Musicals - Priscilla Queen of the Desert

Monday 25th February.  This was another school outing, like Sister Act, organised again by the teacher-into-musicals-in-a-big-way!  He managed to get cheap tickets in pairs all over the theatre so it was funny sitting and looking around to spot others.  I think there was probably close to 20 of us there from school.  Being a Monday night, I was totally surprised how full it was - didn't spot a spare seat.  Most indeed were women in the audience!

I had heard about it in the West End and heard it recommended.  I thought it was something to do with men in drag in Australia, but didn't know heaps.  I was in the middle of reading Craig Revel Horwood's autobiography where he relates some of his life to it, so that was another clue.

The show was great!  An odd storyline indeed, Priscilla being the bus that 3 drag queens use to drive from Sidney to Alice Springs in, for oddly heartfelt reasons.  But the main bit to love was all the big show numbers and the costumes!  What fun they were.  Most of the songs were classic pop or disco songs which most people would know (there were still a few I didn't know in my limited but certainly extended over the last 10 years classic hit knowledge).  It was definitely a show that made you feel good and I was particularly pleased when my year 1 colleague next to me and I stood up simultaneously at the encore to boogie along.  A fun night out indeed.  Oh, and Jason Donovan was in it.  Sadly didn't recognise him, think I was still thinking of him with the Joseph hair, rather than having seen him on Strictly a couple of years ago!  He reminded me loads of Graham Norton!