Priscilla - Queen of the Desert

Synopsis

Journey to the heart of fabulous with Priscilla Queen of the Desert the musical adaptation of the 1994 motion picture which premiered in Australia in 2006 and has gone on to play in New Zealand, London and Toronto.

Based on the Oscar-Winning movie, Priscilla the musical tells the heart-warming and uplifting story of Bernadette, Tick and Adam, a glamorous Sydney-based performing trio who agree to take their show to the middle of the Australian outback. Along the way they meet Bob, the mechanic with the heart of gold. They set off in a battered old bus ‘Priscilla the queen of the desert’ in search of love and adventure but end up finding more than they could ever have dreamed.

Priscilla London is the most fun you'll have in the West End with over 500 outrageous costumes and a score of dance-floor classics including I Will Survive, Girls Just Wanna Have Fun and Finally.

Priscilla the musical premiered on October 2006 in Sydney directed by Simon Phillips with a cast led by Tony Sheldon as Bernadette. Priscilla opened in March 2009 at the Palace Theatre London. The original cast included Jason Donovan, Tony Sheldon and Oliver Thornton. Notable replacements include Ben Richards, Don Gallagher and Ray Meagher.

The West End production of Priscilla won a 2010 Laurence Olivier Award for and Best Costume Design as well as four of our own What’s on Stage Awards for Best New Musical, Best Supporting Actor in a Musical, Best Set Designer and Best Choreographer.

Stalls: Seats with a face value of £45.75 are classed as restricted view due to the Dress Circle overhang.

Dress Circle: Seats with a face value £45.75 are classed as restricted view due to the Upper Circle overhang.

Grand Circle: Row A of the Grand Circle has restricted legroom and some seats may also be restricted view due to a front handrail. Row B is restricted with a handrail and has a side view. All Grand Circle Seats with a face value of £25.75 and £20.75 are classed as restricted view. Row H is restricted view.

Balcony: Row A and B of the Balcony seats may also be restricted view due to a front handrail. Seats 1-7 and 22-28 in all rows of the balcony are restricted view. All seats from row M to P in the balcony are restricted view. The balcony is high and steeply stepped.

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Our Review:

24 March 2009

Maybe they should have ditched the travelogue element of the cult 1994 Australian movie The Adventures of Priscilla Queen of the Desert and just come inside for a floor show. Because that’s what Priscilla Queen of the Desert the Musical is, really, despite the climactic ambition of performing a Kylie Minogue medley on top of Ayers Rock and an underpowered Jason Donovan as Tick meeting up with his wife and little boy having explored his feminine side on the journey from Sydney to Alice Springs.

The travelling road show also stars Tony Sheldon as the ageing trans-sexual Bernadette (played more touchingly in the movie by Terence Stamp) and Oliver Thornton as the “gender illusionist” Adam (Guy Pearce on screen). We start “downtown” in the shadow of a glittering Sydney Harbour bridge, moving on to meet a collection of rednecks, tourists, country bumpkins and a token aboriginal in face-paint as well as an unhappily married garage mechanic, Bob ([Clive Ca...

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Latest User Review

Paul Wallis - 28 December 2011:

I last saw Priscilla in London for Tony Sheldon'a farewell performance (though have seen it since on Broadway). With the show now closing in London I thought a final visit was called for as its one of my favourite musicals. The camp glitz and glamour of the show never fails to raise a smile and although some of the cast seemed at first a little tired, presumably from the hectic Christmas schedule, the energy of the show got them through. Of the principals, Richard Grieve seemed somewhat weak as Tick both vocally and in his performance, Ray Meagher as Bob was competent if somewhat one dimensional with little light and shade to the character, Don Gallagher was rather enjoyable to watch as Bernadette. He may seem like a man in drag rather than the woman Bernadette has become, but he does deliver a good performance with warmth and depth. Oliver Thornton is however, the star of the show now. His Confide In Me towards the end was delivered with real gusto and I loved the way he lapped up and enjoyed the ovation during the finale, clearly well aware that in a few days this wonderful journey will be at an end. Not a perfect performance by any means but still a fantastic night out. Will be sad to see Priscilla go :-(...

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