Will get you up rocking... (We Will Rock You)

Member Name: charltonFC

Product:	We Will Rock You
Date:	07/01/09 (279 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: The great performances by the cast

Disadvantages: The show had to end :-(

For Christmas last year my sister and I decided to buy my dad theatre tickets to see We Will Rock You. He's a very hard person to buy for so took the easy option and bought him tickets because he's been going on about it for months. A guarenteed will love gift.

The show is on at the Dominion Theatre which is just situated at the edge of Tottenham Court Road. You won't be able to miss the theatre if you are new to London as the show has a big We Will Rock You statue above the door in bright orange.

We Will Rock You is into its seventh year and is the biggest rock theatrical event of the century.

The threatre itself is very impressive, high ceilings and gorgeous furnisings. We were lucky enough to have seats in the stalls, row Y. My sister and I were both so excited we sat in the wrong seats, we sat in YY thinking that was meant to just say Y, but in fact Y was a little bit more down the front - result.

~ The Plot ~

We Will Rock You is based around the music of Queen, the band fronted by Freddie Mercury. The show is written by Ben Elton who is the very well known comedian and TV scriptwriter.

The story is set in the futureand music has been banned from planet mall (Earth). Globalisation has taken over and all individual thoughts and creativity has been banned, as well as music and musical instrumets.

The world is now full of GaGas (where they all where the same clothes, act the same, same everything basicallly), and the only people left are the rebels and rock kids who are against the GaGa world and set out to find rock. One lad goes by the name of Galileo Figaro, who dreams about the past, and rhyming words to the Queen songs, but cannot quite remember all the words.

Along the way Galileo comes across Scaramouche, and the two of them team up with the Bohemians to outsmart the Killer Queen and her band of clones and return to a rock and roll golden age called Rhapsody.

I really want to tell you what happens, but i think that will spoil it for all you who want to go to the theatre to see this amazing show.

So..., will Galileo, Scaramouche and the Bohemians be able to outsmart the wicked Queen or will the Ga Cops capture them and destory rock and roll for good?

~ What i thought about the show ~

I love this show from start to finish, i really didn't want it to end. The costumes were all amazing, and the show had a great vibe about it.

Every set used on stage amazed me. They were magnificent and it really does amaze me how they lower down such amazing sets for every scene.

I loved it where they encouraged audience participation. Everybody in the threate looked like they enjoyed joining in with the show, which just added to the enjoyment of the whole show.

All cast members did an outstanding performance and was a great tribute to Queen.

The bit i love most was when the cast got us all to our feet for Bohemian Rhapsody.

~ Ticket prices ~

I made sure i did my research before buying the tickets. I first looked on Lastminute and the cheapest price was £60 each. I thought that was very expenisve so held off buying them until i had look elsewhere first. I then found them on discounttheatre.com website for top price tickets priced at £32.50.

Summary: A great show for everyone!!