson explained.
"Whatever they ask I'm going to be an open book for the end of the night. It will be a cool way for people to get to know me in a very intimate style."
Mr Jackson said people can look forward to having a laugh at the Dubbo shows, especially since everyone has been in isolation for the past few months and will need it.
"It's been very hard for everybody and I just want to make people have fun again and realise that you can have fun even when life is getting you down," he said.
The week before he comes to Dubbo, Mr Jackson will be in Parkes performing to two sold out shows.
"I'm excited and I love being on the road. I get to see so much of the country-side," he said.
Throughout the rest of the year, Mr Jackson will be performing across the state and in western NSW and if international travel is permitted, hopes to be on tour in New Zealand by November.
"It's all happening and all the venues back here (in Newcastle) that I do mid-week are starting to fire back up so that will be really good," he added.
Mr Jackson said it will be interesting to see how people interact with him during his shows, as they are very "full-on"
"I have to change my show to not be in everyone's face, I will still do social distancing. But it will still be a lot of fun," he said.
To secure your tickets to the Dubbo shows or for further information please visit timberproductions.com.au