Tuesday, 15 April 2025

Priscilla Queen of the Desert

 

Priscilla Queen of the Desert, Norwich Theatre Royal, 2013.

Cast: Emma Kingston, Ellie Leah, Laura Mansell, Alan Hunter, Jason Donovan, Julie Stark, Regan Shepherd, Richard Grieve, Giles Watling, Frances Mayli McCann, Leon Kay, Harry Burns/Aaron Ford, James Cohen, Wayne Fitzsimmons, Dann Kharsa, Liam Marcellino, Ashley Rumble, Katie Birtill, Ian Oswald, Aaron Sweeney-Harris, Bleu Woodward.

Book: Stephan Elliott & Allan Scott
Director: Simon Phillips

I loathed this. The mood in the theatre was "hen night" with pink cowboy hats and feather boas because straight women love the gays. All that camp misses the point that it's actually quite a sweet and poignant film but I don't suppose straight people want that from the gays.
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