Dancing queens

TWO drag queens and a transsexual, in a battered bus named Priscilla, are the principals of Dublin’s Bord Gais Theatre’s new show, Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, the musical version of the 1994 movie of the same name.

The musical stars Jason Donovan, the cult classic movie starred Terence Stamp, and was turned into a stage show in 2006, wowing Sydney, Canada, Broadway, London. Sporting a dazzling array of outrageous costumes and a hit parade of dance-floor favourites, like ‘It’s Raining Men’, ‘Say a Little Prayer’, ‘Go West’, ‘Hot Stuff’, and ‘Always on My Mind’, it’s wildly fresh, funny and heartwarming as it explores the age-old search for love, friendship, and understanding.

Priscilla is rolling her worn tyres across the UK and Ireland in a superb, full-scale touring show, by David Ian Productions and the Ambassador Theatre Group. It has won multiple awards, including Tonys and Oliviers — for best new musical, best costumes, best set, and best choreography. The Bord Gais Theatre is readying for the big opening, tomorrow night.