Set
For production designer Brian Thomson, translating a road movie to the stage was mostly about one piece of highly technical equipment - Priscilla, the bus.
A centrepiece of the film, the stage bus became a custom built AUD$1 million star of the musical. Eight metres long and weighing almost six tonnes, she sits on a ring revolve, contains a retractable side wall panel and houses three internal hydraulic lifts.
She can also shake and change colour, thanks to hundreds of LED lights implanted in the panels.

The Divas and Priscilla herself (Australian Production)
4 comments for this entry:
by xheidix
February 3rd, 2011 at 12:37 am
hey Brian Thomson, great job! but most importantly…I need to know what the white mirror ball is made of - ive been struggling to choose tiles for my bathroom and when i saw that white mirrorball tonight…that was it!!!! please let me know
hx
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