“The intensely personal production shows what a top-of-her-game queen Velour really is, both as an artist and as a storyteller.”
critics agree
“An inventive, surprisingly openhearted show…expressionist performance-art illustration.”
“The intensely personal production shows what a top-of-her-game queen Velour really is, both as an artist and as a storyteller.”
“‘Smoke & Mirrors’ is a spellbinding tour de force.”
“[Smoke & Mirrors] sees Velour taking her performance artistry to the next level.”
“‘Smoke & Mirrors’ takes the traditional drag show, if there is such a thing, and fragments and distorts it in a funhouse mirror, to surprising and beguiling effect.”
“The shift of drag from the cultural fringes to mainstream audiences is one of the great (and unexpected) phenomenons of the past decade, but Sasha Velour’s ‘Smoke & Mirrors’ justifies the art forms ascension perfectly.”
“The drag icon is constantly reinventing herself, and it’s our privilege to watch her do it.”
“Sasha Velour’s ‘Smoke & Mirrors’ is her own important piece of queer history.”
“The Velourian universe is multifaceted, dynamic. And perhaps above all, it’s super intentional”
"‘Smoke & Mirrors’ is a big, glittery spectacle, befitting a queen of her stature, but it’s also in many ways, art in hyperfocus.”