We Will Rock You: the musical with the songs of Queen: tickets and show guide

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Guide to the London stage musical "We Will Rock You "


Sections:	Introduction
	Tickets
	Main characters
	Music
	Suitability
	Queen
	Further information
	Links

INTRODUCTION

This page is a brief guide to the stage musical We Will Rock You. Its opening night was in London in May 2002.

We Will Rock You (book of the musical)
(including the script and full lyrics to all songs)
Publisher: Carlton Books Ltd
Date: September 2004

TICKETS

We Will Rock You is being performed at the Dominion Theatre. The address is Tottenham Court Road, London W1T 7RQ (nearest Tube: Tottenham Court Road)

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Performances start times are as follows (you should arrive at the theatre 30 minutes earlier) (Wednesday matinee performances are not every week):

Day	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun
Matinee	-	-	2:30	-	-	2:30	-
Evening	7:30	7:30	7:30	7:30	7:30	7:30	-

The running time (including the interval) is 2h50.

To book a ticket to see the stage musical We Will Rock You in London click on one of these links:
Encore Tickets

Click here to see the seating plan for this theatre.

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MAIN CHARACTERS

The following are the main characters in the musical:

Pop: An old librarian who used to be a hippie
Khashoggi: The Chief of Secret Police
Galileo Figaro: A teenager who is unhappy with the lack of originality of other kids - he wants to express himself with his own words, music and style
Teacher: A teacher who tries to behave like a friend of the students, but works as a spy for the police
Scaramouche: A teenage girl who, like Galileo, is different from the other kids
Killer Queen: The head of Globalsoft
The Bohemians are rockers who live underground at the Heartbreak Hotel, plotting the overthrow of Globalsoft and the return of "real music". They are named after rock / pop stars such as Britney Spears and Meat Loaf.
Big Macca: The leader of the Bohemian rebels

Galileo

Bohemian rebels

Khashoggi

MUSIC

The main songs in the musical are listed below:

Song title	Singer(s)
Innuendo	Freddie Mercury's voice & Ensemble
Radio Ga Ga	Ga Ga Kids
I Want To Break Free	Galileo & Scaramouche
Somebody To Love	Scaramouche & Teen Queens
Killer Queen	Killer Queen & Yuppies
Play The Game	Killer Queen & Yuppies
Under Pressure	Galileo & Scaramouche
A Kind Of Magic	Killer Queen, Khashoggi & Yuppies
I Want It All	Britney, Meat & Offstage Chorus
Headlong	Britney, Meat, Galileo, Scaramouche & Offstage Chorus
No-One But You (Only The Good Die Young)	Meat & The Bohemians
Ogre Battle (Instrumental)	Ensemble
One Vision	Ga Ga Kids
Who Wants To Live Forever	Galileo & Scaramouche
Flash	Police & Captive Bohemians
Seven Seas Of Rhye	Khashoggi, Police & Bohemians
Don't Stop Me Now	Killer Queen
Another One Bites The Dust	Killer Queen
Hammer To Fall	Galileo & Scaramouche
These Are The Days Of Our Lives	Pop & Bar Patrons
We Will Rock You	Galileo & Ensemble
We Are The Champions	Galileo & Ensemble
We Will Rock You (Fast Version)	Ensemble
Bohemian Rhapsody	Galileo, Scaramouche, Killer Queen, Khashoggi & Ensemble

We Will Rock You [Live] [Soundtrack] (CD)
Artist: Original London Cast Recording
Label: EMI
Date: May 2003

SUITABILITY

English: The story is easy to understand, but there is some slang and there are lots of references to British popular culture.
Age: This musical will appeal to teenagers or adults of all ages who like Queen's music. There are some sexual references.
Mood: A "feel-good" show which is like a mixture between a live rock concert and a light-hearted play.
Music: The songs are all by the rock group Queen. There are short sections of speech between the songs. The music can be quite loud at times, so if you are sensitive to this take something to protect your ears.

