by Priscilla

Apr.10, 2010, under Cast Blog

It was incredible covering Tick. I’ve just covered Jason’s holiday for 2 weeks. The new cast opened on the Monday and I was thrown on as Tick on the Wednesday. I knew I would be playing Tick really quickly, so in a way I was more prepared for that than I was for my ensemble role. Everybody in production and stage management were very supportive as I was trying to prepare for both roles. Wednesday was like a rabbit in the headlights, but it was great.

Hugo Harold Harrison

I left Guildford School of Acting and fell into musicals. I went into Oh What a Night that toured around Europe and UK for 2 years and that was the really the best training. Nothing beats learning by experience. Then I did Fame in the West End, followed by Grease and It’s a Wonderful Life. I would have to say that so far Priscilla has been my favourite job.

Priscilla is great fun to be in, but the biggest appeal to joining the cast was the Tick storyline. The weight of the role, it’s subtleties and the colour that it has. The journey actually and metaphorically is huge, which is all encased in this big pink fluffy ball. I also love my ensemble track. For the ensemble it’s great, because the show has vastly different characters in it. The people of Broken Hill are different to the people in the gay bar and from the drag queens in Les Girls. It is a very different and busy ensemble track, you are always on stage or changing costumes and it keeps you on your toes.

My favourite part of the show keeps changing, but at the moment it is Go West. Priscilla, to me, is the best feel good musical in the West End at the moment. If you don’t leave with a smile on your face you are dead inside.