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] and 2020. To comply with COVID-19 safety regulations, the pantomime was moved to air on select national radio stations[11] and is the only one taking place on the island in 2020.

References
  1. "Chucky Bartolo: What's in the bag?". MaltaToday.com.mt. Retrieved 2019-10-27.
  2. "Lovin Malta's Chucky Bartolo One Of This Year's JCI's 'Global Goals Awards' Winners". lovinmalta.com. Retrieved 2019-10-27.
  3. "Master of YouTube". Times of Malta. Retrieved 2019-10-27.
  4. "New Maltese Fashion Brand Fights To Reclaim Homophobic Slur". Lovin Malta. 2019-07-06. Retrieved 2019-10-27.
  5. "Watch: An assault rifle bullet... the cure for a gay man". Times of Malta. Retrieved 2019-10-27.
  6. "One Sweaty Lady – One-Man Show | Malta Society of Arts". Retrieved 2019-10-27.
  7. "Tolqueen Stand-Up Comedy Show | Gay Guide Blog". Gay Guide Malta. 2019-03-08. Retrieved 2019-10-27.
  8. "TEDxUniversityofMalta Is Back: Here's A Look At The Five Amazing Speakers For This Year's Event". lovinmalta.com. Retrieved 2019-10-27.
  9. "Teatru Malta's Dame Miss Ħuta". Times of Malta. Retrieved 2019-10-27.
  10. "L-Imbuljuta – A Panto in the Dark". Retrieved 2019-10-27.
  11. "Teatru Malta's panto over the radio". Times of Malta. Retrieved 2020-12-17.
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