Garry McQuinn - Ask the Producer 3

by Priscilla

Oct.27, 2009

Question

What problems presented themselves when transferring from screen to stage? Did you always plan on having a bus on stage?

Garry McQuinn

Priscilla herself was (and is!) the obvious problem. We spent a long time (maybe a couple of years) trying to…

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Garry McQuinn - Ask the Producer 2

by Priscilla

Oct.09, 2009

What does the typical day in the life of Priscilla the Musical consist of?

Garry McQuinn

Good question!

Apart from the matinee days the mornings in the theatre are usually quite slow, although costume and maintenance crews will be working. They don’t staff…

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Hayley Smart - Heart FM winner

by Priscilla

Sep.20, 2009

Hayley Smart won a competition on Heart Fm to have a cameo role for one night in Priscilla. We caught up with her on the day of the show, just before the start of rehearsals.

“There was a competition on Heart…

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Priscilla on The Paul O’Grady Show

by Priscilla

May.29, 2009

It’s early morning and the Priscilla team assemble at the stage door of the Palace theatre, most are bleary eyed and tired. They are not used to being up this early after finishing the show at 10:30pm the night before.

The wardrobe…

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Understudy rehearsals and celebrity guests

by Priscilla

Apr.28, 2009

The show is now in full swing, but there is still quite a lot of the work for the cast to do outside the performances. Getting the show up and running is a huge job that’s often done in a…

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Previews and Opening Night

by Priscilla

Apr.08, 2009

We have now reached the end of our preview period and, judging by the reaction of the audiences to date, it has been a great success. We’ve had a standing ovation at every performance. This is obviously pleasing, but it…

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Hello from Priscilla

by Priscilla

Mar.16, 2009

Priscilla Queen of the Desert the Musical premiered in Sydney in October 2006. It has since been seen by over 1 million people in Australia and New Zealand and is the most successful Australian musical of all time.

Australia Opening Night

Among its…

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