IF you're in search of the perfect antidote to the relentless rain, look no further than Wales Millennium Centre where you'll find sunshine by the bucketload in Priscilla Queen of the Desert.

Gloriously camp and deliciously daft, the story of three bickering drag queens taking a battered bus called Priscilla across the outback is guaranteed to send you dancing out of the auditorium with a song - plenty of songs - in your heart.

Tick (Jason Donovan) persuades Adam/Felicia (Graham Weaver) and Bernadette (Richard Grieve) to join him on the trip to Alice Springs for a show at the Casino Showroom, but this isn't just another lip-synching show - Tick has a hidden agenda, though he's reluctant to come clean.

From the moment the Divas are lowered to hover above the stage and belt out It's Raining Men, it's clear we're in for an evening of pure kitsch. But for all the bling, the panstick and foot long eyelashes, there's a truly touching core to Priscilla and a message about acceptance that's powerful without being heavy handed - "I don't know if that ugly wall of suburbia's been put there to stop them getting in, or us getting out," says Bernadette, following the trio's run-in with outback rednecks.

The long, dusty bus ride is not an easy one, but it proves life-changing, not least when the journey ends where it's always been heading - towards Tick's first meeting with his son. Six-year-old son Benji, it turns out, can teach the adults a thing or two, with an unquestioning acceptance of his dad that adds a touching counterpoint to the live-and-let-live message. "Can you 'do' Elvis?" asks Benji, and Tick responds with a heartfelt You Were Always on My Mind.

A fabulous array of way-way-over-the-top Olivier and Tony award-winning costumes, a playlist of the best of disco - from I Will Survive to Girls Just Wanna Have Fun and the kitschest of them all, MacArthur Park (someone was determined to get that cake out in the rain) this is a feel-good musical on every level, delivering in every department and anchored by three great three-dimensional performances from Donovan, Grieve and Weaver.

Buy a ticket, forget rain-sodden recession-hit Britain and bask in the virtual sunshine on offer at Wales Millennium Centre until Saturday, January 18. To book, go to wmc.org.uk or call the box office on 029 2063 6464.