Priscilla Queen of the Desert

Worthing Musical Comedy Society production of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert gives new life to songs we thought we had forgotten. The costume department are the unsung heroes of this show. Each time I found myself thinking, "They can't get more outrageous and extravagant than this." Each time I was wrong.

It was a hugely entertaining evening. The plot follows an improbable journey of three drag queens across Australia from Sydney to Alice Springs. En route they have a series of impossible adventures in a number of places with unlikely (but accurate) names.

Australia is not the worst place in the world for homophobia (That would be Saudi Arabia where gay relationships carry the death penalty) but at the time of the story it was a serious problem and it still is.

So to make light of it with some very good (and rather shocking) jokes is an interesting approach.

The improbability of the plot does not matter, the production of the musical numbers does. On that score it is a great success.