Palace Theatre, London

From March to September and the training, the musical Priscilla Queen of the Desert will take place at the Palace Theatre in London. The musical is based on the eponymous film. The three main characters, Tick, Bernadette and Adam, two transvestites and transsexuals from Sydney, the glamorous transvestite take their show on the road agreed - the Australian Outback.

The cast of this show include Jason Donovan as a transvestite Tick / Mitzi, Tony Sheldon astranssexual Bernadette and Oliver Thornton as / transvestite Adam Felicia. Zoe Birkett, a former participant in the ITV show Pop Idol, plays one of the stars. Jason Donovan is an Australian actor and singer who had the biggest selling album in Britain in 1989.

Priscilla Queen of the Desert replaced Monty Python's Spamalot January 3 ends. Other recent shows at the Palace Theatre was Les Miserables, which ran from 1985-2004, The Woman in White from 2004-2006 and Whistle Down theWind in 2006. The Palace Theatre is home to several productions, which had long runs. Les Miserables ran for nineteen years, and Jesus Christ Superstar for eight years 1972-1980. The Sound of Music was performed 2,385 times in 1960. The Palace Theatre has also produced No, No, Nanette, which ran 665 performances in 1920.

The Palace Theatre was built in 1890 as a work by Richard D'Oyly Carte a. The structure was designed by Edward ThomasCollcutt was considered as a novel and its construction project. Collcutt used in many areas of real theater to reduce the risk of fire damage. He also used steel bracket for the support, to avoid blocking the view of the stage with the columns.

The theater was originally built as Britain's Royal Opera House. Cards Unfortunately, not enough to keep in line to open the opera, and ended up selling the building to Walter Emdenwho turned it into a music room. The property was renamed the Palace Theatre on diversity and success has been under new ownership. In 1911 the name was shortened at the Palace Theatre.

It 'been said that the Palace Theatre by the spirits of Anna Pavlova and Ivor Novello obsessed. Anna Pavlova was a Russian dancer who performed in the palace, while he was under the direction of Alfred Butt. He died of pneumonia shortly before his 50th birthday. Ivor Novello was a WelshmanComposer, who has acted occasionally on stage.

from The Palace Theatre in Shaftesbury Avenue, near Chinatown and Leicester Square. It seats 1,394 people at four levels: stalls, Dress Circle, Grand Circle and Balcony. The seats have restricted views, are available at a lower price and can often be a good value for Because Most of them, especially the last three rows of stalls, the restriction is not serious.

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