My friend Michael, who had never seen either the film or show before, loved the story, acting and overall party atmosphere and informed me that it was definitely a 5-star show.
Priscilla the Party is based on The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, a movie from the 90s that was adapted into a musical and has since travelled the world. But, instead of a classic musical, guests are invited into the Cockatoo Club, standing in front of the stage that is able to be taken apart and moved around the floor.
It’s the night before the election. There was a short, heavy downpour about five o’clock and now on the dark and damp pavement a foursome of paused theatregoers are loudly braying for Tony Abbott’s blood. The fashionable Melbourne theatre, fortyfivedownstairs, is downstairs. On the first level below ground there is a gallery and a table