Priscilla Queen of the Desert
MAY 2027
Book by Stephan Elliot and Allan Scott
Priscilla Queen of the Desert
@ The Elgiva Theatre
Director Julia Rufey
Musical Director TBA
Choreographer TBA
PRISCILLA, QUEEN OF THE DESERT is a heartwarming and fabulously fun musical based on the hit Australian film, following the adventurous journey of three friends—Tick, Bernadette, and Adam—a glamorous Sydney-based performing trio who agree to take their drag show to the middle of the Australian outback. They hop aboard a battered old bus (nicknamed Priscilla) searching for love, acceptance, and friendship, only to discover far more than they ever imagined.
Featuring iconic dance hits like “It’s Raining Men,” “I Will Survive,” “Hot Stuff,” “Boogie Wonderland,” “Go West,” “Girls Just Wanna Have Fun,” and “I Love the Nightlife,” along with jaw-dropping, Olivier and Tony Award®-winning costumes, PRISCILLA, QUEEN OF THE DESERT is a sparkling visual spectacle, as well as a celebration of individuality, friendship, and a journey to the heart of FABULOUS!
Crossing the Line
NOV 2027
Music by Arthur Sullivan
Musical Director Peter John Scarborough-Dodsworth
Director John Asher
Crossing the Line
@ The Elgiva Theatre
Director John Asher
Musical Director Peter John Scarborough-Dodsworth
Chesham Musical Theatre Company are pleased and delighted to announce that our show for November 2027 will be the world premiere of Crossing the Line, a gloriously irreverent new comedy built around the music of Sir Arthur Sullivan. This is a very exciting opportunity for CMTC to work in partnership with John Asher and Peter John Scarborough-Dodsworth, the masterminds behind this concept and who will be our Director and Musical Director.
Two neighbouring nations. Men on one side, women on the other. And neither has the faintest idea what they're missing. In Geldia, the men enjoy chocolate, fabulous shoes and domestic bliss. Across the forbidden border in Libinidia, the women prefer beer, cars and a rather more hands-on approach to life. For years, neither nation has dared cross the line separating them. Until a plane falls out of the sky.
When brother and sister John and Janet Debenham parachute into this extraordinary world, they unwittingly set off a chain of events involving forbidden romance, mistaken identities, outrageous misunderstandings and some rather inconvenient discoveries.
Set to the glorious music of Sir Arthur Sullivan, with irreverent new lyrics and a healthy dose of theatrical absurdity, Crossing the Line is a riotous musical comedy about love, prejudice and the dangers of believing everything you've been told.