Ok , big breaths
Imagine this.
In the small faded mountain/seaside Welsh town of Milky Peaks, Dewi ( Seiriol Davies) a hotel clerk comes out during the towns celebrations at being nominated as Best British Town of the year. His staunchly welsh Friend Mam ( Lisa Jên Brown) spends her time at salsa in an effort to forget her husband wants to leave her and faded, vomit stained drag Queen Pariah Carey ( Mathew Blake) dreams of better things and wants to play the lead in the town’s production of My Fair Lady.
Add to the mix a shadowy property tycoon ( Tanya Bridgeman) a drama coach with a murky past (Miriam O’Brien) and far right Judge of the competition who wants to set the town up to be a centre of a new all white facist community(Sophie Winter)
Are you with me so far?
Now, picture costumes c/o StartlightExpress and Pricilla Queen of the Desert , frenetic musical numbers from the 1980s songs covering dogging, Welsh Folklore, echos of the Nazis in Cabaret , politics, gay culture, sexual identity, big business, racism, sexism, misogyny, and Britishness .
There is even a talking toilet wall and a Welsh dragon ( drag-on gettit ?)
Blink and you will miss a pithy joke and an “ important” message….
It’s funny yet exhausting
Witty but somewhat overwhelming.
It’s a bit like drinking two litres of Coca-Cola after eating 4 chocolate eclairs
I drove home in silence
I'm worn out just reading about it! xx
ReplyDeleteA bit much?
ReplyDelete"Pariah Carey," LOL!
ReplyDeleteHow perfectly put! I knew the feeling you were talking about right away.
ReplyDeleteHa! It sounds fantastic. I hope they bring it to London!
ReplyDeleteWow. Overwhelming indeed!
ReplyDeleteFrom your excellent explanation, it sounds fabulously exhausting. Happy recovering!
ReplyDeleteTa for changing your comment options back to normal.
Hugs!
For some reason I can't get past the notion that the phrase Milky Peaks is truly disgusting!
ReplyDelete'I drove home in silence'... I think I would have as well.
ReplyDeleteI love the name Pariah Carey. Funny! I think I would enjoy that movie.
ReplyDeleteSounds exhausting - and thoroughly entertaining at the same time! 'Milky Peaks' am assuming may be a play on similar small town tv 'Twin Peaks?' (kept some us riveted in the 90s). The title reminds me of '50s bullet bras.
ReplyDeleteIt's got it all going on-I think I'd be all of a whirl x
ReplyDeleteSounds like just what we all knead these days.
ReplyDeleteBoth of us are laughing.
Sounds like a blast! 'The Bird Cage' comes to mind?
ReplyDeleteHave you seen the original French version ?
DeleteNo, and to be honest, I didn't even know there was one!
DeleteBrilliant review as usual.
ReplyDeleteI think I'd love that :)
ReplyDeleteNow that's action packed. You depict a whirlwind for sure.
ReplyDeleteWow! That does seem overwhelming.
ReplyDeleteSounds like that was worth it!!
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