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QUEEN

Queen is a British rock group formed in the early 1970's. The lead singer was Freddie Mercury, who died in November 1991. The other members of the band are the guitarist Brian May, drummer Roger Taylor and bassist John Deacon.
From 2005 Brian May and Roger Taylor have performed together with Paul Rodgers (best known as the former singer/songwriter of the band Free).

The singles released by Queen in the UK before Freddie Mercury's death are listed below (click on the links to hear the song and watch the music video):

Song title	UK release date	Highest chart position
Seven seas of Rhye	Mar 74	10
Killer queen	Oct 74	2
Now I'm here	Jan 75	11
Bohemian rhapsody	Nov 75	1
You're my best friend	Jul 76	7
Somebody to love	Nov 76	2
Tie your mother down	Mar 77	31
Good old-fashioned lover boy	Jun 77	17
We are the champions	Oct 77	2
Spread your wings	Feb 78	34
Bicycle race / Fat bottomed girls	Oct 78	11
Don't stop me now	Feb 79	9
Love of my life	Jul 79	63
Crazy little thing called love	Oct 79	2
Save me	Feb 80	11
Play the game	Jun 80	14
Another one bites the dust	Sep 80	7
Flash	Dec 80	10
Under pressure (with David Bowie)	Nov 81	1
Body language	May 82	25
Las palabras de amor (Spanish for "the words of love")	Jun 82	17
Backchat	Aug 82	40
Radio Ga Ga	Feb 84	2
I want to break free	Apr 84	3
It's a hard life	Jul 84	6
Hammer to fall	Sep 84	13
Thank God it's Christmas	Dec 84	21
One vision	Nov 85	7
A kind of magic	Mar 86	3
Friends will be friends	Jun 86	14
Who wants to live forever?	Sep 86	24
I want it all	May 89	3
Breakthru	Jul 89	7
The invisible man	Aug 89	12
Scandal	Oct 89	25
The miracle	Dec 89	21
Innuendo	Jan 91	1
I'm going slightly mad	May 91	22
Headlong	May 91	14
The show must go on	Oct 91	16

Freddie Mercury also had a number of hit singles as a solo artist:

Song title	UK release date	Highest chart position
Love kills	Sep 84	10
I was born to love you	Apr 85	11
Made in heaven	Jul 85	57
Living on my own	Sep 85	50
Time	May 86	32
The great pretender	May 87	4
Barcelona (with Montserrat Caballé)	Nov 87	8

	The Platinum Collection: Greatest Hits I, II & III (3 CDs) Artist: Queen Label: Parlophone/EMI Date: November 2000		Queen - Greatest Video Hits 1 (DVD) Queen - Greatest Video Hits 2 (DVD) Studio: EMI Date: October 2002 & November 2003
	The Very Best of Freddie Mercury (CD) Artist: Freddie Mercury Label: Parlophone Date: September 2006		Back to the Light (CD) Artist: Brian May Label: Parlophone Date: September 1992
	Happiness (CD) Artist: Roger Taylor Label: Parlophone Date: September 1994		The Cosmos Rocks (CD) or The Cosmos Rocks (CD+DVD) Artist: Queen & Paul Rodgers Label: EMI Date: September 2008

FURTHER INFORMATION

Official website for the musical: http://wewillrockyou.queenonline.com

Official Queen website: http://www.queenonline.com
Official Brian May website: http://www.brianmay.com
Wikipedia article about Queen: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_(band)

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LINKS

British theatre: Life/Entertainment/Theatre
West End Live: Ideas/Album/West-End-Live
British pop music: Britain/Music/Pop

If you like We Will Rock You you may also be interested in these musicals:
Mamma Mia!: Life/Entertainment/Theatre/Mamma-Mia
Never Forget: Life/Entertainment/Theatre/Never-Forget
Buddy: Life/Entertainment/Theatre/Buddy
Jersey Boys: Life/Entertainment/Theatre/Jersey-Boys

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