Welcoming to the stage: the world’s first free drag school.

Queens of Australia, rejoice! There’s a new drag school in town and it’s free.

When Ben Hamilton and Maddi Sivyer crossed paths, it didn’t seem like the two had much in common. Hamilton, a married, middle-aged man and Sivyer, a young, indigenous psychology student did have a shared passion, though — drag.

The pair are now considered family, and have an extended family that stretches far past their north Queensland city of Cairns wh…