There were feather boas, glitter and cocktails galore as the stars gathered for the lavish opening night of the hotly anticipated musical Priscilla Queen of the Desert at Auckland’s Civic Theatre on Sunday.
Presented by Lunchbox Theatrical Productions and Nullabor Productions, Priscilla drew a star-studded crowd for its NZ debut, including Jeanette Thomas, Toni Street, Suzanne Paul, Antonia Prebble and more.
See all the glamorous photos from opening night here
All photos by Carmen Bird
Ricky Hancock, Candy Lane and friends. Photo: Carmen Bird
Priscilla Queen of the Desert
Jeanette Thomas, Robert Rakete. Photo: Carmen Bird
Photo: Carmen Bird
Hannah Spedding, Tim Beveridge, Tizanne McEvoy. Photo: Carmen Bird
Photo: Carmen Bird
Peter Goodfellow, Desley Simpson and friends. Photo: Carmen Bird
Fiona Tarlton, Zakk d’Larte. Photo: Carmen Bird
Photo: Carmen Bird
Maree Vegar, Suzanne Paul, Miss Ribena. Photo: Carmen Bird
The Breeze co-hosts Robert Rakete, Jeanette Thomas and friends. Photo: Carmen Bird
Rebecca Cundall, James Cundall (Priscilla producer). Photo: Carmen Bird
Richard McKee, Leah Panapa and friends. Photo: Carmen Bird
Sara Cairney, Sebastian van der Zwan. Photo: Carmen Bird
Anita, James Cundall. Photo: Carmen Bird
Steve and Kelly Armitage. Photo: Carmen Bird
Luke Bird, Joz Steel. Photo: Carmen Bird
Lillian Fish and Hayley Groves pose with Anita. Photo: Carmen Bird
Irene Gardiner, Lorna Subritzky, Deb Kelleher. Photo: Carmen Bird
Suzanne Paul, Daphne Bush, Fiona Tarlton, Miss Ribena. Photo: Carmen Bird
David Rowland, Sarah Roberts, Val Rowland. Photo: Carmen Bird
Shane Cortese and Nerida Cortese with Anita. Photo: Carmen Bird
Andrew Cornaga, Emily Cornaga and Anita. Photo: Carmen Bird
Hillary star Andrew Munro and Brian Gibb. Photo: Carmen Bird
Vanessa Laroux, Victoria Secretzz, Stella Callisto. Photo: Carmen Bird
Trudi Nelson, Mathew Nelson, Kerri Sterling. Photo: Carmen Bird
Jaymie Betham and Monty Betham with Anita. Photo: Carmen Bird
Elibra, Victoria Secretzz, Taro Patch. Photo: Carmen Bird
Mel Homer, Finn Pilcher. Photo: Carmen Bird
Ben Boyce, Amanda Boyce. Photo: Carmen Bird
Toni Street and Kate Basker. Photo: Carmen Bird
Grayson Coutts, Josh Martin. Photo: Carmen Bird
Frano Botica. Anna Soons. Photo: Carmen Bird
Kita Mean, Guy Williams and friend. Photo: Carmen Bird
Photo: Carmen Bird
Trudi Bennett, Anita, Megan Robinson. Photo: Carmen Bird
Breakfast’s Brodie Kane and Aimee Tribe with Anita. Photo: Carmen Bird
Jeanette Thomas and Robert Rakete at work for The Breeze. Photo: Carmen Bird
Teresa Harris, Laura Hill. Photo: Carmen Bird
Barry Soper, Anita, Heather du Plessis-Allan. Photo: Carmen Bird
Alison Leonard and friends. Photo: Carmen Bird
Savina Kim, Rebekah Banks, Kerri Woodham. Photo: Carmen Bird
Jen Sinclair, Antonia Prebble. Photo: Carmen Bird
Hannah Aiken, Suzy Clarkson. Photo: Carmen Bird
Anita Wigl-it, Kita Mean. Photo: Carmen Bird