Local sensations Alter Boy are playing a massive show for the Festival Perth this Saturday. The six-person powerhouse, comprising three deaf/hard-of-hearing members, continues to influence a greater understanding of how deaf/hard-of-hearing individuals experience the power of music through their dark, shiny pop hits all performed in Auslan (Australian Sign Language). Celebrated for transforming the […]
The Boy from Oz and Mary Poppins star, Peter Cumins premieres new original show, I Love The Nightlife. After wowing audiences around the world in international productions of Mary Poppins, Legally Blonde and Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, Perth born and raised musical theatre star, Peter Cumins is ready to share his solo show. In this part-cabaret, […]
Following a sell-out season earlier this year Cougar Morrison Tick (Mitzi), Nick Mayer, Adam (Felicia) and Peter Rowsthorn as Bernadette, will reprise their roles in Priscilla Queen of the Desert as they make their own personal journeys of self-discovery while crossing the Australian desert in their battered old bus christened Priscilla. If you didn’t get […]
Drag star Cougar Morrison has been working hard getting ready for her role in Priscilla Queen of the Desert – The Musical. The acclaimed cabaret performer has been locked in rehearsals for weeks preparing to play the role of Anthony “Tick” Belrose, who performs as drag queen Mitzi Mitosis. Hugo Weaving played the part in the […]
Local electro-pop duo Priscilla have just dropped their debut single You’ve Faded. The outfit consists of Priscilla Gardner and Luke Minness. Gardner said the tune was about that changing nature of personal relationships. “You meet so many people in life, and for a certain period some consume your world and you can’t imagine without them. Yet […]
Swinging Safari | Dir: Stephan Elliot | M | ★ ★ ★ Director Stephan Elliot made his mark on the landscape of Australian cinema with his iconic film The Adventures of Priscilla: Queen of the Desert. His latest offering Swinging Safari is an ode to a bygone era of key parties, kitsch and the kind of […]
Teenage Kicks | M | Dir: Craig Boreham | ★ ★ ★ ½ Australian queer cinema tends to land in one of two categories. It trends towards either the high camp of the Priscilla Queen of the Desert end of the spectrum or the gritty lo-fi turf occupied by movies like 1998’s Head On. Teenage Kicks and its tale of secrets, lies […]
Australia’s princess of pop is making a return to the silver screen under the direction of ‘The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert’ creator Stephan Elliott. Kylie Minogue will join Guy Pearce and Radha Mitchell in Elliott’s new Australian comedy feature, ‘Flammable Children’. The film is set in 1970’s Australia, “Saigon will fall; the […]
Twenty years after it took the world storm a new documentary explores the creation of the film ‘Priscilla Queen of the Desert’ This is not just a film about making a film, the documentary explores the history of Australian gay rights and the changing attitudes towards homosexuality in Australia. Priscilla made Hugo Weaving an international […]
The ABC have announced the full line-up for next Thursday’s episode of Q&A, which will be the first special episode to focus entirely on queer issues and politics. Transgender pioneer Julia Doulman, broadcast journalist Julie McCrossin (pictured) and queer student activist Katherine Hudson will take a seat alongside entertainer Paul Capsis, author Dennis Altman and […]
