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If there are two things I love in this life, it’s musicals and drag. Judging by the amount of Instagram ads I got for Starwalker, even the almighty algorithm knows it. Starwalker is an unapologetically local, queer, and Indigenous new musical from director, writer, and composer Corey Payette. The story follows Star (Dillan Meighan Chiblow), a young Two-Spirit Indigiqueer, as they become embroiled in the world of East Van drag — finding love, and reconnecting to their own identity along the way. The show marries themes of chosen family, intersectionality and Indigenous identity into a constellation of radiant and touching storytelling through the art of drag. From the moment the show opens, the audience is thrown right into a House of Borealis drag ball. The queens break the fourth wall, telling the audience to cheer louder while performing death drops and duck walks in “Jizz-ney Princess” campy couture. But throughout its runtime, Star