Ray Meagher To Join Cast Of PRISCILLA QUEEN OF THE DESERT

Ray Meagher, best known on television for playing Alf Stewart in the long running Australian soap Home and Away, joins the West End cast of Priscilla Queen Of The Desert The Musical as mechanic Bob from 30 September 2010. With booking now open until 28 May 2011, Meagher joins Don Gallagher (Bernadette), Ben Richards (Tick) and Oliver Thornton (Adam) in the Olivier award-winning musical at the Palace Theatre.

Australian-born Ray Meagher's acting career has spanned a period of over 35 years on film, television and stage and is best known for playing the role of Alf Stewart in the Australian soap Home and Away, a role which he has played since the first episode of the series in 1988. Earlier this year Meagher won the Gold Logie Award for the Most Popular Personality on Australian Television. In 2007 he joined the Australian cast of Priscilla Queen Of The Desert The Musical to play Bob in the original Sydney production. Meagher has worked extensively in pantomime throughout the UK, most recently playing Captain Hook in Peter Pan in Tumbridge Wells. His extensive Australia theatre credits include work for Queensland Theatre Company and the Adelaide Festival. His many film credits include Breaker Morant, The Chamberlain Report and Mail Order Bride.

Based on the Oscar® award-winning film and written by Stephan Elliott and Allan Scott, Priscilla Queen Of The Desert The Musical tells the story of Tick, Bernadette and Adam, a glamorous Sydney-based performing trio who agree to take their show to the middle of the Australian outback.

Priscilla is a heart-warming, uplifting adventure of three friends who hop aboard a battered old bus searching for love and friendship and end up finding more than they could ever have dreamed. With a dazzling array of outrageous costumes and featuring a score of dance-floor classics, Priscilla is a sensational journey to the heart of fabulous.

 

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