Jinkx Monsoon
Off Menu with Ed Gamble and James Acaster

Jinkx Monsoon

B2Upper-intermediateAugust 5, 20261 hr 6 min

Jinkx Monsoon – two-time ‘Drag Race’ winner, actress, singer and the new star of ‘Oh, Mary!’ – has a table booked in the Dream Restaurant this week. And she loves a British accent… If you’re using the Apple Podcasts app you can now watch this episode too. Jinkx Monsoon stars as Mary Todd Lincoln in ‘Oh, Mary!’ in at the Trafalgar Theatre in London’s West End from 17 Aug-26 Sep. Get tickets from ohmaryplay.co.uk Follow Jinkx on Instagram @thejinkx, TikTok @jinkxmonsoonofficial and YouTube @jinkxmonsoonofficial Watch the full video episode on the O...

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Welcome to the Off Menu Podcast, taking the brisket of conversation, smoking it over the wood of humour. And I'm in a lovely old smoked bit of brisket chat, James. That's it, Gable. My name is James Acasso. Together, we own a dream restaurant in every single week we invite a guest asking their favourite

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ever start a main course dessert side dish and drink not in that order and this week our guest is Jinx Monsoon

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the wonderful Jinx Monsoon James she's an absolute superstar an icon an icon drag race winner two times over

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