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Priscilla Queen of the Desert is a jukebox musical with book by Australian film director-writer Stephan Elliott and Allan Scott, using well-known pop songs as its score.
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Adapted from Elliott's 1994 film The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, the musical tells the story of two drag queens and a trans woman, who contract to perform a drag show at a resort in Alice Springs, a resort town in the remote Australian desert. As they head west from Sydney aboard their lavender bus, Priscilla, the three friends come to the forefront of a comedy of errors, encountering a number of strange characters, as well as incidents of homophobia, while widening comfort zones and finding new horizons.
Produced by Allan Scott in coalition with Back Row Productions, Michael Chugg, Michael Hamlyn and John Frost, the Simon Phillips-directed and Ross Coleman-choreographed original production of Priscilla debuted in Australia at the Lyric Theatre, Sydney in October 2006. Having had a successful run in Sydney, the production transferred to Melbourne in 2007 and then Auckland, New Zealand in 2008, before returning to Sydney for a limited engagement.
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Performance history in South Africa
2017: Presented by Hazel Feldman in association with Lunchbox Theatrical Productions and Nullarbor Productions, at Artscape, Cape Town and Montecasino’s Teatro. Stage by original Priscilla international Director, Simon Phillips together with Choreographer, Andrew Hallsworth, with Resident Director, Anton Luitingh; Musical Director, Bryan Schimmel and Resident Choreographer, Duane Alexander. Cast: David Dennis, Phillip Schnetler, James Borthwick, Taryn-Lee Hudson, Chantal Herman, Candice van Litsenborgh, Candida Mosoma, Thembeka Mnguni and Londiwe Dhlomo. The ensemble: Tshepo Ncokoane, Zane Gillion, Michael Fullard, Michael Wallace, Craig Hawks, Ryan Flynn, Samuel Hyde, Henk Opperman, Dirk Joubert, Jonathan Raath, Nadine Grobbelaar, Donae Brazer, Lourens Obermeyer and Darius Engelbrecht.
Sources
'Priscilla, Queen of the Desert'. Stage and Screen. 30 March 2017.
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