We Will Rock You: 60 recommendations
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Opening in May 2002, We Will Rock You is the Dominion Theatre’s longest running production to date, having been extended indefinitely dues to immense public demand.
Ben Elton’s simple story of rebels in a dystopian future is intertwined with some of the best loved songs of Queen, and Elton worked closely with Queen’s Roger Taylor and Brian May on the project.
Despite the press being almost unanimous in panning the show, We Will Rock You has gained almost unsurpassable public support with a great many people going to see it more than once. Despite the thin plot, We Will Rock You boasts a young and energetic cast, dazzling sets enhanced by a clever use of multimedia and of course, fantastic songs.
We Will Rock You’s popularity has not gone unnoticed by the rest of the world, with thirteen countries having staged their own versions with similar success, and We Will Rock You is currently showing in Toronto, Vienna and on tour in Australia.
The show’s universal appeal is easy to see; it is visually and musically vibrant and the storyline takes a backseat, merely serving its purpose to tie together the songs that everybody knows and loves.
The uncomplicated, feel-good nature of the show will appeal to theatregoers young and old, and if the anthemic nature of the hits of Queen gets you up and dancing, then We Will Rock You will do exactly as it promises, as it has done to over five million people worldwide.
Reviews
The Stage
For a band characterised by their glorious follies, letting scriptwriter Ben Elton lace the staged tribute to their arsenal of songs with a message about the dangers of global musical homogenisation could prove Queen’s greatest folly yet. Luckily their appeal is enough to ride roughshod over any tubthumping that Elton feels he needs to get off his chest.
