Priscilla on the road again
Desert Queen’s 2019 Edinburgh Playhouse dates
Jason Donavan is promising more glitter than ever before as he turns producer for a new touring production of musical Priscilla Queen of the Desert arriving in Edinburgh in November 2019.
The production will open in Dartford in September 2019, spending a week at the Edinburgh Playhouse in November, and continuing on in an extensive tour of the UK and Ireland, including Wimbledon, Liverpool and Manchester.
Mark Goucher and Jason Donovan. Pic: Darren Bell.
Donovan, who performed in the original West End production and two subsequent UK tours, is joining forces with co-producer Mark Goucher for the tour.
There is no indication that Donovan will be reprising the role of Tick, the Sydney drag queen at the centre of the show who has a secret wife and child back home in Alice Springs.
When Tick’s wife calls in a favour, he enlists the help of a couple of drag queens and they set off in a big pink bus – the Priscilla of the title – to cross the desert and perform in the Alice Springs casino.
Speaking of the new tour, Jason Donovan said: “Having spent years performing and always harbouring the desire to become more involved in the creative process, I am delighted to be joining Mark Goucher as producer on this wonderful show.
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“Priscilla is perfect vehicle to venture into the world of producing and bringing all my experience on the show seems the logical next step. Priscilla is such a wonderful Australian story about diversity. It is a modern musical with a great heart.”
The new production, directed by Paul Kerryson, promises more glitter than ever before. It will feature costumes by Phil R Daniels and Charles Cusick Smith, be lit by Ben Cracknell and use choreography by Tom Jackson-Greaves as it struts its through its way through such dance-floor classics as It’s Raining Men, I Will Survive, I Love The Nightlife and Finally.
Listings
Priscilla, Queen of the Desert
Edinburgh Playhouse, 18 – 22 Greenside Place, Edinburgh, EH1 3AA
Tuesday 5 November – Saturday 9 December 2019
Tickets on sale now from www.atgtickets.com. Click here to buy now.
| Priscilla, Queen of the Desert on tour 2019/20: | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Thurs 5 – Sat 14 September 2019 | Dartford Orchard Theatre |
01322 220000 | Book online |
| Tue 17 – Sat 21 September | Bradford Alhambra |
01274 432 000 | Book online |
| Mon 23 – Sat 28 September | Rhyl New Pavilion Theatre |
01745 33 00 00 | Book online |
| Mon 30 September – Sat 5 October | Milton Keynes Milton Keynes Theatre |
08448 717652 | Book online |
| Mon 7 – Sat 12 October | Wimbledon New Wimbledon Theatre |
0844 871 7646 | Book online |
| Mon 14 – Sat 19 October | Malvern Festival Theatre |
01684 892277 | Book online |
| Mon 21 – Sat 26 October | Blackpool Winter Gardens |
0844 856 1111 | Book online |
| Mon 28 October – Sat 2 November | Leicester Curve Theatre |
01162 423 595 | Book online |
| Tue 5 – Sat 9 November 2019 | Edinburgh Playhouse |
0844 871 3014 | Book online |
| Mon 11 – Sat 16 November | Liverpool Empire |
08448 713 017 | Book online |
| Mon 18 – Sat 23 November | Inverness Eden Court |
01463 234234 | Book online |
| Mon 25 – Sat 30 November | Manchester Palace Theatre |
0844 871 3019 | Book online |
| Tue 17 Dec 2019 – Sat 4 Jan 2020 | Brighton Theatre Royal |
0844 871 7650 | Book online |
| Mon 13 – Sat 18 Jan 2020 | Southampton The Mayflower Theatre |
02380 711811 | Book online |
| Mon 20 – Sat 25 Jan 2020 | Plymouth Theatre Royal |
01752 230440 | Book online |
| Mon 27 Jan – Sat 1 Feb 2020 | Nottingham Theatre Royal |
0115 989 5555 | Book online |
| Mon 3 – Sat 8 Feb 2020 | Dublin Bord Gais Energy Theatre |
0818 719 377 | Book online |
| Mon 10 – Sat 15 Feb 2020 | Cambridge Corn Exchange |
01223 357851 | Book online |
| Mon 17 – Sat 22 Feb 2020 | Newcastle Theatre Royal |
08448 11 21 21 | Book online |
| Mon 24 – Sat 29 Feb 2020 | Southend on Sea Cliffs Pavilion |
01702 351135 | Book online |
| Mon 2 – Sat 7 Mar 2020 | Sheffield Lyceum Theatre |
0114 249 6000 | On Sale Soon |
| Mon 9 – Sat 14 Mar 2020 | Carlisle Sands Centre |
01228 633 766 | Book online |
| Mon 16 – Sat 21 Mar 2020 | Woking New Victoria |
0844 871 7645 | Book online |
| Mon 23 – Sat 28 Mar 2020 | Ipswich Regent Theatre |
01473 433100 | On Sale 23 Jul |
| Mon 30 Mar – Sat 4 Apr 2020 | Hull New Theatre |
01482 300 300 | Book online |
| Mon 6 – Sat 11 Apr 2020 | Oxford New Theatre |
0844 871 3020 | On Sale 27 Jun |
| Mon 13 – Sat 18 Apr 2020 | Birmingham Hippodrome |
0844 338 5000 | On Sale 27 Jun |
| Mon 20 – Sat 25 Apr 2020 | Northampton Royal & Derngate |
01604 624 811 | Book online |
| Mon 27 – Sat 2 May 2020 | Glasgow King’s Theatre |
0844 871 7648 | Book online |
| Tue 5 – Sat 9 May 2020 | Cardiff Wales Millennium Centre |
029 2063 6464 | Book online |
| Tue 12 – Sat 16 May 2020 | Bristol Hippodrome |
0844 871 3012 | Book online |
| Mon 18 – Sat 23 May 2020 | Cheltenham Everyman Theatre |
01242 572573 | Book online |
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