Sasha Velour: Travesty at The Wallis

Sasha Velour, the winner of RuPaul's Drag Race Season 9, comes back to The Wallis on Thursday, October 29, with Travesty, a new solo work that treats drag as living history. If you are looking at things happening in Los Angeles this week, this is the one that sits closer to a theater piece than a nightclub set.

When: Thursday, October 29, 2026, 7:30 PM to 9:30 PM Where: Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts, 9390 N Santa Monica Blvd, Beverly Hills Tickets: Price not listed in our source, check the venue box office

What Travesty is

The show is built from a series of lip-sync performances. In each one, Velour embodies a different figure from queer history: a witch burned in a field, a clown who builds a theater, the patrons of an underground gay bar. Strung together, those personas make a story about resistance and survival across centuries, told through movement, costume and image instead of a script.

Velour is a multidisciplinary artist, and the evening leans on that range. Costume design, choreography and cultural commentary all carry weight here, so the visuals are as much of the point as the music. Past work from her has treated drag as a contemporary performance practice where spectacle and meaning can't be pulled apart, and Travesty pushes that idea into a full solo evening.

Why it stands out

Plenty of drag in LA is built for a bar crowd and a night of cheering. This is a seated theater production at one of the region's main performing arts venues, which changes the pacing. Expect a focused, deliberate show with a clear arc rather than a rotating lineup of numbers. It suits fans who followed Velour from the Drag Race finale and anyone curious about performance art with a historical spine.

Getting there

The Wallis is in Beverly Hills, next to the Beverly Hills Civic Center on Santa Monica Boulevard. Street parking nearby is limited in the evening, so plan for a garage and allow extra time on a weeknight. Check the Discover Los Angeles listing linked below for the latest details before you go, and confirm ticket availability and pricing directly with the venue, since our source does not list a price.

If you are building a plan around LA events this weekend or later in the week, Travesty is a good anchor for a night out, and it pairs easily with dinner in Beverly Hills beforehand. For more options, browse the arts and culture section for other upcoming shows and exhibitions.