Performance Review: Geer Week 83 Drag Show

On January 14, the Engineering Students’ Society’s Geer Week drag show showcased the vibrant creativity of engineering students, demonstrating that their talents extend well beyond lectures and labs.

Raw Angus (the “g” is silent), an Edmonton-based drag artist, opened the show.

They spoke about the purpose of drag as a form of art that challenges norms and celebrates gender expression.

They encouraged the audience to cheer as loudly as they could for every performance and not to hold back with their support for the students performing.

The show featured performers from a wide range of engineering disciplines, with students representing engineering physics, materials, chemical, mining, civil, electrical, mechatronic, and mechanical engineering.

The discipline that opened the show was engineering physics. Their theme was “sleepy time” and involved several pyjama-adjacent outfits. This group had great choreography, as well as a lot of charm and confidence. And this was despite them being the first group on stage.

Later on, civil engineering took the stage. The duo was naughty and exciting, but above all, they took command of the stage with such ease and power that it made you wonder whether it was really their first time performing.

One of the last groups to take the stage was mechatronics, marking the program’s first year of participation since its launch in the fall 2025 semester. The duo started nervously, but when the crowd kicked in they fed off their energy. The group had some of the most complicated choreography, from death drops to splits. This team put the drag in drag show.

As the show came to a close, the energy in the Myer Horowitz made it clear that the Geer Week drag show was more than a fun and silly event. It was a celebration of self-expression, support, and creativity. It is proof that engineering students’ talents shine just as brightly on stage as they do in their exhausting classes.

Geer Week Drag Show 2026

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