Our Doings!
What have we been up to?
Live Shows
Derek & Orla have regular shows at John The Unicorn in Peckham and The Prince of Wales Feathers, Warren Street. They regularly work the circuit with karaoke, bingo, quizzes and just straight up comedy shows, appearing at such places as The RVT, The Two Brewers & The Fountain on Queens among others. They've hosted various nights, such as film previews to parties and have been judges for UK Drag Idol two years running!
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They've also done private shows for birthdays, anniversaries and funerals and appeared as special guests and hosts at events for the Iris Prize Film Festival and at Wembley Park Pride.
Film
Both trained actors, Derek & Orla regularly appear on film!
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Derek can be seen in the award winning films Coast Road, on Amazon, & Sequins. He also appears as an S&M Stockholm syndromed lackey for the Queen of Hearts in Yes Queen.
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Orla was also in Sequins and appears out of drag as the lead in both The Human Factory and Land's End, as well as Prawn by Home & Away star Nicola Quilter.
Interweb
What can we say? The King & Queen of the World Wide Web are here to stay!
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Derek has his own online YouTube channel with Delight Productions, where he frequently live streams his DK Delight new writing and story telling events, they've had audiences for their special St Patrick's Day, Halloween and Christmas shows dialing in from the Eire, the US and Aus!
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Orla frequently releases parody music videos on her YouTube channel, where she, ahem, sings her own lyrics! She even got Amy to perform with her in their own version of Anything You Can Do!
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And, of course, they have their own special YouTube channel, where you can view every episode of the award winning series Derek & Orla Do.... Both series one and two are available, with series three and four coming soon!
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Amy has a YouTube channel with her sororal singing group, The Spallettes! You'll be able to watch and listen as they sing some of their amazing harmonies with videos and at events, such as on the roof of The Riverside Theatre and with Mr Gary Barlow!
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TV
They're all over your telebox!
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When Derek was just a young whippersnapper he appeared in Irish sitcom Killinaskully, still repeating now, like that burrito you had last night! He has also been in the TV movie We Watch You Watch and controversial TV series Negotiations.
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Orla was the first drag queen on Say Yes To The Dress, Lancashire, with Gok Wan, for TLC, and appeared on E4's Queen's of Clean - though as someone who's spare room needed a good seeing to, messy cow! Out of drag, Orla could just be spotted on 90s magazine show Raw Soup, wearing questionable clothing, including a dodgy bandana!
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They appeared together on 48 hours in Newcastle, for Buzz Feed, where Derek made Orla ride in a canoe down the Tyne at 9am on a freezing February morning and then destroyed everything in a locked room. And they regularly get cast together in adverts, such as Jaguar, when the car beat Derek as Orla's best partner, Ladbroke's, when Derek compared Orla to a horse, and, most recently, Aer Lingus, where Derek, as always, was publicly embarrassed by Orla!
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More Doings!
What else have we been up to?
Stage
With the curtains open, lights on and thousands of people watching is how Derek & Orla Do it best!
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They've been all over the world on stage!
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Derek has been in ‘Love Dance’ at ‘The Chiswick Playhouse London‘, as well as ‘Miss Julie’, ‘‪Dial M for Murder‬', '‪Major Barbara‬', 'Scapino', 'John Bulls Other Island' and National UK Tour of 'Arms and the Man' (Michael Friend Productions, Shaw2020 London), ‘MacSwiney’ (Irish Theatre London) 'Exposed' (Southwark Playhouse) 'Dracula' (Jellyfish Theatre Co. Rome), 'Woyzeck' (London Theatre) ‘Blood Wedding’ (Project Arts Theatre Dublin), ‘Noises Off’ (Mill Theatre Dublin), ‘Over The Top’ (John O’Brien/ Riverbank Arts), ’Lovers’ (Irish National Tour) and 'Just Above Dogs' (Green Curtain Theatre Co.) which was the first theatrical performance at The Houses of Parliament in London.
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Orla has worked with Clip Theatre performing in umpteen Drag Story Time shows. She was also at The Southwark Playhouse with 'Drag Baby' (Full Disclosure) and in 'The Rehearsal' (Chaos Prods). As her alter ego she was in 'The Lehman Trilogy' (NATIONAL & Piccadilly Theatres, directed by Sam Mendes), the one man show 'James Dean is Dead' (Pentameters, The Rosemary Branch, Above The Stag), the opera 'Yardbird' (Hackney Empire), A Midsummer Night's Dream (St Leonard's), 'Honey Baby' (The White Bear), 'Marie Antoinette' (Courtyard & Tabard Theatres), 'St Augustine' (Portsmouth Cathedral), 'Romeo & Juliet' & 'Macbeth' (Wimbledon Studios), 'Crazy Waiter' & 'Wizard of Oz' (Italy Tour), 'Stranger's on a Train', 'The Ghost Train', 'Deadly Nightcap' & 'Dracula' (Rep, Theatre Royal, Notts), as 'Hamlet' in Kingston, The Beast in Beauty & The Beast (Civic Theatre, Chelmsford) and The Prince in 'Snow White' (Tabernacle Theatre, Notting Hill). They were also in 'Ellen Terry', the first theatrical performance at The Actor's Church, Covent Garden, where the suject is interred!
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Aside from gigging with The Spallettes, Amy also works in Theatre Land! She's been company and stage manager for such shows as A Christmas Carole, with Holly Stars (Palace/Southend), 42 Balloons (Vaudeville), Rehab The Musical (Playground), Abigail's Party (Watford), SIX The Musical (West End), Mavra (Royal Opera House), Rocky Road (Jermyn St), and Horrible Histories (Apollo West End).
Photoshoots
Derek and Orla were delighted to participate in a special photoshoot for Fiorucci by Denis Robinson.
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They also featured in the 2022 Pride in London Campaign.
Music
Although normally singing for her supper, Orla also releases parody songs on her YouTube channel, such as Orla (parody of Rio), The Orla Mash, Orla Got Run Over by a Reindeer, Calendar Girl and Golden Pie. She also released her first single 'My Name is Orla'.
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Just as exciting, Derek & Orla Do...Christmas singles! 'Nothin' for Christmas' and 'But it's Christmas' are the pair's start to competing with Sir Cliff! And in 2023 Orla released her homage to the one and only Michael Bublé; Michael Bublé Time!
All songs are available on Amazon, Spotify, Apple and all other good stockists!