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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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| − | ==The original text==
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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.
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| − | 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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| − | ==Translations and adaptations==
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| − | == Performance history in South Africa ==
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| − | 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]], [[Daniel Buys]], [[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]].
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| − | == Sources ==
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| − | https://stageandscreen.co.za/priscilla/
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| − | 'Priscilla, Queen of the Desert'. ''[[Stage and Screen]]''. 30 March 2017.
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