Pillay metamorphosed into a disco diva as the hormone-popping transsexual Lana Pellay, dressed in costumes by her close friend Leigh Bowery,[3] enjoying a top 40 single in Australia and New Zealand with "Pistol in My Pocket".
[4][5] She also accompanied Gary Clail on his 1991 hit "Human Nature", singing the couplet "Let the carnival begin... Every pleasure, every sin!"
The latter was an actor, comedian, writer and director for The Comic Strip Presents who wrote parts for her in the episodes "Susie", "Gino", "The Bullshitters" and the feature-length film The Supergrass.
[6] Following The Comic Strip, Pillay became a film critic on the ITV late night chat show Funky Bunker, alongside Craig Charles.
As Al Pillay, she performed in a one-person play, Glitter & Twisted, based on her life and written by Tim Fountain, which had its premiere at the Beckett Theater[7] on 42nd Street as part of the first Manhattan Musical Theatre Festival.