Carole Pope

A documentary on Carole’s life based on her autobiography Anti Diva, produced by CBC and Gay Agenda, is set to hit theatres in 2026. Guests include kd lang, Peaches, Sebastian Bach, Rufus Wainwright, Nona Hendryx, Strombo, Jann Arden and more. Carole Pope and Kevan Staples’s band Rough Trade was inducted into Canada’s Walk of Fame in 2023. On the Polaris Prize short list, Carole Pope is an agent provocateur pushing the boundaries of sexuality, sexual politics, and the status quo. Her work has been recognised with three Juno Awards, multiple independent music awards, a Genie Award, four gold, one platinum, and one double platinum album. Her latest singles “I Miss My Land” and “Play Fisty For Me” are available everywhere. Pope is currently looking for producers for Rough Trade, The Musical.

Pope has toured with David Bowie and performed at Roskilde, World Pride, AGO, MOCA, Fashion Cares 25 with Elton John, The Brooklyn Museum of Art, The AGO, Luminato, Joe’s Pub, Largo, The Viper Room, The Frostbite Festival, Reykjavik, Toronto, Los Angeles, Montreal, San Diego, San Francisco Prides, and the Michigan Womyn’s Festival. She appeared in Suck, a vampire movie, along with Moby, Iggy Pop, Alice Cooper and Henry Rollins.