PRISCILLA QUEEN OF THE DESERT THE MUSICAL
MOTORS INTO TOWN AS BOX OFFICE OPENS FOR WEST END PRODUCTION
JASON DONOVAN, TONY SHELDON AND OLIVER THORNTON TO LEAD CAST
PALACE THEATRE MARCH 2009
Jason Donovan, Tony Sheldon and
Oliver Thornton will lead the cast in the West End production of
Priscilla Queen Of The Desert The Musical, written by
Stephan Elliott and
Allan Scott. The spectacular new stage musical, directed by
Simon Phillips, will open at the
Palace Theatre in March 2009.
Based on the Oscar® award-winning film, Priscilla tells the story of Tick (Jason Donovan), Bernadette (Tony Sheldon) and Adam (Oliver Thornton), a glamorous Sydney-based performing trio that agree to take their show to the middle of the Australian outback.
Priscilla Queen Of the Desert The Musical is a heart-warming, uplifting adventure of three friends who hop aboard a battered old bus (nicknamed Priscilla) searching for love and friendship and end up finding more than they could ever have dreamed. With a dazzling array of outrageous costumes and featuring a score of dance-floor classics, this new musical is a sensational journey to the heart of fabulous.
Further casting for Priscilla Queen Of The Desert The Musical will be announced shortly.
Please note - The cast may change at short notice due to illness or unforeseen circumstances and as such we cannot offer refunds if a listed cast member does not perform unless instructed by the producers.
Please Note
Children’s policy
Due to occasional coarse language, parental guidance is recommended for children 15 years and under.
Latecomer’s policy
Late-comers will not be admitted until a suitable break in the performance.
Jason Donovan will be on holiday for 2 weeks from 24th August 2009 and will return to the production on the 7th September 2009.
Sets musical theatre back a thousand years!
FROM THE KUMARS TO CAMELOT .....
SANJEEV BHASKAR CROWNED AS NEW KING OF THE BRITONS IN
MONTY PYTHON'S SPAMALOT
BEFORE SHOW HEADS OFF ON ROYAL WALKABOUT
From
Monday 23rd June 2008 the role of
Arthur, the King of the Britons will be played by
Sanjeev Bhaskar. Bhaskar is to join the cast of the multi award-winning record-breaking Monty Python’s SPAMALOT, to be crowned as the new Arthur, the King of the Britons, following in the footsteps of Tim Curry, Simon Russell Beale, Peter Davison and Alan Dale. Best known as the host of
The Kumars at No. 42 and for his appearances in the award-winning radio and television sketch show
Goodness Gracious Me.
Monty Python’s SPAMALOT is 100% pure entertainment. Lovingly ripped off from the classic film comedy Monty Python and the Holy Grail, SPAMALOT is the new musical directed by Oscar Winning Mike Nichols, with a book by the third tallest Python, Eric Idle, and an almost but not entirely new score by Eric Idle (no relation) and John du Prez. Retelling the legend of King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table, and featuring a number of gratuitously scantily clad showgirls, not to mention the cows, killer rabbits and French people.
SPAMALOT retells the legend of King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table with the help of a number of gratuitously scantily clad showgirls, cows, killer rabbits, French people and a legless knight.
Currently playing to packed houses at the Palace Theatre the award-winning and record-breaking Monty Python’s SPAMALOT is booking until 27th September 2008.
Monty Python's SPAMALOT has been hailed as:
"A no-holds-barred smash"
The New Yorker
"Funnier than the Black Death"
Brother Maynard, Friars Weekly incorporating Nuns Illustrated
"Pies iesu domine donna eis requiem"
Thelonius Monk
"Triffic!"
Michael Palin (no relation)
"A Grand Slamalot"
New York Post
"King Arthur is rolling over in his grave - and laughing till his armour rattles"
USA Today
"Holy Gales of laughter"
Newsday
Cast Information
Nina Soderquist will be staying with the production, playing the role of The Lady of the Lake, until 3rd January 2009.