Priscilla - Queen of the Desert

Synopsis

Sydney drag queen Mitzi and her two fish-out-water friends, Felicia and Bernadette, are heading west across the desert to Alice Springs in their battered old bus. They are each on their own personal journey of discovery, but together they put on a show unlike anything the locals have ever seen before. The musical is fashioned around disco hits including I Love the Night Life, I Will Survive, Shake Your Grove Thing and Finally. Based on the Oscar-winning film.

Our Review:

22 March 2013

So how entertaining can a show about a bus, a journey across a desert and 3 drag queens be? In my opinion and that of the audience tonight, very!

From the moment three suspended divas (pitch perfect Emma Kingston, Ellie Leah and Laura Mansell) are lowered in singing It’s Raining Men you know what kind of night you are in for. Tick (Jason Donovan) is a drag queen with a confusing past; he has a wife and child. His wife wants him to meet his son, so he plans a trip across Australia to see him and put a drag show on at his wife’s casino. He can’t do it alone so brings transsexual Bernadette (Richard Grieve) and fellow drag queen Adam/Felicia (Graham Weaver) along too. The journey is eventful and not without low points, but a string of songs including some from the Pet Shop Boys, Gloria Gaynor and Kylie brighten the way and stop the mood from sinking too low.

The stage is full of energy with some effective choreography exec...

Read more of the review

Latest User Review

kay - 30 March 2013:

A gem of a show - all credit to a brilliant cast, fab music and costumes, guaranteed to brighten the most dullest of evenings....

Read more and add your own review

Related Whatsonstage.com Articles

Jason Donovan drives Priscilla into Birmingham Jason Donovan drives Priscilla into Birmingham More»