Ben Apfelbaum

PRISCILLA QUEEN OF THE DESERT DISCOS INTO THE CAPITOL

After playing 135 cities in 29 different countries around the world, Australia’s most successful homegrown musical, has returned home with performances which began at Sydney’s Capitol Theatre on Sunday 13th May.

Australian theatrical treasure Tony Sheldon is reprising the role of Bernadette which he has performed 1,800 times, earning Tony and Olivier nominations for the role. Joining him on the bus is David Harris as Tick and Euan Doedge as Felicia.

Featuring a dazzling array of more than 500 costumes, 200 headdresses and a continuous hit parade of dance floor classics including ‘It’s Raining Men’, ‘I Will Survive’, ‘I Love The Night Life’ and ‘Finally’, the fabulous camp production has more glitter than ever.

The iconic Aussie story about mateship, self-discovery was translated from screen to stage by Stephan Elliott and Allan Scott, directed by Simon Phillips, with the film’s acclaimed costume designers Tim Chappel and Lizzie Gardiner, alongside stage designer Brian Thomsen and co-choreographers Andrew Hallsworth and the late Ross Coleman.

 PRISCILLA QUEEN OF THE DESERT is presented by the Michael Cassel Group and Nullarbor Productions in association with MGM on Stage.

http://priscillathemusical.com.au

All pics by Ben Apfelbaum at the Media Call.

 

 

 

Published by Ben Apfelbaum

My photography began when my father handed me the proverbial brownie box camera as a child. As cameras developed I went through Fujica and Olympus range finders graduating to my first single lens reflex camera, the Minolta SRT101, the latter being the greatest facilitator to my growth as a photographer. Digital photography has only added to this. I was a regular contributor to Camera Craft magazine (Australian Camera ) for over three years. During Australia’s Bicentennial year (1988) I made it a personal project to document the celebrations. This culminated in the creation of a book of my photos which was published in 1989. The book was called CELEBRATING AUSTRALIA and came with an accompanying calendar. My works have appeared in a number of publications including the coffee book entitled MY AUSTRALIA (1989), publisher Robertsbridge Severn. This book had a preface by the then Australian Prime Minister Bob Hawke. I was a co-photographer on a book entitled SYDNEY- DISCOVER THE CITY with text written by Robert Treborland. Major Mitchell Press was the publisher. Also for two years I was the photographer for calendars celebrating Sydney’s multicultural communities. The two calendars were entitled MULTICULTURAL SYDNEY. My work appeared in a group exhibition held at Sydney’s Town Hall pertaining to the diversity of life in South America to raise money for orphanages there. I have over one hundred photos stored in the New South Wales State Library archive. I had a solo exhibition held in 2007 entitled Ben’s Lens at the Sydney Jewish Museum which celebrated the vibrancy of the Sydney Jewish community. Some of these photos are on the Museum’s permanent display. I have exhibited internationally firstly at the Spruill Gallery in Atlanta Georgia, united states, and in an exhibition entitled Kosher and Co at the Jewish Museum in Berlin. Currently I am a regular contributor to J-Wire and this esteemed publication.