Chucky Bartolo
Chucky Bartolo (born Andrew Bartolo; 5 July 1993) is a Maltese stand-up comedian and drag queen.[1] His career breakthrough came as a writer and journalist[2] for Lovin Malta after years of garnering a small following on YouTube as a vlogger.[3] Bartolo is openly gay and uses his platform to speak out against hate speech[4] and fight for reclamation of derogatory slurs.[5]
Since November 2018 he has written and starred in three stand-up specials[6][7][1], and was the closing speaker of TEDx University of Malta's 2019 edition, 'Quirks'.[8] In 2018 Bartolo also starred as the Dame in Malta's National Theatre (Teatru Malta)'s first pantomime[9] and returned to the role in 2019.[10]
References
- ^ a b "Chucky Bartolo: What's in the bag?". MaltaToday.com.mt. Retrieved 2019-10-27.
- ^ "Lovin Malta's Chucky Bartolo One Of This Year's JCI's 'Global Goals Awards' Winners". lovinmalta.com. Retrieved 2019-10-27.
- ^ "Master of YouTube". Times of Malta. Retrieved 2019-10-27.
- ^ "New Maltese Fashion Brand Fights To Reclaim Homophobic Slur". Lovin Malta. 2019-07-06. Retrieved 2019-10-27.
- ^ "Watch: An assault rifle bullet... the cure for a gay man". Times of Malta. Retrieved 2019-10-27.
- ^ "One Sweaty Lady – One-Man Show | Malta Society of Arts". Retrieved 2019-10-27.
- ^ "Tolqueen Stand-Up Comedy Show | Gay Guide Blog". Gay Guide Malta. 2019-03-08. Retrieved 2019-10-27.
- ^ "TEDxUniversityofMalta Is Back: Here's A Look At The Five Amazing Speakers For This Year's Event". lovinmalta.com. Retrieved 2019-10-27.
- ^ "Teatru Malta's Dame Miss Ħuta". Times of Malta. Retrieved 2019-10-27.
- ^ "L-Imbuljuta – A Panto in the Dark". Retrieved 2019-10-27.