Review - Priscilla Queen of the Desert - London

Quite last minute Teenboy and I decided to go to see the campfest that is Priscilla at the Palace Theatre on the edge of Gayho. We were lucky enough to secure seats four rows from the front and managed to ogle our way through a show that was enormous fun. Having seen the film, the plot came as no surprise, and all the best lines from the film have been transposed unaltered into the show - including the delicious "cock/frock/rock" line. What did surprise me was that there were no original songs in the show, but just a load of old 80s disco faves. Felicia's obsession with Abba has been updated to Kylie, but that was the only real change. The star is of course the bus, Priscilla, and this is well realised, doubling as set and backdrop much of the time. The costume changes were breathtaking and the delightful use of angels flying in from above was great fun. It was mainly a laugh a second, although Tick's reunion with his son was movingly done. Best moments included "Macarthur Park" , "Don't Leave Me This Way" - oh ok too many to mention. A grand night out indeed 4.5/5