Reality show tracks Priscilla’s steps
Channel Ten’s new reality TV show I Will Survive: Priscilla is searching for Australia’s next male triple threat to compete for the chance to perform on Broadway.
Contestants who make it through the auditions will be whisked away for a ‘road trip of a lifetime’ from Sydney to Alice Springs on the Priscilla bus.
The final four contestants will be flown to New York where they will compete to play the lead role of Tick, famously played by Hugo Weaving in the film Priscilla, Queen of the Desert.
The show will retrace the steps of the blockbuster film as contestants perform at each Australian outback location to stay in the show.
Auditions start on Thursday, April 19 in Brisbane and continue through most capital cities until April 29 for male singer-actor-dancers aged 21 and over.
Judges and mentors are yet to be announced and the show is expected to be aired later this year.
Network Ten announced the show yesterday along with three other new programs including Everybody Dance Now and Come Date With Me.
Fremantle Media Australia will create the show.
“Although it ends up on Broadway, I Will Survive is so much more than a musical theatre casting show. The winner will have impressed our big-name judges in every performance skill — singing, dancing and acting,” Fremantle Media Australia director of television Tim Clucas said.
“They will be the ultimate performer. The entertainment world will be theirs for the taking whether it be television, live theatre or Hollywood.”
Here are the dates for open auditions:
BRISBANE
Queensland Performing
Arts Centre
Playhouse Studio 1
Corner of Russell & Grey Sts
Southbank QLD 4101
Thursday, April 19
Registration: 11am-6pm
SYDNEY
Australian Technology Park
Bay 8
Locomotive Workshop
Henderson Rd
Eveleigh NSW 2015
Saturday, April 21
Registration: 9am-3pm
PERTH
His Majesty’s Theatre
825 Hay St
Perth WA 6000
(entry via the main Hay St doors)
Monday, April 23
Registration: 11am-6pm
ADELAIDE
Adelaide Festival Centre
King William Rd
Adelaide SA 5000
Friday, April 27
Registration: 11am -6pm
MELBOURNE
Ministry of Dance
Level 1
64 Sutton St,
North Melbourne VIC 3051
Sunday, April 29
Registration: 9am-3pm
INFO: www.iwillsurvivetv.com
