Viola (drag queen)
Viola is the stage name of Niall Trowsdale Stannard, a British drag performer who competed on the second season of Queen of the Universe and the seventh series of RuPaul's Drag Race UK.
Career
Stannard's first experience with drag was performing as the Killer Queen in a school production of We Will Rock You. His initial drag style was inspired by Trixie Mattel, and his stage name, Viola, is a homage to the violin, an instrument that Stannard began playing at the age of seven. He additionally began playing the flute at age fourteen.Viola was a contestant on the seventh series of RuPaul's Drag Race UK, where she placed in the bottom two on the second episode, but won a lip-sync contest against Pasty, and was safe from elimination. In the following episode, she placed in the bottom again; however, she lost a lip-sync against Nyongbella and became the second queen eliminated from the competition.