Tit Swingers' Queer Party Playlist

Polyamorous queer pirates Anne Bonney and Mary Read – also known as the Tit Swingers – provide Fest with a playlist to accompany their queer punk gig musical.

Chappell Roan – Hot To Go

The song of the summer. The lesbian anthem the gays have been dreaming of for centuries (t.A.T.u. does not count and we both know it). Chappell Roan is an innovator and has changed the queer pop scene forever, we salute you Captain Roan. Anne Bonney, Mary Read and Calico Jack would all have fan accounts. Head bopping, fan snapping, bathroom stall crying, gay pop (Thank you JoJo Siwa).

LazyTown – You Are a Pirate

Now say what you want about the hit tv show LazyTown but boy does it deliver some bangers. 'We Are Number One' lives in my head rent free and now 'You Are A Pirate' will be stuck in yours, you’re welcome. Robbie Rotten is a drag king icon and I don't know why more people don't talk about it. (RIP Stefán Karl Stefánsson, gone but never forgotten). Why this song? Well the shows about pirates and that.

Amyl and the Sniffers – Security

Amyl and the Sniffers are the kind of band that when you listen to them you feel like an alpha male with a fridge full of anabolic steroids and an ego problem ... but like in a cunty way. Makes you want to headbutt a wall and fight your own shadow. Which is exactly how I feel the Tit Swingers would be 24/7. Security is about trying to get into a club when you’re smashed off your tits, we call all relate.

Hedwig and the Angry Inch – Tear Me Down

Hedwig and the Angry Inch is the musical that has been in my heart since I very first laid my eyes on John Cameron Mitchell in that perfect blonde wig. Hedwig was my first introduction to gender queer alternative theatre and it really made me into the performer and writer I am today.

Who knew you could be a queer weirdo with mommy issues and still do musical theatre?! Not me.

Penelope Scott – Lotta True Crime

Penelope Scott is one of those artists that you listen to and think 'wow the straight men will simply hate this', and that's why it's in this playlist. Because, and I'm speaking on behalf of Le Gasp! Productions and everyone affiliated with said company, we hate men.

Destroy Boys – I Threw Glass At My Friend’s Eyes And Now I’m On Probation

Yet another band that makes you feel like punching a wall but this time being angsty about creepy men taking advantage of you and as two women in the 1700’s, Anne Bonney and Mary Read could definitely relate.

Fiona Apple – Under the Table

KICK ME UNDER THE TABLE ALL YOU WANT, I WON'T SHUT UP, I WON'T SHUT UP.

Very Tit Swingers coded although I fear if you kicked Anne under a table you'd get stabbed quicker than your mum opens the door when I call round.

Crazy Ex Girlfriend Cast – We Tapped That Ass All Over This House

Now you've seen all the cool songs (yes I'm including LazyTown) you get to meet the weird mentally ill musical theatre nerd cousin you avoid at Christmas parties. No I do not want to know the plot of Cats and I'm 99% sure there isn't one.

But you love her and you share the same diseases so best keeping her around for future use. Possibly stem cells? Organ donor?