We Will Rock You

Based on the music of Queen, We Will Rock You is set 300 years in the future in a futuristic and globally corporate world. Planet Earth has been renamed the iPlanet (sometimes called "Planet Mall" in older productions) and is controlled by the Globalsoft Corporation. The head of Globalsoft is the sinister Killer Queen, who has banned all non-computer generated music. She has heard of a prophecy that instruments have been hidden somewhere on the planet and that ‘The Dreamer’ will emerge from the people to show the way to them. She orders her Chief of Police, Khashoggi, to get to the bottom of the matter and crush any rebellion. Meanwhile, Galileo, a young student and an outsider, is desperate to “break free” from this corporate world. He hears lyrics in his dreams and is heralded as the star of the prophecy by the Bohemians who have been searching for the lost instruments. To fulfill the prophecy. Galileo must evade the clutches of the Killer Queen and finally bring back the music. With the help of Pop, an aging hippie librarian, Galileo and Scaramouche find Rock's Holy Grail--Brian May's guitar--buried in the remains of Wembley Stadium.

The Cast delivered a performance that was electric from start to finish.

Galileo played by Andrew McMinn and Scaramouche played by Becca James were a magnetic pairing winning over the audience with sharp humour, vocal power and natural charisma that drove the story Forward.

Kimberley Hazzard brought a wonderfully sassy, commanding edge to the sinister role of Killer Queen with some strong vocals and opposite her was Donna Bradley playing Kashoggi who brought a high level of commitment to the role, delivering a humorous and engaging performance.

Buddy played by Eric Finlay added further colour as the hippie character with warmth, humour and charm that connected with the audience.

I really enjoyed the comedy double act of Oz played by Sarah Deans and Britt played by Harry Basnett, from the moment they came on stage they had the audience in fits of laughter. I could have watched them all night.

The ensemble was very good especially all the dance routines which were choreographed by Linzi Wilkinson and Adam MacCreedy, you could tell a lot of work had gone into these routines as the cast nailed all of them. Some very good routines which were very enjoyable to watch so well done to the both of you.

The band playing at the back of the stage were faultless, musical Director Mark Hazzard done a wonderful job with the music.

Costumes were amazing and looked ever so good off stage.

Lighting set the right moods for the songs on stage; this was very well done.

Congratulations to the Director Daniel MacCreedy on putting on a great show, the audience were singing and clapping to all of these wonderful tunes, and it was nice to see.

Well done to everybody involved in the show, I enjoyed every minute of it.

 

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