Miz Ima Starr is a New Zealand/American singing drag

cabaret Cabaret is a form of theatrical entertainment featuring music, song, dance, recitation, or drama. The performance venue might be a pub, a casino, a hotel, a restaurant, or a nightclub with a stage for performances. The audience, often dining or d ...

performer of stage and small screen. She is the comic creation of Charles Bracewell, best known for her appearances on reality TV show

Australia's Got Talent ''Australia's Got Talent'' is an Australian reality television talent show. The show is based on the ''Got Talent'' series format that originated in the United Kingdom with Simon Cowell. The first six seasons aired on the Seven Network, from 2 ...

. Bracewell produced and/or directed six films and one documentary television series, most notably the short film

Siren Siren or sirens may refer to: Common meanings * Siren (alarm), a loud acoustic alarm used to alert people to emergencies * Siren (mythology), an enchanting but dangerous monster in Greek mythology Places * Siren (town), Wisconsin * Siren, Wisco ...

starring Craig Hall (actor) and

Dean O'Gorman Dean Lance O'Gorman (born 1 December 1976) is a New Zealand actor, artist, and photographer. He played the dwarf Fíli in the ''Hobbit'' trilogy and the Norse God Bragi/Anders Johnson in the fantasy series ''The Almighty Johnsons''. He also po ...

. The film screened at forty film festivals worldwide and was described by ImageOut as being ''"A beautifully shot piece on the process of grief, this film deftly explores the conflicted emotions of a young soldier whose mysterious encounter with a siren allows him to come to terms with the loss of his best friend (and lover) in battle''". He co-hosted In The Pink, the first GLBTIQ show on an FM station in New Zealand, with Rick Huntington on Auckland's

95bFM 95bFM is a New Zealand student radio station. It operates in Auckland on a Schedule 7 (educational purposes) semi-commercial licence. The station is based in the Student Union Building at the University of Auckland, is owned by a trust on behalf o ...

Radio from 1991 to 1998. Miz Ima Starr cabaret shows include: *'' If Life Gives You Lemons'' at Festival of Voices and TasPride Festival; *'' My Heart's A Drummer'' at Hobart Spiegeltent; *''

You Asked For It! In Modern English, ''you'' is the second-person pronoun. It is grammatically plural, and was historically used only for the dative case, but in most modern dialects is used for all cases and numbers. History ''You'' comes from the Proto- ...

'' at the

Feast Festival Feast Festival is a LGBTI Festival held annually in the South Australian capital of Adelaide. The event is one of Australia's four major queer festivals, alongside Perth's Pride Festival, Melbourne's Midsumma and the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Ma ...

and

Adelaide Fringe The Adelaide Fringe, formerly Adelaide Fringe Festival, is the world's second-largest annual arts festival (after the Edinburgh Festival Fringe), held in the South Australian capital of Adelaide. Between mid-February and mid-March each year, i ...

; *'' Gender (Off)ender'' at the

Sydney Opera House The Sydney Opera House is a multi-venue performing arts centre in Sydney. Located on the foreshore of Sydney Harbour, it is widely regarded as one of the world's most famous and distinctive buildings and a masterpiece of 20th-century architec ...

; *''

Bassey Your Ass Off Bassey is both a surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include: * Ahmed Abdulshafi Bassey, Sudanese rebel leader * Calvin Bassey, (born 1999), Nigerian-British professional footballer * Charles Bassey (born 2000), Nigerian basket ...

'' at the Adelaide Cabaret Festival; *'' Welcome to Wherthehellawee!'' at

; *'' Up The Disco'' at the Adelaide Cabaret Festival; *''

Hello Miz American Pie ''Hello'' is a salutation or greeting in the English language. It is first attested in writing from 1826. Early uses ''Hello'', with that spelling, was used in publications in the U.S. as early as the 18 October 1826 edition of the ''Norwich C ...

'' at Festival of Voices,

Aroha Festival Aroha is a Māori word meaning "love", cognate with the Hawaiian term '' aloha''. It is also a given name. Notable people Notable people with the name include: * Aroha Awarau, journalist and playwright from New Zealand * Aroha Reriti-Crofts ...

and the

Melbourne Comedy Festival The Melbourne International Comedy Festival (MICF) is the largest stand-alone comedy festival and the second-largest international comedy festival in the world. Established in 1987, it takes place annually in Melbourne over four weeks, typicall ...

- where the show was reviewed as ''"an expert blend of song and soliloquy retracing her fictional showbiz history"''. Miz Ima Starr albums include My Heart's A Drummer and American Pie. Her duet with Baitercell of

Trippin' (Push Push song) "Trippin'" is the debut single from New Zealand rock band Push Push. The song was also recorded around the same time by Auckland punk stalwarts "The Warners" (1984–1995) and appeared on the Crazy Horses single released by Wildside Records. "Tri ...

was originally recorded to promote the

float at the 1998

Hero Parade The Hero Parade was an (almost) annual gay and lesbian Parade through the streets of Auckland, New Zealand, in the 1990s. The last Parade was in 2001. It was the showpiece of the Hero Festival in Auckland which runs to the present day. The Hero Par ...

and was included on the soundtrack to the film

I'll Make You Happy I'll Make You Happy may refer to: * I'll Make You Happy (1949 film), a West German comedy film * I'll Make You Happy (1944 film) ''I'll Make You Happy'' (Hungarian: ''Boldoggá teszlek'') is a 1944 Hungarian comedy film directed by Viktor Bánky ...

released by

Flying Nun Records Flying Nun Records is a New Zealand independent record label formed in Christchurch in 1981 by music store manager Roger Shepherd. Described by ''The Guardian'' as "one of the world's great independent labels", Flying Nun is notable for bringin ...

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Starr, Miz Ima Cabaret New Zealand comedians 21st-century Australian comedians New Zealand drag queens Living people Year of birth missing (living people)