''Drag Heals'' is a Canadian reality television series, which premiered in 2018 on

OutTV OUTtv is a Canadian English language specialty channel and streaming network that was launched in September 2001. The brand focuses on general entertainment and lifestyle programming serving Canadian and international LGBT+ communities. The ...

."OUTtv bolsters originals slate with three commissions"
'' Playback'', August 30, 2018. Created and hosted by Tracey Erin Smith, co-hosted by Dale Edwards (aka Vicki Lix), directed by

Charlie David Charles David Lubiniecki (born August 9, 1980) is a Canadian actor, writer, director and producer, best known for the male lead in the LGBT horror series '' Dante's Cove''. He has also worked as a TV host on a number of shows like ''F.Y.E!'', '' ...

, and produced by Border2Border, the series centres on a group of aspiring drag performers learning the craft in Canada's only "drag school" program. The participants work with Smith and weekly guest coaches to learn the process and craft of drag performance, before giving their own debut performances in a group drag show at Toronto's

Buddies in Bad Times Buddies in Bad Times Theatre is a Canadian professional theatre company. Based in Toronto, Ontario, and founded in 1978 by Matt Walsh, Jerry Ciccoritti, and Sky Gilbert, ''Buddies in Bad Times'' is dedicated to "the promotion of queer theatrical ex ...

theatre. The series includes both

drag queen A drag queen is a person, usually male, who uses Drag (entertainment), drag clothing and makeup to imitate and often exaggerate Femininity, female gender signifiers and gender roles for entertainment purposes. Historically, drag queens have ...

s and

drag king Drag kings have historically been mostly female performance artists who dress in masculine drag and personify male gender stereotypes as part of an individual or group routine. As documented in the 2003 ''Journal of Homosexuality,'' in more r ...

s. It grew out of Smith's existing drag training programs, ''Dude for a Day'' and ''Project Drag Queen''. The series premiered on OutTV in 2018. A second season went into production in 2019, and aired in 2020. Season 3 aired in 2023. The series received two

Canadian Screen Award The Canadian Screen Awards () are awards given for artistic and technical merit in the film industry recognizing excellence in Canadian film, English-language television, and digital media ( web series) productions. Given annually by the Academy ...

nominations at the

12th Canadian Screen Awards The 12th Canadian Screen Awards were presented by the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television to honour achievements in Canadian film, television and digital media production in 2023. They were held at the Canadian Broadcasting Centre in Toronto ...

in 2024, for Best Lifestyle Series and Best Host in a Lifestyle Series (Smith).Connie Thiessen
"Canadian Screen Awards nominations by network"
''Broadcast Dialogue'', March 6, 2024.

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