The challenge of being accepted when you live on the fringes of society as a transgender person is something one of the stars of Musical Theatre Gisborne’s Priscilla Queen of the Desert knows only too well. “Gender illusionist” Joanne Neilson talks to Kim Parkinson about her life — from growing up knowing she was different to her cabaret career to her role as Bernadette in MTG’...
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Joanne Neilson makes history as first transgender woman in New Zealand to star in Priscilla
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Joanne Neilson will play Bernadette in the upcoming production of Priscilla Queen of the Desert by Musical Theatre Gisborne.
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