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Chucky Bartolo, a Maltese drag performer at a stand-up show in Glasgow.

Chucky Bartolo (born Andrew Bartolo; 5 July 1986) is a Maltese stand-up comedian and drag queen. [1] Currently based in Glasgow, [2] his career breakthrough came as a writer and journalist [3] for Lovin Malta after years of garnering a small following on YouTube as a vlogger. [4] Bartolo is openly gay and uses his platform to speak out against [[hate speech] ] [5] and fight for reclamation of derogatory slurs. [6]

Since November 2018, he has written and starred in four stand-up specials, [7] [8] [9] [1] and was the closing speaker of TEDx University of Malta's 2019 edition, 'Quirks'. [10] In 2018, Bartolo also starred as the Dame in Malta's National Theatre (Teatru Malta)'s first pantomime [11] and returned to the role in 2019 [12] and 2020. To comply with COVID-19 safety regulations, the pantomime was moved to air on select national radio stations [13] and is the only one taking place on the island in 2020.

In 2020, Bartolo also collaborated with the Government of Malta's Children's Festival, Żigużajg, to put on a digital show encouraging children to write creative stories and bring a modern twist to old fairytales. [14] The digital programme was then brought to Malta as a live theatre production of the same name, "Fab Fantasy Fables with Chucky", in 2022. [15]

Bartolo will be the narrator and voice-over artist of the first-ever season of reality TV drama Love Island Malta [16] which aired in 2023.

In September 2023, Bartolo hosted and performed at EuroPride 2023's official drag show, The Drag Spectacular, in Valletta. [17]

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