The net profits of a drag version of ‘The Steamie’ will be donated to a children’s hospital that helped save the life of one of the actor’s nieces after a horrendous car collision in Bellshill.Dragged Tae The Steamie will be performing their first Scottish tour this summer, with 18 dates, including Rutherglen and East Kilbride, after a successful week last year, in the Glasgow's Britannia Panopticon Music Hall in Glasgow.The net profits of the show will be donated to both the Britannia Panopticon Music Hall and the Royal Hospital for Children in Glasgow after staff at the ICU helped treat the niece of the actor of Doreen Hood in the performance, James Smith.The Lanarkshire Live app is available to download now.
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