Reviews

After lengthy delays because of Covid, this production hit the stage with great gusto, costumes and hair pieces, good choreography, singing and acting. It tells the story of two drag queens and a trans woman who contract to perform a drag show at a resort in Alice Springs. As everyone can imagine, their journey in their bus named Priscilla does not go to plan. The people that they meet in the country are so different from the more sophisticated city dwellers and add challenges and humour to their journey.

‘Got a light?’ says a man at the bus stop to another walking by. The two could not be more different: the smoker is brash, street-smart, a Sydney ‘local’; the other is well-spoken, intelligent, and from Pakistan.

One hundred and forty five minutes are simply not enough! I confess to seeing these exciting young performers in 2020, and at that time, their showmanship and finely honed harmonies were wonderful. How could this be made even better? By adding a spectacular nine-piece backing band (for all performances, except for those in Kangaroo Island and Victor Harbor), this already sensational group delivers a Las Vegas-worthy performance, jam packed with Rat-pack glamour and Jersey Boys style allure, performance and charisma.

Joshua Harmon’s plays are ‘confronting’, or ‘provocative’ as we saw with his previous Bad Jews.  Director Gary Abrahams reminds us of that in his excellent program notes.  Admissions may make you squirm, get antsy, or, at best, feel uncomfortable – even while laughing.  It’s a play about the racism that white folks don’t even know they have – and the ‘white privilege’ that, really, they’d rather not give up.  It’s an American play, but its general line of attack – and at